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Space for a Space Corps Congress lays groundwork for controversial plan | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is not creating a new military service devoted to space, but analysts and lawmakers say they have laid the groundwork for the ambitious, and controversial plan. The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that passed the Senate Nov. 16, not only left out House-passed language to build a ne... |
Military to check for water contamination at 664 sites | PROVIDENCE, R.I. The military plans to examine hundreds of sites nationwide to determine whether chemicals from foam used to fight fires have contaminated groundwater and spread to drinking water, the Defense Department said. The checks are planned for 664 sites where the military has conducted fire or crash training,... |
Army Missile defense soldiers must learn more than just their weapons system | The job of soldiers who defend against missile threats on the battlefield will only get more demanding, and training must change to meet that challenge, officials said. Gone are the days of focusing only on your weapon system's role, said William Lamb, a unit director with Northrop Grumman, a former Army battery comman... |
Former President Bush remembered as true gentleman who dedicated his life to service | SIMI VALLEY, Calif. Dignitaries attending the annual Reagan National Defense Forum here opened their daylong discussion of security issues with a tribute to former President George H.W. Bush, who passed away Friday night at the age of 94. Bush, a naval aviator who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross in World War II,... |
Second woman graduates from Infantry Officer Course | On June 23 another female Marine graduated from the Corps' 13-week Infantry Officer Course, or IOC. She is the second woman in Marine Corps history to successfully navigate the physically challenging infantry school for officers. The last female Marine to pass the course was in September, and she is currently serving a... |
Trumps vow to end military drills with Seoul stuns a region | SINGAPORE President Donald Trump rocked the region with the stunning announcement Tuesday that he was halting annual U.S.-South Korean military drills and wants to remove the 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in the South as a deterrent against North Korea. Trump's surprise, almost offhand comments, made during a news con... |
Pentagon to spend nearly 5M on Marine Corps mission in the Philippines | Despite a siege last year that retook a major city in the Philippines and killed an estimated 1,000 ISIS fighters, reducing their ranks to about 200 in the area, Pentagon spending on the military mission there has nearly tripled, according to a recent report. And most of that money is being spent on running a fleet of ... |
Some military families say doctors dropping out of new Tricare networks | Some military families are seeing some doctors and other health care providers dropping out of the Tricare network in advance of the change in Tricare contracts this year, according to complaints submitted to the Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council. , "There's concern about providers backing out of ... |
Congress could pump the brakes on fully funding the Corps M27 purchases | Congress could pull back funding for the Marine Corps to continue buying its newest weapon, the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. Members of the subcommittee on Tactical Air Land for the House Armed Services Committees said Wednesday in their proposed language for the National Defense Authorization Act that they will withh... |
Army 2star made history before after military integration | This year marks the 70th anniversary of the integration of the U.S. armed forces. But by the time President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981 declaring "that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin," Fr... |
House votes champion stable military spending but gridlock looms | WASHINGTON Fearful a budgeting logjam could spiral into a long-term continuing resolution, pro-defense lawmakers quarterbacked a series of scathing but symbolic resolutions through the House condemning the havoc that budget gridlock plays with military readiness. On Tuesday, the House approved by voice three resolutio... |
Needed A Balkan initiative for the NATO summit | NATO's leaders will gather at the Brussels Summit in July to strengthen their posture against Russia's threats to its neighbors as well as Moscow's more subtle subversion of democracies throughout the West. It is vital that the alliance declare a bold, new initiative at the summit to protect the most vulnerable target ... |
