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First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Kearsarge Sailors Help Feed Community

NORFOLK, Va. - Sailors from amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) volunteered at the Foodbank of South Eastern Virginia.The foodbank is a service that feeds more than 330,000 individuals each year with food donated by major distributers, farmers, ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Military.com]
First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Russian lawmaker & Mistral purchase plans

MOSCOW, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - Plans to buy an expensive helicopter carrier from France could hinder the development of Russia's defense industry, a Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday.The Russian military has announced that it was negotiating the purchase ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by GlobalSecurity.org]
First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Russia in Talks with Italy on Purchase of 1,000 IVECO LMV Vehicles

ns with France for the purchase of Mistral-class amphibious assault ship has heated up emotions in Europe and, in particular, in the Baltic states (see http:/... ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Defpro]
Entities: LMV, FIAT SpA, Italy, Russia
First Reported Mar 06 2010 - Updated Mar 06 2010 - 1 Documents

SECNAV Visits Bataan, Thanks Crew for Efforts in Haiti

CARIBBEAN SEA (NNS) -- Sailors aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and embarked Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) hosted the 75th Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) March 1, as the ship continues to ... [Published Mar 06 2010 by Navy News Stand]
First Reported Mar 06 2010 - Updated Mar 06 2010 - 1 Documents

Media release: Humanitarian aid operation in Haiti

On January 19 the Minister of Defence announced the dispatch of Naval units to this Caribbean country. Following an intense period of preparation, the amphibious assault ship Castilla set sail from the Rota Naval Base (Cadiz) on course for Haiti to provide ... [Published Mar 06 2010 by Defence Web]
First Reported Mar 02 2010 - Updated Mar 02 2010 - 1 Documents

France in Talks With Russia on Four Warships

PARIS - France and Russia have launched 'exclusive negotiations' on the sale of four French warships to Moscow, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart. 'We are in exclusive negotiations for four BPC Mistral,' ... [Published Mar 02 2010 by DefenseNews.com]
First Reported Mar 01 2010 - Updated Mar 01 2010 - 1 Documents

Bataan Amphibious Relief Force Helps to Keep Supplies Flowing in Haiti

Beachmaster Unit Two (BMU-2) set sail aboard multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) for Haiti. The unit was deployed as part of Operation Unified Response to help stabilise and improve conditions in the Caribbean country following last ... [Published Mar 01 2010 by Army Technology]
First Reported Feb 28 2010 - Updated Mar 01 2010 - 8 Documents

Arms, energy high on agenda for Medvedev in Paris 'With a Mistral, Russia could have reached its military goal against

MOSCOW: Talks on buying a French-made helicopter carrier, energy tie-ups and Iran will be amongst the priorities when President Dmitry Medvedev travels to France for a three-day state visit on Monday, a Kremlin official said.Medvedev will be hosted at ... [Published Mar 01 2010 by The News International]
First Reported Feb 24 2010 - Updated Feb 25 2010 - 1 Documents

France Reassures Baltics Over Russian Ship Deal

VILNIUS, Lithuania - France's European affairs chief Pierre Lellouche on Feb. 24 tried to reassure ex-Soviet Baltic states that his country's possible sale of a warship to Russia does not pose a security threat.Lellouche told Lithuanian President Dalia ... [Published Feb 24 2010 by DefenseNews.com]
First Reported Feb 22 2010 - Updated Feb 23 2010 - 1 Documents

Georgia slams French deal with Russia

LONDON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Georgia lashed out against French designs to sell a warship and armored vehicles to Russia, saying it would allow Moscow to invade any former Soviet republic or Eastern European country 'within hours.'The proposed sale has soured ... [Published Feb 22 2010 by UPI]
First Reported Feb 18 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 1 Documents

France approves sale of Mistral warship to Russia

PARIS/MOSCOW, February 8 (RIA Novosti) France has agreed to sell Russia a Mistral-class amphibious assault ship and received an order to build another three, Radio France Internationale reported Monday. 'It's no longer one command ship, but four,' Jacques ... [Published Feb 18 2010 by Groong]
First Reported Feb 09 2010 - Updated Feb 09 2010 - 3 Documents

State Department holds firm on exempting France from Iran sanctions

France's announcement that it will sell an advancedamphibious assault ship to Russia should not complicate ongoingnegotiations over Iran sanctions , according to the State Department's topspokesman.Lawmakershad threatened that if the French government ... [Published Feb 09 2010 by Foreign Policy Magazine]
Entities: Iran, Sanctions, France, Russia

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'Everybody understands the mission at hand,' said King. "It's a hard mission. It's a marathon mission, not a sprint, and we are here for the long haul. After completing a seven-month deployment and then coming out here for a relief mission, it's hard, it's taxing, but it's also rewarding. We have the capability to help people in need, that is rewarding in itself."
The investigation found that during the Wasp's 2007 deployment, Hawley used his position as commanding officer "to promote the sales of rugs, suits and shotguns from specific vendors to the crew and wardroom of Wasp."

