WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2015 - Despite ever-changing fiscal levels since World War II, the Defense Department has sought to improve and maintain acceptable military installation housing conditions, and privatization remains a linchpin in those endeavors, an official said here Jan. 23. Joseph K. Sikes, the Defense Department’s former director of housing and competitive … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
Voting: Army Distributes Federal Post Card Applications to Soldiers
WASHINGTON (Jan. 27, 2015) - Earlier this month, Soldiers Army-wide were provided with electronic or paper Federal Post Card Applications, known as FPCA. Remembering to fill out and return the FPCA is especially important if Soldiers and spouses have changed duty stations, said Rachel Gilman, Army voting action officer, Soldiers Program Branch, Adjutant General Directorate, … [Read more...]
Hanscom ‘Pockets’ the U.S. to Improve Homeland Defense
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (AFNS) - A new program known as the Pocket J system was recently completed and implemented to connect the nation's continental air defense sectors to aircraft flying the homeland defense mission. The program, managed under the C3I and Networks Directorate at Hanscom Air Force Base provides the primary tactical data link messaging capability … [Read more...]
Dempsey: Sequestration is ‘Absolutely Crazy’
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2015 - Sequestration is "absolutely crazy," will hurt national security and make it "impossible" for the United States to meet its global commitments, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The world has changed dramatically since sequestration was passed into law in the Budget Control Act of 2011, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey … [Read more...]
Future Joint Concepts Focus on Human Elements
ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 26, 2015) - A panel of military officers discussed the concepts of the Strategic Landpower Task Force Jan. 16 at the Center for Strategic International Studies in Washington, D.C. Developed from the lessons learned over the past 12 years of conflict, the Joint Concept for Integrated Campaigning (JCIC) and the Human Aspects of Military Operations (HAMO) … [Read more...]