MA wave continues Boeing announces acquisition of Aurora | WASHINGTON Boeing has reached an agreement to buy Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. marking the third major defense acquisition since the beginning of September. Aurora, which specializes in autonomy, advanced flight control systems and unmanned aircraft, is a natural fit for Boeing, which will be able to profit off the sm... |
Iran satellite fails to reach orbit after launch that worried US | TEHRAN, Iran An Iranian satellite-carrying rocket blasted off into space on Tuesday, but scientists failed to put the device into orbit in a launch previously criticized by the United States as helping the Islamic Republic further develop its ballistic missile program. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has alleged that I... |
Trump backtracks on Syria after talks with French leader | WASHINGTON So much for an abrupt U.S. pullout from Syria. One month ago President Donald Trump surprised many, including some in his own administration, by announcing, "We'll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon. Let the other people take care of it now." He insisted that the time had come for the U.S. military to ... |
SOCOM Commander US asked YPG to rebrand because of alleged terrorist link | WASHINGTON Speaking on a panel at the Aspen Security Forum, Gen. Raymond Thomas, the commander of US Special Operations Command SOCOM, said the U.S. asked the People's Protection Unit, or YPG, to re-brand because of its alleged linkages to the Kurdistan Worker's Party PKK, an internationally designated terrorist group... |
Commission report emerges as tool for budget hawks in Congress | WASHINGTON A recently released report from a congressionally mandated commission is emerging as a tool for defense hawks who hope to increase military budgets in the coming years. The report, put out by the National Defense Strategy Commission on Nov. 14, warned that a "crisis of national security" looms for America, ... |
US rejects invitation to join Russia talks on Afghanistan unlikely to yield progress | WASHINGTON The United States has rejected an invitation to join Russia-led talks on Afghanistan because they are unlikely to help bring peace, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday. Russia said that the Taliban will be joining the Sept. 4 talks in Moscow, along with representatives of several neighboring countri... |
Trump lauds F35 promises sweet new tech in speech to airmen | JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. President Donald Trump hasn't always been the F-35's biggest fan, but in a Sept. 15 speech commemorating the Air Force's 70th birthday, he struck a more reverential tone. "Now, when our enemies hear our F-35 engines, when they're roaring overhead, their souls will tremble and they will know the... |
Rescue groups work to secure future for Fort Polk horses | FORT POLK, La. As a legal battle wages over the wild horse population at Fort Polk, rescue groups are working to secure a future for the horses that have been removed from the military post. Fort Polk officials announced in 2016 that they would begin rounding up 750 "trespass horses" in groups, handing them over to an... |
Navy hospital ship Comfort treats Venezuelan migrants Colombians | RIOHACHA, Colombia Venezuelan migrants in need of urgent medical care are receiving surgeries aboard a U.S. Navy ship docked off Colombia's coast. Dozens on the hospital ship Comfort on Tuesday were getting treatment for conditions including cataracts and hernias. The hospital ship is docked off Riohacha near Colombia... |
As many as 11800 military families face deportation issues group says | As many as 11,800 currently serving in the U.S. military are dealing with a spouse or family member who is facing deportation, a national immigration advocacy group announced Friday. , No previous estimate, official or unofficial, has been available on just how many of the 1 million married military members currently o... |
Mysterious Iranian missile on display in Army Day parade | WASHINGTON An unidentified air-launched cruise missile, rarely seen, was on display at Iran's Army Day parade on Wednesday. Marked with initials of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, the missile features trapezoidal grid fins most commonly associated with U.S. missiles and a seeker in the tip. According to Ian ... |
This Army captain is taking a huge pay cut to go warrant officer | Army Capt. Jennifer Dowler will voluntarily take a 35 percent pay cut as she becomes a warrant officer next year, so she wanted to find out if she's on track financially to weather that storm. Dowler acknowledged her move is unusual, especially for someone outside the aviation community. She's switching from logistics ... |
The pain train C130s ferry troops to Iraq keep bases supplied | CAMP TAJI, Iraq It's an often unheralded and sometimes painful task, but the resupply missions conducted by the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing are critical to the fight against the Islamic State. Some flights are quick, lasting just under four hours round-trip with just one stop on the way. But others have multiple stop... |
