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sioned into combat divisions since combat restrictions for them
were lifted.
The vice president saluted class president Eugene “E.J.” Coleman
for publicly coming out as gay.
Before the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy airspace over the South China Sea.
in 2010, “E.J. would have been discharged from the Army, and we
would have lost an incredible talent,” he said. “Thanks for your
courage, E.J., and I expect we’re going to hear big things from
you, pal.”
Biden also warned the graduating class that it’s facing a vast
range of complex challenges, including battling Islamic State ex-
tremists, containing outbreaks of contagious diseases and defending
against cyberattacks.
“Whenever the stakes are highest, we turn to the United States
Army,” he said. “Whether it’s fighting terrorism, training our part-
ners, reassuring our allies or providing humanitarian relief, we call to discuss details of the incident publicly, so spoke on condition
on you,” he said. “And right now, the stakes could not be higher.”
Biden singled out cyberattacks as a growing threat that could
allow American enemies to knock out the nation’s power grid or
disable satellite systems.
“The bad thing about advanced technology is that it gives im-
mense powers to stateless actors,” Biden said.
He added: “You’ll need to dominate the cyber realm as you do
the physical one.” AP
Assembly of Bell Helicopter Jet Ranger X leaving Louisiana
Bell Helicopter says it will assemble its 505 Jet Ranger X in
Canada, and abandon plans to build the new-model aircraft at a
$26.3 million Lafayette facility.
Louisiana financed the facility and was promised 115 jobs.
The Advocate reports Bell CEO and President Mitch Snyder
said in a conference call Thursday an undetermined number of
employees at the Lafayette plant will handle some of the cabin
assembly for Bell’s 505 Relentless helicopter, work that is being
transferred from a plant in Amarillo, Texas.
Snyder said the Lafayette plant also will handle modifications to
the Northrop Gruman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle,
a Bell project that is being moved from the company’s facility in
Ozark, Ala.
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Snyder said the company’s decision to change directions was seas and airspace. China says it is entitled to keep watch over
driven by a severe downturn worldwide in the demand for com- such airspace and seas.
mercial aircraft. AP
China has long been irked by U.S. reconnaissance missions off
Pentagon: Chinese jets fly close to U.S. spy plane the Chinese island province of Hainan, which sits at the northern
The Pentagon says two Chinese fighter jets flew within about 50 end of the South China Sea and is home to a number of highly
sensitive naval and air installations. AP
feet of a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane May 17 in international
Explosion causes fire at U.S. base in South Korea
An oxygen tank has blown up at a U.S. military base in South
The Pentagon characterized the incident as an unsafe intercept
and said it is being reviewed. Korea, causing a fire, but there were no reports of casualties.
The U.S. military says it is investigating the cause of the blast
A U.S. military official says the two Chinese J-11 fighters flew
out to intercept the U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft and came so close that May 19 at Camp Carroll, 280 kilometers (175 miles) southeast of
they forced the pilot to descend a couple hundred feet in order to the Seoul.
avoid a collision. The U.S. surveillance plane was conducting
routine operations in the region. The ensuing fire was extinguished in less an hour by 18 firetrucks
that rushed to the scene, local officials said.
The official says the incident took place in the northern part
of the sea, south of Hong Kong. The official was not authorized South Korean media said there were multiple explosions.
Some shrapnel that was scattered by the blasts fell on a nearby
of anonymity. farming village and triggered separate fires. But those fires have
also been quickly contained and there were no reports of casualties
On May 19, however, China rejected the U.S. claims that its there too.
fighter jets maneuvered unsafely when they intercepted an Ameri- The United States stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea
can Navy reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea, and de- as deterrence against potential aggression from North Korea. AP
manded that the U.S. end such missions close to Chinese territory.
Russian lawmakers back creation of national guard
The Chinese jets monitored the U.S. plane from an acceptable Russian lawmakers have given tentative approval to forming a
distance and operated in a safe and professional manner, Foreign
Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told journalists at a regularly sched- national guard, with some saying the Kremlin needs it as a tool
uled news briefing. against possible unrest.
“According to the related Chinese authorities, the U.S. allega- Members of the lower house, the State Duma, endorsed the bill
tion is not true,” Hong said. May 18 in the first of three required readings, with only the com-
munists speaking out against it.
Frequent reconnaissance missions by U.S. Navy vessels’ aircraft
off the Chinese coast “jeopardizes China’s sea and air safety,” President Vladimir Putin announced forming a national guard last
Hong said. “We urge the U.S. to immediately stop spying activities month, saying his former chief bodyguard, Viktor Zolotov, would
and prevent such events from happening again,” he said. oversee it. Putin said the force would focus on the fight against ex-
tremism and organized crime, but some observers saw its creation
The U.S. has sought to prevent such confrontations through fre- as a reflection of Kremlin fears of possible anti-government protests
quent communication and the signing of an agreement on handling amid an economic downturn.
unexpected encounters at sea and in the air.
Communist Vyacheslav Tetekin said during the May 18 debate
However, such incidents may now be on the increase as the that setting up a national guard is linked to the worsening social and
U.S. challenges China’s claims that its newly created artificial economic situation in the country. AP
islands in the South China Sea enjoy legal rights to territorial
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