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Det er nu 37 måneder siden, at USAs præsident Bush erklærede krigen
i Irak for vundet.
06/01/2006
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of
Defense
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier
who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Capt. James A. Funkhouser, 35, of Katy, Texas, died in Baghdad,
Iraq, on May 29, of injuries sustained when a vehicle-borne
improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during
reconnaissance patrol operations. Funkhouser was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
06/01/2006
Iraq Veteran Says No to War
http://www.catholicpeacefellowship.org/print.asp?m=2341 "If I am
bound to the belief that God is in control of the cosmos, and
miracles can and do happen, then there is no possible "hypothetical
situation" wherein God's ability to perform miracles through the
faithful actions of the merciful ceases to be a possibility. And, I
would rather die myself than err in this fashion, having too
hastily chosen preemptive judgment ...
"... And there is nothing I have, or possibly could have, that is
so worth defending that I should ever intentionally allow myself to
enact such instantaneous and self-righteous damnation upon another
human being. A Christian is called to a much greater notion of
justice -- one that involves self-sacrifice for the sake of the
offender."
Joshua Casteel, a veteran of the Iraq War and an eight-year
member of the U.S. Armed Forces, has recently been granted status
as a conscientious objector. He is now in residence as a playwright
at the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop. While in Iraq,
working as an interrogator and an Arabic linguist at Abu Ghraib,
Joshua wrote many essays to try to come to terms with his
experience. One of these essays, 'The History of Memory', is
published in our writers corner.
The son of two ministers, and a member of a military family, Joshua
joined the Delayed Enlistment Program in 1997, his junior year in
high school. That summer, he attended Basic Training, where he was
already uncomfortable with shouting the chants, "Kill! Kill! Kill,
without mercy, Sergeant!" and "Blood! Blood! Bright red blood,
Sergeant!" But, he says, he took this discomfort as a general
aversion to violence on account of his Christian upbringing, and
didn't pursue its deeper significance.
Joshua attended West Point for a year, but soon realized he would
be more fit for a liberal arts college. He continued his education
at the University of Iowa and Oxford University, during which time
he began to study the history of the Christian Just War and
pacifist traditions with zeal. By the time he was deployed to Iraq
in June 2004, Joshua was already theologically certain of his
pacifism. However, he believed that he had sworn himself to
service, and therefore needed to fulfill his duty as a soldier.
In Iraq, Joshua underwent a "crystallization of conscience." He
describes his journey as one in which, although he had already
intellectually converted to Christian pacifism, he had "required a
personal encounter, a historical benchmark which would forever
confirm for me who I was -- and who I could never be again."
Stationed at Abu Ghraib, Joshua had the opportunity to interrogate
a Saudi Arabian jihadist. It was this experience that ultimately
convinced him of his conscientious objection to war:
"The entire interrogation seemed almost mythical. When I finished I
actually had to confess to my section leader what had happened, and
how badly I had lost my objectivity as an interrogator, thinking it
probably better to transfer the case to a different interrogation
team.
"We spent most of the interrogation discussing ethics, Islam and
Christianity. The man was a self-professed jihadist, come from
Saudi Arabia for the sole purpose of killing people like me. Yet
the entire time we spoke, he talked to me with a gentle calmness
and evangelical tone, whereby I genuinely believed he desired my
good -- as I truly desired his. He tried to convert me to Islam
from start to finish, and coming from an Evangelical Christian
background, I felt in familiar territory, as if I were speaking
simply to my Muslim counterpart. Then, we began to discuss war and
violence. I asked him why he came to kill, he asked me why did I.
At that point I knew I could go no further, unless I wanted to get
into a debate about which one of us had the 'more just' cause.
"He then told me that I was not following the actual teaching of
Christ, who said to "turn the other cheek" and to "not resist an
evil person." Coming from a jihadist who flat out told me he would
kill me if he had the chance, I did not take the personal challenge
all that seriously, but I came to a clear recognition of the fact
that I absolutely agreed with him. I was in complete and total
agreement with him, and I told him so. I did believe that my
participation in systems of violence debilitates my Christian
witness.