Air Force bombers heading to England in June for training mission | Air Force bombers are heading to England in June as part of an "assurance and deterrence mission," according to the head of Air Force Global Strike Command. The bombers will spend a few weeks at Royal Air Force Fairford "just exercising and showing our presence," Gen. Robin Rand said at a Mitchell Institute for Aerospa... |
Rand report In Air Force sexual assault risk greatest at AETC bases | Men and women in the Air Force face the greatest risk of sexual assault at Air Education and Training Command bases, according to a new report from Rand Corp. The report, "Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military," found that the five bases with the highest estimated risk of sexual assault for women we... |
Father of soldier killed in Niger asks the Army not to punish the Green Beret officer who led the mi | The father of Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, an Army Green Beret killed in the October 2017 Niger ambush, has authored a letter asking the Army not to punish the Special Forces captain who led the mission. Hank Black, a retired Marine Corps major, asked that his son's commanding officer, Capt. Mike Perozeni, be spared a Gener... |
AFRICOM is investigating ISIS claims that it has video of the 4 US soldiers killed in Niger | U.S. Africa Command is investigating a series of posts by a Twitter user claiming to have footage from the October ambush in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers. "USAFRICOM is aware of a post on Twitter purporting to show a U.S. soldier from the Oct. 4 ambush in Tongo Tongo, Niger," the command said in a statement Wed... |
Navy drops renters insurance mandate for privatized housing companies | Privatized housing companies won't have to include renters insurance in lease agreements for sailors, the Navy announced Monday, joining the other services in removing the requirement. This change will be implemented within six months, the service announced the delay gives sailors time to find insurance policies that m... |
Officials say new military health records plan on track already showing results | WASHINGTON In recent months, defense and industry specialists have fielded a host of complaints from medical providers involved in the initial fielding of the new military electronic medical health record. They say that's good news. And they believe it is already paying dividends. Despite rumors of problems with the n... |
To stay ahead of Chinese AI senators want new commission | WASHINGTON A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced legislation to create a national commission to guide America's artificial intelligence investments. The language was introduced Wednesday by Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee's Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee... |
Air Force Fired commander tried to hide relationship with enlisted airman | Lt. Col. Mario Verrett's April firing from squadron command occurred days after it emerged that he pushed an enlisted airman under his command to lie to investigators about their sexual relationship. According to a commander-directed investigation obtained by Air Force Times via the Freedom of Information Act, Verrett ... |
Pentagon Looks to Adaptive EW Systems to Thwart Future Adversaries | WASHINGTON The US military is cultivating new electronic warfare technologies that, in real time, use artificial intelligence to learn how to jam enemy systems that are using never-before-seen frequencies and waveforms. Although this "cognitive electronic warfare" is still in its nascent stages of development, scienti... |
US weighs keeping carrier strike group in Europe as a check on Russia | WASHINGTON In a break with recent history, the U.S. military is weighing whether to withhold the Truman Carrier Strike Group from deploying to the Middle East, opting instead to keep the carrier in the Mediterranean and the European theater. , Three defense officials with knowledge of the deliberations said the move wo... |
One nuclear treaty is dead Is New START next | WASHINGTON As the Trump administration moves closer towards exiting the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, experts are left to wonder whether another nuclear treaty may be in the administration's crosshairs. Signed in 2010 between the U.S. and Russia, the New START treaty limits the deployed forces of both nati... |
Completion of US drone base in Niger to be delayed | Niger Air Base 201, a future hub for armed drones and other aircraft, won't be completed until the middle of 2019. The base was originally intended to be operational by the end of this year, but the region's difficult weather and harsh environment is pushing completion back, an official with U.S. Africa Command told Ai... |