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Bataan Sailors Return to Revitalized Grand Goav... [Navy News Stand - 5 hours ago]
Ship Captain Abused Power, Probe Finds [Military.com - Mar 18 2010]
Kearsarge Sailors Help Feed Community [Military.com - Mar 18 2010]
French Mistral to Russia [GlobalSecurity.org - Mar 15 2010]
As Its Military Industry Withers, Russia Looks ... [New York Times - Mar 13 2010]
As Its Arms Makers Falter, Russia Buys Abroad [New York Times - Mar 12 2010]
SASC Hearing Sets Record Straight on JSF [Defense-Aerospace - Mar 12 2010]
Russian lawmaker & Mistral purchase plans [GlobalSecurity.org - Mar 10 2010]
USS Essex Participates in Balikatan 2010 [GlobalSecurity.org - Mar 10 2010]
Russia in Talks with Italy on Purchase of 1,000... [Defpro - Mar 10 2010]
SECNAV Visits Bataan, Thanks Crew for Efforts i... [Navy News Stand - Mar 06 2010]
Media release: Humanitarian aid operation in Haiti [Defence Web - Mar 06 2010]
Comics on Duty Bring Laughs to Sailors [Military.com - Mar 06 2010]
AFP and U.S. Marines plan for Balikatan 2010 [GlobalSecurity.org - Mar 05 2010]
'Big 5' Ship's Store Best In Class [Military.com - Mar 04 2010]
Nassau Relieves Bonhomme Richard [GlobalSecurity.org - Mar 03 2010]
Baltics question need for sale of French warshi... [New Europe - Mar 03 2010]
France in Talks With Russia on Four Warships [DefenseNews.com - Mar 02 2010]
DIPLOMACY: Sarkozy and Medvedev to negotiate ma... [France24 - Mar 01 2010]
DIPLOMACY: Russia's Medvedev in Paris to streng... [France24 - Mar 01 2010]
DIPLOMACY: Medvedev in Paris to strengthen 'pri... [France24 - Mar 01 2010]
Bataan Amphibious Relief Force Helps to Keep Su... [Army Technology - Mar 01 2010]
Medvedev to discuss Iran and Mistral warships i... [Moscow News - Mar 01 2010]
DIPLOMACY: Medvedev heads to Paris to strengthe... [France24 - Mar 01 2010]
FRANCE: Medvedev heads to Paris to strengthen '... [France24 - Mar 01 2010]
Arms, energy high on agenda for Medvedev in Par... [The News International - Mar 01 2010]
France defends talks on sale of warships to Russia [Times Online - Feb 28 2010]
France defends warship talks with Russia [Times Online - Feb 28 2010]
Iran, Energy to Be Discussed During Medvedev's ... [Moscow Times - Feb 28 2010]
Arms, energy on Medvedev agenda in Paris [Financial Daily - Feb 28 2010]
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Medvedev in France: Mistral-class ships and mut... [IntelliBriefs - Mar 03 2010]
Vive la culture! But for a mutual craving for their respective national cultures, relations between Moscow and Paris could cool off more regularly than one might ...
Tilt-Rotors To The Rescue [Mouth of the Potomac - NY Daily News Blogs - Jan 25 2010]
U.S. Marines have begun using their tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey aircraft for the first time on a humanitarian mission in the scramble to bring relief to Haiti. The ...
Top General: Despite ‘Pockets of Violence,’ Hai... [Wired: Danger Room - Jan 19 2010]
The networks are relaying images of streetfights and chaos, and observers are arguing about the semantics of looting. So how serious, exactly, is the violence ...
Desperation seen from above [World Blog - Jan 19 2010]
By NBC News’ Amna Nawaz and Andrew Scritchfield ABOARD THE USS Bataan – As the USS Bataan, an amphibious assault ship carrying over 2,200 Marines headed through ...
Haiti: The U.S. Military Steps Up to the Plate [The Moderate Voice - Jan 16 2010]
As is usual in most international disasters, the United States of America is leading the world in providing humanitarian aid to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. ...
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