Retired U.S. Navy Adm. William H. McRaven (left) and Ms. Catherine Herridge (right), Veteran Investigative Reporter, hold a ‘fireside chat’ during Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week 2024 in downtown Tampa, Florida, May 8, 2024. SOF Week is the premier gathering for the SOF community and industry, bringing together more than 21,000 attendees, including representatives from … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2024
Biden Announces More Security Assistance for Ukraine
MAY 13, 2024 - Last Friday, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-seventh tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package has an estimated … [Read more...]
Military Spouses Empower Others in PCS Process
MAY 13, 2024 – Nearly 1 million military spouses serve alongside their loved ones in uniform. These spouses face unique challenges, such as completing permanent change of station moves every two to four years and dealing with the struggles that come with that, for example, having damaged or missing household goods. One military spouse, Chalon Conley-Mosley, a former claims … [Read more...]
Air Force Leaders Discuss Future of All-Volunteer Force
Alex Wagner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, speaks at the RAND Corporation’s “America’s All-Volunteer Force: recognizing its Success and Charting a Path for the Future” event in Arlington, Va., May 3, 2024. The all-volunteer force-centric discussions focused on how the services can leverage retention and talent management programs to … [Read more...]
West’s Defense Industrial Base Will Outpace Russia’s
MAY 13, 2024 - It's easy for an autocratic regime like Russia to accelerate their defense industrial base at the expense of its economy to continue its war in Ukraine, along with help from Iran and North Korea, said Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven L. Basham. Basham, deputy commander, U.S. European Command, spoke yesterday at the livestreamed Foundation for Defense of Democracies … [Read more...]