WASHINGTON, Mar. 6, 2014 - Congressional failure to fund the Defense Department above levels required by sequestration in fiscal years 2015, 2016 and beyond will compromise national security, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here yesterday. The secretary testified with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey this morning before the Senate Armed … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
VA and Women Veterans: “Fielding a Full Team”
Ed. note: On March 11, 2009, President Obama established the inter-agency White House Council on Women and Girls to ensure the programs and policies of the federal government are being crafted and implemented with the wellbeing of our women and girls at the forefront of our thinking and priorities. This post is part of a month-long series highlighting government-wide progress … [Read more...]
Army Continues to Expand Body Armor Analysis Work to Protect Soldiers
ADELPHI, Md. (March 4, 2014) - Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL continue to expand body armor analysis work to protect Soldiers - not only protecting their lives, but also their daily life functions after treatment and recovery. The team of researchers, who work in the Warfighter Survivability Branch of ARL's Survivability Lethality Analysis … [Read more...]
DOD Officials: Another Budget Sequester Would Increase Risk
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2014 - The defense strategic guidance can work under the president’s fiscal year 2015 budget request for the Defense Department, but if steep spending cuts associated with a budget sequester return in fiscal 2016, all bets are off, senior defense officials said at a Pentagon news conference today. DOD Comptroller Robert F. Hale and Christine E. … [Read more...]
Secretary of the Navy Announces Career Sea Pay Increases
WASHINGTON, 03/05/2014 (NNS) - Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus today announced an increase in Career Sea Pay (CSP) and Career Sea Pay Premium (CSP-P) for eligible Sailors and Marines serving aboard ships whose primary mission is conducted at sea. "Those Sailors and Marines on sea duty, deployed away from home around the world, are the backbone of the Navy and Marine Corps, … [Read more...]