The US Air Forces top acquisition exec talks hypersonic prototypes and more | FARNBOROUGH, England Will Roper took the job of assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics in February, but he's likely better known for his prior gig as head of the Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office. As the first-ever director of the new SCO, Roper drew attention for pr... |
Bigger than a game Army and Navy unite to support coachs son | The camaraderie between the Army and Navy that transcends the annual collegiate football rivalry was on display this weekend as Army players sported "JJ" stickers on their helmets in support of a unique cause close to the hearts of the Navy team. The "JJ" stickers with red hearts affixed to the Army helmets were for Ja... |
Clinical trial using marijuana to treat PTSD in veterans gets underway | The first participant in a clinical trial designed to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking marijuana to treat PTSD in veterans was given cannabis on Monday, according to the organization conducting the study. The study is the first such trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using marijuana to manage sympto... |
Okinawa tiltrotor squadron commander fired | The commanding officer of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, based out of Okinawa, Japan, was relieved of command Jan. 26, Marine Corps officials have confirmed. , Lt. Col. Bryan Swenson was fired by Brig. Gen. Thomas Weidley, the commanding officer of the 1st Marine Air Wing. , Marine spokeswoman 1st Lt. Karoline F... |
New Army rules set the stage for NCO promotions surge | Noncommissioned officers across the Army can expect a surge in promotions over the next few years as the Army's new NCO professional development system falls into place. One key indicator is the 2016 sergeant major select and train board results. Released Dec. 6, the list is the largest in history, with 967 senior NCOs... |
How Turkish Will Turkeys Planned TRJet Program Be | ANKARA In their Campaigning before June's 7 parliamentary elections, Turkey's government leaders portrayed TRJet, a planned dual-use future regional jet, as a "100 percent Turkish aircraft." The program now faces a debate over exactly how much "Turkish" the aircraft should be even before a contract for the deal has b... |
Mattis wants commanders to rely more on UCMJ for disciplinary problems | Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has issued new guidance to commanders across the military Stop relying on administrative actions for discplinary problems and start using the military justice system more often. In the new memo dated Aug. 13, Mattis calls the military justice system a "powerful tool" for good order and d... |
US Army Special Ops commander lifts curtain on 2035 strategy | TAMPA, Fla. The head of U.S. Army Special Operations Command lifted the curtain on the command's 2035 strategy and campaign plan that will be unveiled in an unclassified version in July. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Tovo told Defense News after a speech on Wednesday at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference that key to... |
Army looks to its youngest soldiers officers to lead in cyber warfare | The fundamental character of war is changing rapidly, and it will be up to the U.S. military's youngest leaders to figure out how to successfully fight the next wars, the Army's top officer said. "For those of you in the military who are 25 years old or younger, captains or below, this is going to be a fundamental, sig... |
Boeings new Phantom Works head to come from Aurora | WASHINGTON Boeing's advanced technology division, known as Phantom Works, is getting new leadership from Aurora Flight Sciences, the innovative maker of drones and automation tech that Boeing plans to buy. Mark Cherry, currently Aurora's president and chief operating officer, will take the reins of Phantom Works from ... |
Can the US tell when its weapons are used in Yemen Its complicated | WASHINGTON As airstrikes from Saudi and UAE planes continue to bombard Yemen, members of Congress and humanitarian advocates are becoming increasingly vocal with one question, Can the U.S. tell when its assistance in planning an operation, or whether its weapons are being used, impacted specific strikes?, During a rec... |
Air Force C17s resume airdrops in Afghanistan after more than a year | The C-17 Globemaster III has resumed combat airdrops to remote bases in Afghanistan for the first time in roughly a year and a half. One of the first drops was conducted by an Al Udeid-based C-17 over undisclosed outposts in southern Afghanistan, between May 10 and 11. "Our tasking and the aircraft selection for this m... |
Poland poised to buy Patriot months of negotiations ahead | WASHINGTON Poland announced Friday that it was submitting a revised letter of request to the U.S. government for eight Raytheon-made Patriot air-and-missile defense batteries for its Wisla program and hoped to finalize a contract by November.But there are roughly eight months of negotiations left to get through before... |