"I wanted to tell him that there was a different answer to
injustice than the cycle of vengeance and violence condoned by
Islam and by most systems of secular law: "killing in the name of
justice or civil order." I wanted to tell the jihadist that Jesus
Christ (in Islam, the prophet "Isa") had taught another way, and
that I was living that way as a flesh-and-blood example for him --
but I could not.
"For a moment, my job and duties completely faded to the periphery,
and all I cared about was confessing to this enemy my own sins in
the hopes that he would recognize his. But, I could only take him
so far. I could not actually lead him down a different path by my
own example.
"What I realized that day is that even when challenged by an enemy
lacking legitimacy, I wholeheartedly believed that my participation
in systems of violence completely debilitates the living example
that I believe it is my bounded duty as a Christian to offer. And I
believe this lack of coherence made my Christian witness totally
impotent to a man who believed he was fighting a 'just cause'."
06/01/2006
United States Government
Accountability Office: Defense Management : Actions Needed
to Improve Operational Planning and Visibility of Costs for
Ballistic Missile Defense 
May 2006
The Department of Defense (DOD) has spent about $91 billion since
the mid-1980s to develop a capability to destroy incoming ballistic
missiles. In 2002, recognizing the new security environment after
the September 11 attacks, President Bush directed that an initial
set of defensive ballistic missile capabilities be put in place in
2004. Although DOD is developing the Ballistic Missile Defense
System (BMDS) to meet an urgent need, preparing to operate and
support a system under continuous development poses significant
challenges. GAO was asked to assess the extent to which (1) DOD has
made progress in planning to operate the BMDS, and (2) the Future
Years Defense Program (FYDP) provides complete and transparent data
on BMDS operational costs ... DOD has made progress in planning to
operate BMDS; however, it has not established criteria that would
have to be met before declaring BMDS operational, nor has DOD
resolved security issues or completed training and personnel plans.
DOD officials agree that operational criteria are typically
established and met prior to declaring a system operational, and
that planning for new systems includes identifying personnel
requirements, developing training programs, and identifying
logistics and maintenance requirements. DOD has developed BMDS
procedures and guidance, created an organization to integrate
planning and operational support, and conducted some training and
exercises ... The FYDP, a major source of budget information, does
not provide complete and transparent data on ballistic missile
defense operational costs. DOD and GAO have repeatedly recognized
the need to link resources to capabilities to facilitate decision
making and oversight. However, complete and transparent ballistic
missile defense operational costs are not visible in the FYDP
because the FYDP’s structure does not provide a way to
identify and aggregate these costs.
United States Government Accountability
Office: Defense Acquisitions: Space System Acquisition
Risks and Keys to Addressing Them.
06/01/2006
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans, La., is being awarded a
$2,491,389,968 fixed-price incentive contract for construction of
two LPD 17 Class amphibious transport dock ships (LPD 22 and 23),
with long lead time materials and associated labor for a third (LPD
24). In addition to ship production, this effort will include
procurement of long lead material and also inspection, testing,
storing and maintaining long lead material. The contractor will
perform material sourcing, material ordering, vendor interface and
material quality assurance. In addition, the contractor will
provide the management efforts including subcontract and risk
management. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss., and New
Orleans, La., and is expected to be completed by October 2011.
Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal
year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the
contracting activity (N00024-06-C-2222).
Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is
being awarded a $28,298,853 modification to an existing
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N66001-02-D-5013)
for network, interior and submarine communications engineering
systems support. The original contract included support for
in-service engineering agent services to support program
management, engineering, technical requirements, integrated
logistics support, fabrication, and non-integrated installation for
command and control, communications, computers and intelligence
systems. This modification includes one potential six-month option,
which, if awarded, would bring the cumulative value of this
modification to $78,389,936. Work will be performed in San Diego,
Calif., and is expected to be April 2007. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification was
issued on a sole-source basis in accordance with the Federal
Acquisitions Regulations (FAR 6.302-1). The Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Center San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being
awarded a $12,248,326 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the United
Kingdom Technical Services in support of the TRIDENT strategic
weapons systems. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, Calif., and
is expected to be completed March 2007. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not
competitively procured. The Strategic Systems Programs, Arlington,
Va., is the contracting activity (N00030-06-C-0038).
