Another SAR item notes that the IOC for the Global Broadcast Service satellite system will be nine months late—now set for December 2006. The reason: The need to integrate operational requirements document III changes into the test and evaluation master plan.
Since U.S. forces withdrew from Somalia earlier this year, they have been “commuting to work” via aircraft to help train Somali troops, but without a ground presence there is limited intelligence understanding, the head of U.S. Africa Command told lawmakers. In December 2020, former President Donald J. Trump ordered U.S.…