The Army Guard wants more training and this congressional group wants to fund it | The Army National Guard has asked for more training, and if a congressional subcommittee gets its way, the Guard will get its wish next year. Falling in line with comments made earlier this year by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and the service's top operations officer, the House Armed Services Committee subcommi... |
Army chief Future of US troops in Iraq TBD as ISIS crumbles | WASHINGTON The U.S. Army chief of staff, who recently returned from a trip to Iraq, said U.S. troops there will continue to help Iraqi security forces root out Islamic State militants, but what comes after that for the Army in the war-torn country remains to be seen. "I think the situation in Iraq is a lot different t... |
Marines award contract for lighter better fitting plate carrier | Marines will soon be getting their hands on a new lighter and better fitting plate carrier. On Wednesday, the Defense Department announced that a five-year contract of 62,612,464 was awarded to Vertical Protective Apparel LLC, a New Jersey-based company, to produce the Corps' Plate Carrier Generation III. The contract ... |
Turkey renames US Embassy street after Syria offensive | ANKARA, Turkey Turkish authorities on Monday renamed a street where the U.S. Embassy is located with the name of Turkey's military offensive in Syria that had led to tensions between the allies. Ankara municipal workers put up the new sign in Turkish for Olive Branch Street, replacing the one named after late Ankara g... |
ISIS alQaida regrouping in Libya whats US strategy Congress asks | ISIS and al-Qaida are regrouping in war-torn Libya as reports indicate Russians are pushing a military presence into the years-long civil war and some members of Congress want to know what the United States is doing about it. Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the status of Libya last week... |
See Taiwans military simulate a fight against a Chinese attack | TAICHUNG, Taiwan Taiwan's military on Thursday simulated the repulsing of a Chinese airborne assault on a major air base, amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait. The exercise at the sprawling Ching Chuan Kang force base near the central city of Taichung was part of an annual five-day live-fire exercise feat... |
New in 2018 Army cyber expands training gains EW soldiers | The Army's growing cyber career field will gain the service's electronic warfare soldiers in 2018. The 29 series EW force will transition to the 17 series MOS, the career field that is the baseline of Army cyber, said Maj. Gen. Patricia Frost, who leads the Army Cyber Directorate at the Pentagon. The 29 series soldiers... |
Marines set for new mission in troubled Central America | About 250 East Coast Marines are preparing to form the U.S. military's first rapid-response land-based task force to be based in Central America, for U.S. Southern Command this summer where they'll train with local forces battling drug cartels militaries and stand ready to help conduct humanitarian response missions in... |
Air Force details multiple unsafe and unprofessional Russian aircraft intercepts | Russian aircraft conducted several "unsafe and unprofessional" encounters with both U.S. and NATO aircraft on Feb. 10, according to additional information provided by the Air Force.Gen. Tod Wolters, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, said in a March 2 roundtable with reporters at a confe... |
New in 2018 Army rolling out new handgun across the force | The handgun that will replace the M9 sidearm that soldiers have carried for more than 30 years will be rolling out to units in 2018. The Modular Handgun System, or M17, a military version of the Sig Sauer P320 9mm handgun, was delivered to soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky in November... |
Trump targets intel chiefs over threat assessment of North Korea Iran ISIS | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing back on his top national security advisers' assessments of the threats posed by the North Korea, the Islamic State group and Iran. The president's foreign policy tweetstorm Wednesday morning comes a day after U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress that North Korea is... |
Senate wont confirm Trumps Pentagon nominees until McCain gets Iraq and Afghanistan details | WASHINGTON Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said Tuesday he is refusing to advance U.S. President Donald Trump's nominees to the Pentagon until he is satisfied the administration is communicating its plans for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Outside a tense committee hearing on Afghanistan with D... |