DG21, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded $9,348,396 for Modification
A00420 under previously awarded firm-fixed-price,
indefinite-quantity award fee provisions contract
(N62742-98-D-4500) to exercise the eighth option period for base
operating support services. The work to be performed provides for
all management, labor, administration, supervision, materials,
supplies, and equipment to provide integrated base operating
services at the U.S. Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. After
exercise of this modification, the total cumulative contract amount
will be $310,551,127. Work will be performed in Diego Garcia,
British Indian Ocean Territory, and is expected to be completed by
September 2006. Contract funds will expire at the end of the
current fiscal year. The basic contract was competitively procured
with 28 proposals solicited, two offers received, and award made to
DG21 on March 8, 1999. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is the contracting activity.
The U.S. Navy is awarding indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to 251 contractors that will provide for their competition for service requirements solicited by Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Strategic Systems Programs, and the Marine Corps. The 22 functional service areas within the scope of the contracts include 1. Research and development support. 2. Engineering system engineering and process engineering support. 3. Modeling, Simulation, Stimulation, and Analysis Support. 4. Prototyping, pre-production, model-making, and fabric support. 5. System design documentation and technical data support. 6. Software engineering, development, programming, and network support. 7. Reliability, maintainability, and availability support. 8. Human factors, performance, and usability engineering support. 9. System safety engineering support. 10. Configuration management support. 11. Quality assurance support. 12. Information system development, information assurance, and information technology support. 13. Ship inactivation and disposal support. 14. Interoperability, test and evaluation, trials support. 15. Measurement facilities, range, and instrumentation support. 16. Acquisition logistics support. 17. Supply and provisioning support. 18. Training support. 19. In-service engineering, fleet introduction, installation and checkout support. 20. Program support. 21. Functional and administrative support. 22. Public affairs and multimedia support. These contracts are in addition to the existing 648 contracts previously awarded under the SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) acquisition program for services procurements. The government estimates a maximum of $5,300,000,000 of services will be procured per year via orders issued under the SeaPort-e multiple award contracts. The awards have a three-year base period with one five-year award term and one additional two-year award term. These contracts were competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online, with 253 offers received and 251 contracts awarded. Contract funds will be obligated at the time of task order award and as such, multiple funding types (with varying expiration dates) may be used, consistent with the purpose for which the funds were appropriated. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va. is the contracting activity (N00178-06-D-4669-N00178-06-D-4919).
