FEBRUARY 14, 2024 - U.S. Special Operations Command leaders see the current move to integrate the command into great power competition as a return to its roots. Army Gen. Bryan Fenton and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shane Shorter, the commander and senior enlisted leader of Socom, spoke with the Defense Writers Group recently and discussed the changes happening in the world and … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
Guard Vice Chief Emphasizes Cyber Readiness
FEBRUARY 14, 2024 — The National Guard’s motto is “Always Ready, Always There,” and for one group of Maine National Guardsmen, being “there” is a loose term with no specific battlefield or location in mind. Being ready is a constant for the small collection of specialized Soldiers and Airmen who operate in an infinite area of responsibility known as cyberspace. Air Force Lt. … [Read more...]
Austin Released From Hospital Yesterday
FEBRUARY 14, 2024 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, after having been admitted over the weekend. Dr. John Maddox, trauma medical director, and Dr. Gregory Chesnut, Center for Prostate Disease Research of the Murtha Cancer Center director, said in a statement: "Secretary Austin … [Read more...]
Air Force Plans to Reoptimize Air Force, Space Force
FEBRUARY 14, 2024 - In a show of unity fueled by a sense of urgency, senior Department of the Air Force civilian and military leaders unveiled Feb. 12 a set of sweeping decisions designed to reoptimize the Air Force and Space Force to maintain preeminence, deter adversaries, and prevail in an era of Great Power Competition. The leaders – Secretary of the Air Force Frank … [Read more...]
New Heavy Equipment Tie-Down More Efficient, Safer
FEBRUARY 14, 2024 – The team at the Coleman Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Mannheim recently tested a new Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter, or EHET, trailer tie-down system and a scale system that will help the Army in Europe operate more efficiently while also improving safety. Personnel from Army Field Support Battalion-Mannheim/Poland – who are set to … [Read more...]