JANUARY 15, 2021 - There is no place in the Defense Department for those who espouse extremist views, DOD officials said today. In wake of the siege of the U.S. Capitol January 6, Defense Department officials reemphasized the department has zero tolerance for service members or employees engaged in extremism, anarchist, antifa, white supremacy or who belong to organizations … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2021
Miller Establishes Task Force to Aid Gold Star Families
JANUARY 15, 2021 - Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller virtually sat down with Gold Star families recently to discuss how the Defense Department can better support them. Miller signed a memo in December 2020, designed to implement programs recognizing the sacrifices of these families and preserve the legacies of those killed. "I was tremendously honored and humbled to … [Read more...]
Guard Tests Night Vision Goggles to Support Future Warfight
JANUAR 15, 2021 - Advancements in U.S. Army technology can give Soldiers an edge in an ever-changing operational environment, supporting the warfight. To that end, nearly 20 Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers recently tested the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular (ENVG-B) to measure the effects of image intensifier tube imbalance for both target identification and … [Read more...]
Trusted Capital Marketplace Reduces Vulnerability
JANUARY 14, 2021 - The Defense Department stood up the Trusted Capital Marketplace in December, and already both capability and capital providers are signing up to participate, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment said today. In order to ensure adversary nations are not investing in U.S. defense and technology companies — and undermining national … [Read more...]
Partnerships Key to Space Force Delivering Warfighting Capabilities
JANUARY 14, 2021 - The Space Force is responsible for delivering space capability to the joint and coalition forces, including such items as navigation, timing, electromagnetic operations, orbital warfare, GPS, missile warning, satellite communications and launch space domain awareness. Many of those capabilities have been forward deployed to the Middle East and other areas … [Read more...]