The list of contractors involved are: ABN Technologies, Sammamish, Wash.; Acquisition Solutions Inc (ASI), Arlington, Va.; ACRD Data Systems Inc, Bonsall, Calif.; Advanced Interactive Systems, Orlando, Fla.; Advanced Reasoning (AR.I.), Waterford, Conn.; Advanced Vision Systems, Accokeek, Md.; Aeolus Systems, Clearwater, Fla.; AEPCO, Rockville, Md.; Alaska Native Technologies, Anchorage, Alaska; Alexann Inc, San Diego, Calif.; Ampac Inc, North Wales, Pa.; Andromeda Systems Incorp. (ASI), Virginia Beach, Va.; Antech Systems Inc, Chesapeake, Va.; AnviCom, Vienna, Va.; Anzus Inc, Poway, Calif.; Applied Systems Engineering Solutions ASES LLC, Gales Ferry, Conn.; Applied Technical Systems Inc, Silverdale, Wash.; Apptis Inc, Chantilly, Va.; Aptima Inc, Woburn, Mass.; Arion Systems Inc, Chantilly, Va.; Artemis Consulting LLC, San Diego, Calif.; ASEG, San Diego, Calif.; ASRC Research and Technology Solutions, Greenbelt, Md.; Automation Technologies Inc, Vienna, Va.; Avior Group, Phoenix, Ariz.; Axon GCS Corp, Chula Vista, Calif.; Azimuth Inc, Morgantown, W. Va.; Berry Engineering, Alexandria, Va.; BI Solutions Inc, Harrisburg, Pa.; BienTech International, La Jolla, Calif.; Bishop Group, Panama City, Fla.; Blackstone Group LLC, Falls Church, Va.; BLS Consultants, Virginia Beach, Va.; Blue Heron Services Inc, Hollywood, Md.; Blue Oasis Technologies, San Diego, Calif.; Burns & McDonnel, Kansas City, Mo.; C3 Inc, Camarillo, Calif.; Caldwell Technology Solutions, Bowie, Md.; Calibre, Alexandria, Va.; CapTech, Richmond, Va.; Carley Corp, Orlando, Fla.; CAS Inc, Huntsville, Ala.; Cascadia Software Inc, Tacoma, Wash.; CDO Technologies Inc, Dayton, Ohio; Censeo Consulting Group, Washington, D.C.; CEXEC, Reston, Va.; CGH Technologies, Washington, D.C.; Charles Foster Co KPS, North Charleston, S.C.; Cherokee Information Systems, Arlington, Va.; Coherent Technical Services, Inc (CTSi), Lusby, Md.; Colding Technologies, Landover, Md.; Cole Engineering Services, Orlando, Fla.; Colonna's Shipyard Inc, Norfolk, Va.; Colsa Corp, Huntsville, Ala.; Communications Products Inc, Indianapolis, Ind.; Compass Systems Inc, Lexington Park, Md.; Control Systems Research Inc, Crestview, Fla.; Corrpro Companies Inc, Washington, D.C.; CRA Inc, Alexandria, Va.; Creative Information Technology Inc (CITI), Arlington, Va.; CTEK Industries Inc, Solomons, Md.; Davis Defense Group Inc, Quantico, Va.; Decision Engineering, Woodbridge, Va.; Decision Technologies Inc, Arlington, Va.; DME Corp, Orlando, Fla.; DOMA Technologies, Virginia Beach, Va.; Donnell Systems Inc (OCIE), South Bend, Ind.; Dot 21 Real-Time Systems Inc, Columbia, Md.; Droidan, Alexandria, Va.; DS Information Systems, Honolulu, Hawaii; Dynamic Solutions LLC, Silver Spring, Md.; Dynamics Analytics & Test Inc, Arlington, Va.; E&E Enterprises Global Inc, Hampton, Va.; East Coast Repair & Fabrication Inc, Norfolk, Va.; EMC Management, Sterling, Va.; Encore Solutions Inc, Rockville, Md.; Engineering Management Concepts, Camarillo, Calif.; Enspire Consulting Group Inc, San Marcos, Calif.; Entegriti Inc, Herndon, Va.; E-Sci Corp, Bethesda, Md.; Garcia Information, Indian Head, Md.; GCAS, San Marcos, Calif.; George Consulting Ltd, Severn, Md.; Georgia Tech Research Inst, Atlanta, Ga.; Gestalt LLC, King of Prussia, Pa.; Global Technology