The Defense Commissary Agency plans to establish a new approach for commissaries to calculate and monitor customer savings more frequently than what the current system requires. The Defense Department said Friday DeCA also aims to compare
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President Barack Obama’s defense budget request seeks to nearly double the annual retention bonuses of U.S. Air Force fighter pilots from $25,000 to $48,000, CNBC reported Friday. Jeff Daniels writes Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said the branch
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The U.S. Air Force has formed a new task force that would work to reduce additional duties for airmen in a move to help troops focus on their core missions. Secretary Deborah
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The USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) aircraft carrier and its crew have completed the fifth phase of inspection conducted by the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey, the Navy reported Sunday.
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Capt. Todd Wagner, formerly executive officer at Naval Hospital Rota in Spain, has been appointed as commander of the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center. During a ceremony conducted at Naval Medical
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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend has taken the helm as commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve at a a transfer of authority ceremony held Sunday. DoD News reported Sunday Townsend, the commanding
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U.S. Navy Capt. Steven Renly has succeeded Roger Meek as commander of the Naval Special Warfare Group 11 during a change of command ceremony on Aug. 5 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. The Navy
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Navy Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said he believes two space threat deterrence programs can help the country thwart potential adversary attacks on national security satellites, Space News reported
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The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City division and Germany’s Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research have started preparations for the first milestone of a joint project to advance the
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Rear Adm. Brian Brakke, former deputy director of operations and intelligence integration at the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, has assumed a new role as head of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. The U.S.
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