Britain chooses basing for Protector drone even as acquisition details evolve | LONDON Britain's defense secretary has named RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, England, as the base for the Royal Air Force's new Protector drone. The aircraft made "aviation history" by carrying out the first trans-Atlantic flight of a UAV when it landed in the U.K. on July 11, according to manufacturer General Atomics... |
Trump cancels summit with Kim North Korea still wants talks | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, blaming "tremendous anger and open hostility" by Pyongyang a decision North Korea called "regrettable" while still holding out hope for "peace and stability.", In a letter to Kim announcing his decision to back ... |
US Missile Shield Begins Operations in Romania to Russian Anger | DEVESLU, Romania A US anti-missile defense system in Romania aimed at protecting NATO members from threats by "rogue" nations became operational on Thursday in a move that infuriated Russia. The missile interceptor station located in Deveselu, southern Romania, will help defend NATO members against the threat of short... |
Heres the challenge coin for the North KoreaUS summit that never was | There may be no summit, but there will always be the challenge coin. The White House Communications Agency, as it has done for previous presidential trips, minted a limited number of trip challenge coins for the 2018 President Donald Trump-North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un summit. Trump cancelled the upcoming summit Thur... |
Kim leaves China as South Korea urges concrete plan on nukes | BEIJING South Korea urged North Korea on Wednesday to present a plan with concrete steps toward denuclearization, raising the pressure on its leader Kim Jong Un as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a visit designed to convey the countries' growing closeness. Kim and Xi held a second day of talks at the Diaoy... |
Turkey terminates local jet program worth billions | , ANKARA, Turkey Turkey has quietly axed a multibillion-dollar program for the indigenous production of a regional jet with dual civilian and military use. Procurement officials confirm the program has been aborted after a number of reviews proved that it had lost its "economic feasibility.", "Costs and sales projecti... |
General Dynamics to acquire CSRA in nearly 10 billion deal | WASHINGTON In an unexpected move, General Dynamics has announced plans to acquire government information technology solutions giant CSRA in a deal worth 9.6 billion bolstering its IT business even as other defense companies have opted to offload such segments from their portfolios. Under the agreement, General Dynami... |
Raytheon radar executes first ballistic missile test | After a series of previous successes, Raytheon's AN/SPY-6V Air and Missile Defense Radar AMDR successfully searched, acquired, and tracked a ballistic missile during the first dedicated ballistic missile defense exercise at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility PMRF, the company announced March 31. Tad Dickens... |
Taliban attacks kill 58 nearly wipe out Afghan army camp | KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country, including an assault that nearly wiped out an army camp in the southern Kandahar province, officials said Thursday. The attack on the army camp took place late on Wednesday and involved two suicide ca... |
Top US general departs for Pakistan India to bolster Afghanistan strategy | ATHENS, Greece Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford departed the U.S. on Sunday for a week-long trip focused on shoring up Afghanistan's new strategy by pressing key neighbors Pakistan and India to do more to help stabilize the country. Dunford will first visit Pakistan, alongside Secretary of... |
Commanders must stop boycotting the UCMJ | Defense Secretary James Mattis's recent memorandum "Discipline and Lethality" calls for commanders to address illegal conduct with the tools of the military justice system and to ween from an overreliance on administrative measures. This is a welcome and needed change to end what has become a boycott of the UCMJ. Matti... |
2 detained after shots are fired at US Embassy in Turkey | ISTANBUL Shots were fired from a moving car at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey before dawn Monday, an attack that came during heightened tensions between the two NATO allies. Officials said two people with criminal records were detained. There were no casualties in the fleeting attack, in which three of the six bullets fir... |
VA secretary nominee brushes off criticism over inexperience | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's pick to take over the Department of Veterans Affairs downplayed his management inexperience in his first public interview since his nomination, saying his time in the military has honed his leadership skills. Dr. Ronny Jackson, who has served as White House physician since 2006, tol... |