and Management Resources (GTMR), Hollywood, Md.; Govplace, Irvine, Calif.; Greystones Consulting, Washington, D.C.; H2 IT, Orlando, Fla.; Harrington Group, Orlando, Fla.; Homeland Security Solutions, Hampton, Va.; Honeywell Technology, Columbia, Md.; HSI Electric Inc, Honolulu, Hawaii; I Prise Communications, Santa Paula, Calif.; Ian, Evan & Alexander Corp (IEA), Longmont, Colo.; IME Investment Management Enterprise, Richmond, Va.; In Scope Solutions, Reston, Va.; Infinite Group Inc, Vienna, Va.; Infotech Systems Corp, Summerville, S.C.; Innovative Multimedia Services (IMS), North Charleson, S.C.; Innovative Reasoning LLC, Panama City, Fla.; Innovative Technology Applications Inc, Springfield, Va.; Integrated Systems Solutions, Mechanicsville, Md.; Intekras Inc, Sterling, Va.; International Systems Management Corp, Boyds, Md.; iO Technologies, Dahlgren, Va.; Irus Group Inc, Sterling, Va.; IT Support Pros, San Diego, Calif.; Ivent Solutions LLC, San Diego, Calif.; JBR Solutions Inc, Lorton, Va.; Jessico Inc, Norfolk, Va.; JLM Information Systems Inc (JLM), Alexandria, Va.; John C. Bucelato, LLC, Yorktown, Va.; Jove Sciences Inc, Carson City, Nev.; JTSI Inc, Kailua, Hawaii; Kalman & Company Inc, Virginia Beach, Va.; Ke Think SFS, Lexington Park, Md.; Key Solutions, Upper Marlboro, Md.; K-Lo Inc, Pensacola, Fla.; Knowledge Connections Inc, Stafford, Va.; Knowledge Systems Solutions Inc, San Diego, Calif.; Knowledge Tech Inc, Tampa, Fla.; KPN Networks Inc, Ventura, Calif.; KR Systems Inc, Lovettsville, Va.; LABBLEE Corp, Cambridge, Mass.; Lafayette Group, Vienna, Va.; Logtec, Fairborn, Ohio; Luke Crews Inc dba Advanced Tech, Analysis & Comp (ATAC), Ridgecrest, Calif.; M2 Consulting Corp, San Diego, Calif.; MAC Consulting Services Inc, Fairfax, Va.; MACB, Dayton, Ohio; Main Industries, Hampton, Va.; Mainsail LLC, Cleveland, Ohio; Management Technology Inc (MTI), Clinton, Md.; Manufacturing Technologies (M-TEQ), Reedville, Va.; Marine Design Dynamics Inc, Washington, D.C.; Maritime Applied Physics Corp, Baltimore, Md.; MBK Consultants, Las Vegas, Nev.; Mc Neil Technologies, Springfield, Va.; McDonough Bolyard Peck, Columbia, Md.; McKenzie Systems Engineering Associates (MSEA), Oxnard, Calif.; MCR Federal LLC, McLean, Va.; Merdan Group Inc, San Diego, Calif.; Merrill Dean Consulting, Alexandria, Va.; Metron Inc, Reston, Va., Micro USA Inc, Poway, Calif.; Milvets System Tech Inc, Lanham, Md.; Minerva Engineering, Gilbert, Ariz.; Mission Critical Technologies, El Segundo, Calif.; MKI Systems, Woodbridge, Va.; Mnemonics, Alexandria, Va.; Momentum Inc, Camp Hill, Pa.; Moo-Young Consulting (MYI), Chester, Pa.; Morgan Franklin, McLean, Va.; N S Microwave, Spring Valley, Calif.; National Sourcing Inc, Tampa, Fla.; Natural SPI, Tucson, Ariz.; Naval Automation Group, Norfolk, Va.; NCR Government Systems LLC, Germantown, Md.; NEK Advanced Securities Group, Albuquerque, N.M.; Next Wave Systems LLC, Pekin, Ind.; Nova Engineering Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio; Nova Technologies, Panama City, Fla.; Numerex, Albuquerque, N.M.; Observera Inc, Chantilly, Va.; Ocean State Technology Corp, Providence, R.I.; ORSA Corporation, Aberdeen, Md.; Pacific Crossing LLC, Irvine, Calif.; Pacific Science & Engineering, San Diego, Calif.; Paradigm