Navy Transport With Equipment, Personnel for Gaza Pier Back Home After Engine Fire
A Navy ship on its way to Gaza with parts for the temporary pier returned home after experiencing a fire, the Navy said Wednesday.…
Think Tank Panel Tells House U.S. Military Faces More Challenges, Suggests Pentagon Spending Reforms
When a quartet of defense budget experts was asked how it would spend the Pentagon’s money now versus last year,…
Document: 2013-2014 Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at U.S. Service Academies
The following is the Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies Academic Program Year 2013-2014.…
Nominee Carter Highlights National Security Challenges in Confirmation Hearing
Ashton Carter acknowledged Wednesday that if confirmed as secretary of defense he and the nation “will be confronting some of…
CSBA Predicts Congress will Trim Pentagon Acquisition, Preserve Personnel
In the defense budget to be unveiled Monday, a senior analyst said he didn’t expect Congress to slash manpower in…
Document: Report to Congress on Shift in International Security Environment
The following is the Jan. 21, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, A Shift in the International Security Environment: Potential Implications…
Work: 2016 Budget Submission Reverses Five Year Defense Spending Decline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pentagon’s number two civilian said the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget submission will reverse a five…
Kendall: U.S. Needs to Get Faster at Developing Revolutionary Weapon Systems
The Pentagon’s top acquisition official told Congress the U.S. defense complex is good at incremental evolutions in technology but has…
Former U.S. Military Leaders Outline Extremist Threat
Former senior U.S. military leaders outlined the threat that violent Islamist extremists pose and put it into a larger global…
Document: Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test & Evaluation 2014 Annual Report
The following is the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) 2014 annual report. It was released on…
HASC’s Thornberry on Sequestration, Military Budgets and Pentagon Oversight
The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday stressed the need for Congress and the administration to…