France Germany kick off race for quantum leaps in aircraft and tank tech | COLOGNE, Germany The defense ministers of Germany and France have inked new agreements for the joint development of a new combat aircraft and a next-generation tank, key programs that could shape the European defense landscape for decades to come. Ursula von der Leyen and Florence Parly signed the letters of intent on... |
5 key points in Thornberrys next wave of defense acquisition reforms | WASHINGTON As with the past two years' of acquisition reform bills, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, is expected to announce a draft bill on May 18, 2017 for a month of feedback before it's added to the House version of the annual defense policy bill for 2018. , "As you know, I'm tryi... |
BAE Systems gets green light on 49 billion deal from UK for antisub warfare frigates | LONDON -The British government has given the green light to BAE Systems to build three Type 26 anti-submarine warfare frigates in a deal worth around 3.7 billion, or U.S. 4.9 billion, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced. The deal is the first batch of a fleet of eight warships due to be handed over to the Royal ... |
Top US diplomat assails Obama in Mideast policy speech | CAIRO U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration's Mideast policies on Thursday, accusing the former president of "misguided" thinking that diminished America's role in the region while harming its longtime friends and emboldening Iran. In a speech to the American Unive... |
Why women were told Dont get pregnant at George Air Force Base | The first time Kate Kelly heard the warnings about George Air Force Base, she was a 19-year-old airman just getting settled into the barracks. It was 1975. , Another female airman sat on a bed opposite. She gave Kelly the rundown of the base. At the time, George was a hub of F-4 Phantom fighter jets and OV-10 Bronco re... |
US troops in Syria take fire from Turkish proxy fighters | A U.S. patrol came under fire in the Syrian region of Manbij, allegedly from Turkey's local proxy forces. American officials with Operation Inherent Resolve confirmed to Military Times that coalition forces exchanged fire with an unknown armed group on Oct. 15 near Manbij a region in northern Syria that has stoked ten... |
In an LCS first drone supports targeting mission for missile | MELBOURNE, Australia The U.S. Navy has for the first time used a UAV to provide over-the-horizon targeting information and damage assessment for a missile fired from onboard a ship. In an exercise off Guam on Aug. 22, the littoral combat ship Coronado fired an RGM-84D Harpoon Block 1C missile that successfully struck ... |
US Navy tests amphibious concept at Talisman Saber exercise | ROCKHAMPTON, Australia The U.S. Navy has put its up-gunned expeditionary strike group concept into practice within a realistic war-fighting scenario, with allied surface combatants joining an amphibious ready group, or ARG, and its embarked Marines for a major exercise off the coast of Australia. The Bonhomme Richard ... |
Trump weighs plan to replace Tillerson with CIAs Pompeo | WASHINGTON AP The White House is discussing a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo in a major shake-up of President Donald Trump's national security team, administration officials said Thursday. The move would put Pompeo, a former congressman who has grown close t... |
This congressman in the Air National Guard just got deployed to the border | WASHINGTON An Illinois congressman is getting a firsthand look at the military's controversial southern border mission after his guard unit was deployed there earlier this week. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a five-term Republican congressman who serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard, said Wednesday that he ... |
Mattis orders review of how troops use Fitbits other fitness apps following breach | Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has directed a DoD-wide review of fitness app use policies following the news this weekend that an app used by troops revealed sensitive military information, the Pentagon said Monday. "Secretary Mattis has been very clear about not highlighting our capabilities to aid the enemy or give the... |
Lockheed loses out on its US Air Force Huey replacement protest | OSLO, Norway The Government Accountability Office on Tuesday shot down a pre-award protest of the Air Force UH-1N Huey replacement program by Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky branch. The defense giant's helicopter business pre-emptively filed the protest in February due to concerns about the level of intellectual property i... |
Spouses photos of Asia commissary produce show price quality issues in study | Commissary customers in Japan and South Korea are paying an average of 49 percent more for fresh fruits and vegetables than they paid at this time last year, according to a limited report made available by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif. And the research found that commissary prices for produce items in those countries ar... |
