NOVEMBER 4, 2024 – The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict continues to alter the geopolitical situation in Europe and the Indo-Pacific Command region. The latest Cultural and Area Studies Office panel, recognizing the National Defense Authorization Act’s definition of China as a pacing threat, focused the discussion on the Chinese way of war and the People’s Liberation … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
Integrating, Reshaping the Air Force
NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - Carrying fresh insights from a recent tour of the Pacific, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin re-emphasized Oct. 31 the need to aggressively integrate and reshape the service to confront China’s rising threat, as well as the malign actions of other adversaries. “There is a clear and present danger,” Allvin said of the Chinese Communist Party’s … [Read more...]
Biden Announces $425 Million More for Ukraine
NOVEMBER 1, 2024 - Today, 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 sixty-ninth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an … [Read more...]
Soldier Gets OK to Grow Long Hair
NOVEMBER 1, 2024 – Native American Spc. Moses Brave Heart of the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 235th Military Police Company is growing his hair long after receiving an exception to policy. Brave Heart is a member of the Oglala Sioux tribe and grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation. He cut his hair to join the North Dakota National Guard in 2020 and transferred to the … [Read more...]
Air Force Debuts New Air Refueler
NOVEMBER 1, 2024 - The first enduring U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron was established in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, with aircraft deploying to the region in early October. Given only a 72-hour notice to generate forces and deploy a contingency force, the 305th EARS was stood up to bring the Air Force’s next generation … [Read more...]