Written on September 2, 2010 at 3:18 pm by

Episode #50: Weekly AFPS News Roundup for September 2

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In the AFPS podcast for September 2:  The end of the combat mission in Iraq is announced by President Barack Obama; the President visited with troops at Ft. Bliss, Texas; support for returning veterans is also addressed; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen spoke with community leaders in the Midwest on specific ways to help veterans reintegrate; Defense Secretary Robert Gates addressed an American Legion convention in Milwaukee, Wis.; National Guard troops began serving on the U.S. border with Mexico to support border security; flood waters in Pakistan started to recede while U.S. military assets continue to help millions impacted by monsoon rains; tensions on the Korean peninsula have temporarily suspended ongoing U.S. recovery efforts of servicemembers who have been missing in action since the Korean War; and, a preview of a new suicide prevention program called Restoring Hope.

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    While flying over Colorado a B-2 Stealth Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, MO, moves into position for a mid-air refueling via the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee on 09 May, 2012. The B-2 Stealth bomber and the KC-135 crews conducted the aerial refueling to maintain mission readiness standards.

    U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Jeremy M. Wilson (DVIDS)


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    Royal Canadian Mounted Police assigned to a Marine Security Emergency Response Team debark from the HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) to conduct boarding operations during Exercise Frontier Sentinel 2012 May 8, 2012 at sea off Sydney, Nova Scotia. Exercise Frontier Sentinel is a combined interagency exercise involving Joint Task Force Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command. The exercise is designed to continue to develop and validate the existing plans, treaties and standard operation procedures for a bilateral response to maritime homeland defense and security threats.

    (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte / Released) (DVIDS)


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    (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla) (DVIDS)