SASC NDAA Swerves Hard on Goldwater Nichols Reforms | WASHINGTON Speaking last month, Sen. John McCain, the head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, promised that his version of Goldwater Nichols reform would be "more comprehensive and more controversial" than suggestions unveiled by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Let it be said that the senator is a man of his wor... |
Battlefield acupuncture Yes it exists and the military is using it to fight troops pain | The U.S. military has added the ancient holistic therapy of acupuncture to its arsenal for fighting opioid abuse in the ranks. The practice, which first originated in China about 8,000 years ago, provides immediate relief for acute and chronic pain, and, without the risk of addiction, can be used without any restrictio... |
UK MoD gets budget boost of more than 1B with three programs in mind | LONDON Britain's Ministry of Defence has been given a 1 billion U.S. 1.28 billion spending boost in the Treasury budget announcement Oct. 29, with Chancellor Philip Hammond suggesting the money would be mainly spent on three strategic military programs. Hammond said the additional money would be available in the comin... |
From MultiDomain Battle to MultiDomain Operations Army evolves its guiding concept | WASHINGTON The Army has moved on from calling its guiding warfighting concept "Multi-Domain Battle" to the more encompassing "Multi-Domain Operations," but the concept has undergone a metamorphosis that goes beyond just a name change. To reflect changes made to the MDO concept, the Army plans to soon likely by the en... |
18 women graduate from the Armys first genderintegrated infantry basic training | Eighteen of the 32 women who reported to infantry one station unit training in February have earned their blue cords and will soon be joining the rest of the force as the Army's first junior enlisted female infantrymen. A year after the Army lifted the ban on women serving in the armor and infantry branches, Fort Benni... |
US airstrike kills 18 alShabab after US attacked in Somalia | JOHANNESBURG A U.S. military airstrike has killed 18 al-Shabab extremists after U.S. and local forces on the ground came under attack in southern Somalia, the U.S. Africa Command said Saturday. No U.S. or Somali forces were killed or injured in the attack, an AFRICOM spokesman, Nate Herring, told The Associated Press.... |
Congress looks to gut funding for the Corps futuristic sea drone | In the latest version of the annual defense legislation Congress has gutted nearly 14 million for the Corps' futuristic expeditionary sea drone known as the MUX. The original funding request was 25,291,000, but the approved funds are only 11,291,000, that's more than a 50 percent slash. But the steep cuts pale in compa... |
Marines ID lance corporal who was found dead in Okinawa | Officials have identified the Marine found dead Monday morning on the shore of Camp Schwab, Okinawa, as Lance Cpl. orporal Giancarlo Y. Goyone. Originally from Fairfax, Virginia, Goyone served as an engineer equipment electrical systems technician with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Paci... |
Feds put 9 lenders on notice about aggressive misleading VA loan practices | Government officials have put nine lenders on notice that they'll be kicked out of the primary finance program for VA loans if they don't stop "loan churning" practices that are allegedly hurting veterans and putting the benefit at risk. "We really need to defend the VA program," said Michael Bright, executive vice pre... |
ISIS downs Iraqi helicopter west of Mosul | BAGHDAD An Iraqi air force helicopter has been downed west of Mosul Saturday afternoon after coming under fire from the Islamic State group, according to Iraq's joint operations command.The helicopter was hit while supporting Iraq's mostly Shiite militia forces in an operation to retake villages still held by the mili... |
Greek defense minister makes crowdfunding plea to afford new warships | COLOGNE, Germany Greek defense minister Panos Kammenos has asked wealthy citizens to help fund new warships for the country's navy. "We now need the great donors and benefactors of our country," Kammenos was quoted by local news outlet Ekathimerini.com as saying in a Dec. 6 speech at the Naval Academy in Piraeus. "I c... |
Speed and range could be key for Navys next fighter jet | WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy is knee deep in an analysis on how best to replace its Super Hornet and Growler aircraft. Though much work is still left to be done, the resulting platform could look a lot different than both those jets, with a much higher priority on range and speed. The service kicked off its "Next Generati... |
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