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Residents wait for their turn to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in Tuol Kork district’s Boeung Salang commune. Phnom Penh Municipal Hall
Capital set to shrink red zones in jab drive
Sun, 9 May 2021
Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng said the authorities are looking into reducing the size of the red zone areas from being imposed on entire communes to designating them at the village and household level, as new Covid-19 cases in the capital have dropped in recent days.
Sreng revealed these plans while inspecting the vaccination campaign sites in the red zone on the morning of May 9.
Caledonia World War II veteran receives honor for his service
Former World War II mortarman, Bradford Freeman, received a challenge coin from the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff in honor of his bravery during battle.
Posted: May 7, 2021 11:24 PM
Updated: May 7, 2021 11:26 PM
Posted By: Rhea Thornton
CALEDONIA, Miss. (WTVA) - A man in Caledonia received an award sent form the highest ranks in the U.S. military.
Bradford Freeman was just 19-years-old when he entered World War II as a mortar man.
Bradford Freeman, a World War II veteran, received honors from the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff.
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Residents of Tuol Sangke I commune in Russey Keo district have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Photo supplied
Military arm 70K residents in capital s Tuol Sangke with Covid jab
Fri, 7 May 2021
Residents of Tuol Sangke I commune in Russey Keo district have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine starting May 7, according to Ith Sarath – Deputy Commander-in-Chief and Joint Chief of Staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces – who oversees the campaign in Phnom Penh.
“I will deploy more military forces from Region 3 to help accelerate the drive because we have to speed up this work for the more than 70,000 residents,” he said.
May 5, 2021
Ever since fighting ended in the Korean War nearly seven decades ago, Baengnyeong has been a key location for Seoul to spy on North Korea. Yet now the island is on China’s radar.
China spooked South Korea in December by sending a warship past a self-imposed boundary near the island to probe the limits of the country’s claims in the Yellow Sea. The move, described as rare by South Korean lawmakers, comes as China’s military bolsters its presence in the disputed waters.
Roughly 5,000 residents on Baengnyeong have also become wary of an influx of Chinese fishing boats near the island, which sits in a strategic location perpendicular to the Bohai Strait the main waterway providing access to Beijing. In years past the island’s quartzite beach one of a handful of natural runways in the world was used for sorties in the Korean War.
4 Joint, combined and virtual - a challenging wargaming exercise revealed how well students master Senior Service College knowledge and strategic planning processes and, simultaneously, how the Army War College executes a Defense leaders’ version of massive online gaming.
The Joint Land, Air, Sea, Strategic Special Program Exercise recently immersed 122 senior officers into a complex global scenario set more than 10 years into the future. The JLASS-SP capstone learning event aligned with the Joint Chiefs’ guidance for “live, virtual, constructive, and gaming methodologies with wargames and exercises involving multiple sets and repetitions to achieve primary learning outcomes.”
JLASS presented multiple, near-simultaneous global dilemmas that required coordination and collaboration across US government departments and with allies and partners. The problems ranged from competition to conflict regarding the Baltics, China and Taiwan, Iran and the Strait of Horm