MARCH 13, 2019 - The Air Force’s budget would rise to $165 billion in fiscal year 2020 under the White House spending plan unveiled March 12, a $10 billion increase that allows the service to grow, modernize and effectively adapt to an array of changing global threats. As written, the proposed budget attaches numbers to larger strategic goals that include the need to meet … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2019
Soldiers Learn Cutting-edge Features on First Shipment of JLTVs
MARCH 13, 2019, Fort Stewart, GA - While being trained on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Sowards had a simple but effective way to test the vehicle's innovative suspension. He grabbed a cup, filled it with water and placed it in one of the cup holders found inside the Army's newest tactical vehicle. He then drove it along an uneven tank trail. … [Read more...]
Exchange Thanks Vietnam Veterans with Truck Design
MARCH 12, 2019 - The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is honoring Vietnam Veterans with a 53-foot rolling billboard. For the second year in a row, the Exchange created a custom truck design that appears on three of the Department of Defense retailer’s tractor-trailers that deliver merchandise across the United States. The trucks also deliver a message to Vietnam Veterans: … [Read more...]
Sexual Assault Reports Up at Service Academies, But Down Servicewide
MARCH 12, 2019 - It’s “gravely concerning” that results of the most recent survey of the military service academies show another increase in sexual assault reports, the executive director of the Defense Department’s Office of Force Resiliency told lawmakers March 7 at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee's personnel subcommittee. The service academies to which … [Read more...]
Heightened Focus on the Arctic Brings Challenges to the Air Force
MARCH 12, 2019 - There’s no mystery – or surprise – surrounding the Arctic’s strategic importance, a vast and foreboding expanse where the United States has maintained a resolute and unblinking presence for decades. While that reality is long-frozen in place, a host of new and emerging factors ranging from climate change to intensifying global commerce to a generation of … [Read more...]