Solutions, Rockville, Md.; Parker Group Inc, Kekaha, Hawaii; Perpetual Technologies Inc, Indianapolis, Ind.; Phoenix Data Corp, Indianapolis, Ind.; Pinnacle Network Systems, Norfolk, Va.; Plexus Com/Group, Baltimore, Md.; Price Systems LLC, Arlington, Va.; PRN Associates, Inc, Indianapolis, Ind.; Promia Inc, San Francisco, Calif.; Pro-telligent LLC, Arlington, Va.; Puritan Research, Vienna, Va.; R.L. Phillips Inc, Carlsbad, Calif.; Radiant Blue Technologies, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Regis & Associates PC, Washington, D.C.; Rentfrow Inc, Ventura, Calif.; Rising Edge Technologies, Herndon, Va.; RLW Inc, State College, Pa.; Rohrbach Group Inc, Poway, Calif.; Rolands & Associates Corp, Monterey, Calif.; RTR Technologies, Aberdeen, Md.; Ryan Consulting Group, Carmel, Ind.; San Diego City College, San Diego, Ill.; San Diego Research Center, San Diego, Calif.; Savvee Consulting Inc, South Riding, Va.; Science & Engineering Tech Inc, Fairfax Station, Va.; S.C.RA, North Charleston, S.C.; Sensormatic Hawaii Inc, Aiea, Hawaii; Serrano IT Services, Bellevue, Neb.; SGT Inc, Greenbelt, Md.; SI International, Reston, Va.; Siena Group LLC, Melbourne, Fla.; Simigon Inc, Orlando, Fla.; Simpler Consulting Inc, Alexandria, Va.; Simulation Systems Technologies Inc, Voorhees, N.J.; Skill Storm Government Services, Vienna, Va.; SMS Data Products Group Inc, Sterling, Va.; Spartacus Consulting, Carson City, Nev.; Spectrum Sciences Inc, California, Md.; SRS Technologies, Newport Beach, Calif.; Strategic Engineering Systems, Alexandria, Va.; STS International, St Petersburg, Fla.; STV Inc, Douglassville, Pa.; Subsidum, Front Royal, Va.; Sweet Analysis Services Inc (SASI), Alexandria, Va.; Syneren Technologies Corp, Shrewsbury, Mass.; Synergist Technology Group, Peckville, Pa.; Synesis 7, Butte, Mont.; System Services Integration Corp, Harrisburg, Pa.; System Technology Solutions Inc (STS), San Antonio, Texas; Systems Applications & Solutions, Charleston, S.C.; Systems Engineering & Management Co (SEMCO), Vista, Calif.; Systems Planning Corp, Arlington, Va.; Systems Plus Inc, Rockville, Md.; Tech Wizards, La Plata, Md.; Technical & Project Engineering LLC, McLean, Va.; Technical Software Services Inc (TechSoft), Pensacola, Fla.; Technik, Reston, Va.; Technology Farm Inc, Tewksbury, Mass.; Technology Security Associates Inc, Lexington Park, Md.; Technomics, Arlington, Va.; Thomas Jablonski LLC, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Thomas Security Consultants, Woodbridge, Va.; Tran Tech, Alexandria, Va.; Trident Research LLC, Austin, Texas; Trident Systems Inc, Fairfax, Va.; Triumph Enterprises, Fairfax, Va.; Trofholz Tech, Rocklin, Calif.; Trulogic Inc, Beavercreek, Ohio; Truston Technologies, Lafayette, La.; Tyonek Solutions, Anchorage, Alaska; Vector CSP, Elizabeth City, N.C.; Vero Tek Systems, San Diego, Calif.; Virtual Reality Medical Center, San Diego, Calif.; Visual Concepts LLC, Ventura, Calif.; Visual Eyes, Westlake Village, Calif.; Volant Systems LLC, Grove City, Pa.; Vox Optima, Tijeras, N.M.; Wartsila Lips Inc, Chesapeake, Va.; Wenzlau Engineering, South Pasadena, Calif.; Werner Anderson Inc, Gloucester, Va.; Wexford Group International, Vienna, Va.; Williams Pyro Inc, Fort Worth, Texas
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