A U.S. Marine with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provides security for the simulated surface raid bivouac site during Amphibious Squadron, MEU Integration (PMINT) on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 12, 2023. PMINT is the 24th MEU’s first opportunity in the pre-deployment training cycle to fully integrate with the Wasp … [Read more...]
DoD Releases First Defense Industrial Strategy
JANUARY 15, 2024 - The Defense Department today released its first strategy for ensuring that the U.S. defense industrial base meets the demands of a challenging national security landscape well into the future. The 59-page National Defense Industrial Strategy lays out long-term priorities that will guide DOD actions and resource prioritization with the aim of creating a … [Read more...]
Cultural Shift Will Help Service Become Data Centric
JANUARY 15, 2024 — To better acquire and access data on the battlefield, the Army has revamped how it integrates data across warfighting functions, an Army intelligence leader said. To continue on its maturity path in fiscal year 2024, the Army needs a “cultural shift” to organically transform how the service uses data, said the service’s chief intelligence officer David … [Read more...]
Strikes Against Houthis Effective in Degrading Capabilities
JANUARY 15, 2024 - The Defense Department is highly confident that past strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen were effective in degrading the rebel group's ability to carry out further attacks against commercial ships operating in the Red Sea, a senior Pentagon official said last week. Army Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II, director of operations for the Joint Staff, … [Read more...]
Two Soldiers Selected for Team USA
JANUARY 13, 2024 — U.S. Army sergeants Sagen Maddalena and Ivan Roe earned spots on Team USA in the 10m Air Rifle event for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Soldiers received their placements after completing USA Shooting’s Air Gun Olympic Trials Part 3 at the Civilian Marksmanship Program Judith Legerski Competition Center in Anniston, Alabama, Jan. 5-7, 2024. The Fort Moore … [Read more...]