Nevertheless, he has launched a review of military recruitment, training and promotions.
The decision to close RAF Lyneham was made by the MoD in 2002 as part of a strategic review of military bases.
The decision was part of a strategic review of military bases.
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The Bomber Command clasp was introduced in February, following a review of military decorations by former diplomat Sir John Holmes, who concluded that Bomber Command had been treated "inconsistently" with their Fighter Command counterparts.
The American government are doing this, they have a formal review and an independent military commission as well, reporting in September, there's no such formal review talking place in Britain and I think that is important.
White House sources said Wednesday that NATO military leaders are also conducting a review of alliance strategy.
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U.S. military hearings known as combatant status review tribunals determine whether a prisoner can be designated an "enemy combatant" and prosecuted by the military.
Although Mr Hamdan has petitioned the Supreme Court for a review, his trial before a military commission is expected to resume soon.
Among military projects, that process is particularly bogged down, largely because of a requirement for review and oversight of study proposals by both an institutional review board and military officials.
After the next election, all main parties have committed to holding a root-and-branch review of all military services.
It is part of what the U.S. military calls Combatant Status Review Boards, a process to determine whether a detainee is an enemy combatant and should continue to be held or if he should be released.
Apart from the warm glow created by this change of line, Britain feels emboldened to set the tone for its partners' military efforts because it has just completed a sweeping review of its defence posture, while several other European states, including the new German government, are only now embarking on similar exercises.
It says it is simply determined to complete a "strategic review" of the condition of the military it inherited and the kinds of changes it requires before making judgments about the size and purposes for which any defense supplemental might be sought.
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And former Labour defence secretary Lord Hutton - the man the government appointed to oversee a review of public sector pensions - said linking the military pension to the consumer price index, rather than the retail price index, would mean war widows and the injured would get smaller payments in future.
The US government then announced there would be military commissions to review the status of detainees, in a move correspondents say was designed to pre-empt matters coming before civilian judges.
All of this is likely to become part of a broader Defense Department and administration review of the U.S. military presence throughout the region.
This development, first reported in The New York Times, is part of a larger expected administration and Pentagon review of future U.S. military presence in the region, the official said.
Obama suspended the military commissions by signing an executive order on his third day in office, the same day he signed an order to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo within a year and announced a 120-day review of the whole process.
Nick Brown, editor-in-chief of the influential military journal Jane's International Defence Review, said the Yakhont was "a real ship killer".
Hagel also said the Wilkerson case raises the question of whether it is necessary or appropriate "to place the convening authority in the position of having the responsibility to review the findings and sentence of a court-martial, " particularly when military law allows for a rigorous appeal process.
The RFTG was created under the 2010 defence review and is a rapid reaction force which deals with unexpected world events that require military intervention.
The 2006 QDR already foresaw that America had to deal with a range of crises, and Mr Gates's review only tinkers with America's military structure.
Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott turned the chamber's attention to events in Libya, and asked Mr Salmond to outline his position on the Scottish military bases which are currently under threat of closure as a result of a UK government defence review.
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