SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 - The Defense Department is adjusting how much service members pay in child care fees for the 2023-2024 school year to reduce the burden on lower income families and meet the intent of Executive Order 14095. Executive Order 14095, "Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers," signed April 18, 2023, directs the DOD to improve the … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2023
DOD Releases 2023 Cyber Strategy Summary
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 - In May, the Defense Department released to Congress the classified version of the 2023 Cyber Strategy. Today, the department made public an unclassified summary of that strategy which reveals a new emphasis on helping U.S. partners and allies build their own cyber capacity. "Distinct from previous iterations of the DOD cyber strategy, this strategy … [Read more...]
Army SMDC Team Launches Economical Target for Missile Tests
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 — A U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center team provided a low-cost target to help test the nation’s missile defense systems. An Economical Target-2, a missile target designed to fly a ballistic flight path and demonstrate defensive protection capability, launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Sept. 8. The flight served … [Read more...]
Air Force’s Effort to ‘Accelerate Change’ to Meet Security Challenges
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. delivers a keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept 12, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya) SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 - Emphasizing themes that are now familiar, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. said in a Sept. 12 speech to an influential … [Read more...]
Guardsmen Move Cargo, Fuel, People to Greenland Camp
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 – The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing wrapped up its annual support to the National Science Foundation in Greenland when Airmen and LC-130 “Skibirds” returned to Stratton Air National Guard Base on Aug. 23. The unit supplied 2.4 million pounds of cargo, eighty-six-thousand gallons of fuel and delivered 1300 passengers to research locations … [Read more...]