JANUARY 26, 2024 - A commission made up of officials from the U.S. and Iraq will begin holding high-level talks in the coming days designed to advance the nations' shared goal of building an enduring security partnership, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today. The U.S.-Iraq Higher Military Commission aims to build upon joint commitments to regional … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2024
NATO Begins Largest Exercise Since Cold War
JANUARY 26, 2024 - Over the next six months, thousands of U.S. service members will participate in the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War. Dubbed Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, it will feature about 90,000 service members from the 31 NATO allies and Sweden. It will test the ability of the alliance to quickly deploy forces and will test NATO's new defense … [Read more...]
Air Force Welcomes Industry Partners
JANUARY 26, 2024 - Since September 2023, the Department of the Air Force has gained unique strategic insights from an employee who is not traditionally one of its own. Through the Public-Private Talent Exchange, Jamal Mahboob, a Google Cloud Platform Customer Engineer at Google Public Sector, has been participating in a professional development program with the DAF Chief … [Read more...]
ISIS Threat Changes Long-Term U.S.-Iraq Relationship
JANUARY 26, 2024 - The Pentagon yesterday underscored the mutual commitment by the United States and Iraq to strengthening the evolving security relationship between the two nations. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said that the two nations have, for a decade now, enjoyed a productive security relationship aimed at the shared goal of defeating the threat posed … [Read more...]
Space Force Leaders Take On Air University
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman addresses Air War College students during his visit to Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Jan. 23, 2024. Saltzman presented the three key Space Force lines of effort to field combat-ready forces, amplify the Guardian Spirit, and partner with allies and industry to win. (US Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox) JANUARY 26, 2024 … [Read more...]