JANUARY 10, 2024 - The Defense Department is making leaps when it comes to fielding cutting edge technologies, a senior Pentagon policy official said today. Michael C. Horowitz, deputy assistant secretary of defense for force development and emerging capabilities, said key organizational and strategy updates have resulted in DOD's improved ability to effectively field new … [Read more...]
Navy Releases Priorities: America’s Warfighting Navy
JANUARY 10, 2024 – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti released her priorities in a paper titled “America’s Warfighting Navy,” at the Surface Navy Association’s National Symposium, Jan. 9. The text of America’s Warfighting Navy reads as follows: Who We Are. We are the United States Navy, the most powerful navy in the world. We are the Sailors and Civilians who … [Read more...]
Guard Junior Soldiers Take Lead in Training
JANUARY 10, 2024 — The 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, conducted Battle Drill One Alpha at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on Jan. 6, 2023. The training was geared toward reacting to contact. The squad had no idea when or what they are going to get hit with. Their job was to quickly assess the situation and react accordingly. … [Read more...]
New Army Space Vision: Actualizing Multidomain Operations
JANUARY 10, 2024 - Army space will reach new heights in 2024. This month, the Secretary of the Army, Chief of Staff of the Army, and Sergeant Major of the Army published the Army Space Vision outlining a renewed focus for Army space activities. The new space vision directs the Army to concentrate on: (1) integrating friendly joint, coalition, and commercial space capabilities … [Read more...]
Austin Has Prostate Cancer but Making Progress
JANUARY 10, 2024 - The Pentagon today announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III remains at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, while he recovers from complications related to a mid-December surgery to treat prostate cancer. According to doctors at Walter Reed, Austin underwent surgery Dec. 22 to treat prostate cancer, which had … [Read more...]