Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein have unveiled 13 new initiatives that aim to provide equal recruitment and development opportunities for minorities in the U.S. Air Force,
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The U.S. Marine Corps plans to buy Polaris Defense-built all-terrain vehicles as part of the service branch’s Utility Task Vehicle program, DoD Buzz reported Tuesday. Matthew Cox writes Joaquin Salas, Polaris business development head,
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The administration will submit an overseas contingency operations supplemental budget request to Congress after the Nov. 8 elections to support 8,400 U.S. troops deployed to Afghanistan, Defense Insider said Tuesday. The budget request is estimated
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Jane Norberg, chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission‘s office of the whistleblower, has been promoted to lead the same office on a full-time basis. Norberg came to SEC in 2012 to serve as
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President Barack Obama plans to nominate Glenn Fine, principal deputy inspector general at the Defense Department, to the Pentagon’s IG post. Fine has been acting IG at the Pentagon since January, the White House
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The U.S. Air Force has started to gather resources and funds to test a new intercontinental ballistic missile fleet as part of the branch’s modernization effort, Defense News reported Tuesday. Aaron Mehta writes
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The U.S. Marine Corps has introduced a new operating concept that focuses on maneuver warfare and operations in an urban littoral environment to update the service branch’s 2014 Expeditionary Force 21, USNI News reported
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The White House has issued a directive that forbids the Defense Department to discuss the U.S. military’s interaction with China using “great power competition” and other potentially inflammatory phrases, Navy Times reported Monday. David Larter
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The U.S. Navy‘s Center for Surface Combat Systems officially opened the Littoral Combat Ship Training Facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Thursday at Naval Base San Diego. Scott Pratt, program manager for LCS
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the Defense Department will work to invest and sustain the U.S. nuclear deterrence enterprise that serves as the foundation of the country’s defense strategy, DoD News reported
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