The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corporation conduct a full-scale qualification static fire test of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) stage-one solid rocket motor at Northrop Grumman's facility in Promontory, Utah, March 6, 2025. The Sentinel program is modernizing the land-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad, replacing the aging Minuteman III ICBM … [Read more...]
Quality Military Health Care Important to Readiness
Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Darin Selnick and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Steve Ferrara hold a town hall meeting for Department of Defense personnel at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Maryland, March 7, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Spencer Perkins) MARCH … [Read more...]
Hegseth Welcomes Youth Delegates, Mentors to Pentagon
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stands with military mentors partaking in the United States Senate Youth Program at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 7, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech) MARCH 8, 2025 - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed student delegates and their military officer mentors from the 63rd United States Senate Youth … [Read more...]
Transcom Asks Lawmakers for More Used Vessels
MARCH 7, 2025 - To bolster America's Ready Reserve Force fleet, U.S. Transportation Command wants to buy as many as 10 used shipping vessels. "We need to both build it here, and we actually need to buy used," Air Force Gen. Randall Reed, Transcom's commander, told the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday while testifying on Capitol Hill. The Ready Reserve Force fleet … [Read more...]
Nations Train Together at Allied Spirit ‘25
MARCH 7, 2025 – Allied Spirit ‘25 brings 13 ally and partner nations together to train, learn, and integrate at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at the Hohenfels Training Area, Bavaria. This year the event takes place from Feb. 22 – March 24, and for this rotation, the Mechanized Infantry Brigade – Griffin, of Lithuania, has assumed the role of primary training unit for … [Read more...]