On November 21, 2014 the Pentagon released information pertaining to its budget request for its Military Intelligence Program: “The Department of Defense released today its revised FY 2015 Military Intelligence Program (MIP) request. The total request, which includes both the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) appropriations, is $16.6 billion. This revision includes the […]
Funds in Pentagon’s fiscal year 2015 budget OCO request earmarked for “improving European infrastructure”?
On June 26, 2014 the Pentagon’s press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby issued a statement on the Fiscal Year 2015 Overseas Contingency Operations Request. It read as follows: “Secretary Hagel fully supports the president’s overseas contingency operations (OCO) request for Fiscal Year 2015, which includes $58.6 billion for the Department of Defense and provides the department […]
Iran prepares to confront ISIS terrorists in Iraq if requested to do so by the government of President al-Maliki
Fars news Agency is reporting the comments of the Commander of the Iranian Border Guards Units General Hossein Zolfaqari who announced on Saturday that his forces have “intensified security measures along the country’s Western borders with Iraq in a bid to prepare for any unexpected conditions.” “All the possible outcomes for any type of activity […]
“US Navy is only able to meet about half of combatant commander requests for attack submarines”, warns Senator Ayotte
Contained within the pages of Senate report 113-044 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 is reference to comments made by Senator Kelly Ayotte which discuss certain US Navy attack submarine fleet vulnerabilities and shortcomings. Those shortcomings and vulnerabilities include those posed by anti-access/area denial threats, which could pose very serious problems in the […]
Government Medical Officers Forum(GMOF) Has Requested President To Remove Health Ministry Secretary From His Post
The Government Medical Officers Forum(GMOF) has made a written request yesterday (12)from President Mahinda Rajapksha to remove Dr.Nihal Jayathilake the secretary of Ministry Of Health from his post with immediate effect due to the malpractices and tender frauds he got involved in. According to the letter sent to the President by GMOF Dr.Jayathilake has been […]
Pentagon confirms Ukrainian request for direct military assistance from the United States in the form of lethal material
During a Pentagon Press conference with reporters on March 20, 2014 Rear Admiral John Kirby answered the following question with regard to the number of Russia troops on the ground in Crimea: “REAR ADM. KIRBY: Sure. They didn’t get into specific numbers. And as to the numbers themselves, I’d direct you to the Russian Ministry […]