Biden Taps SOUTHCOM Deputy to Lead Combatant Command
President Joe Biden nominated the deputy of U.S. Southern Command to lead the combatant command, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.…
Future Helicopter Designs Could Be Stalled By Tighter Pentagon Budgets
While acknowledging, “we will always have an operational need for vertical lift,” the Pentagon’s tight budget future is keeping the…
U.S. and NATO to Hammer Out Postwar Afghanistan Plan Next Week
Western European military leaders and their counterparts in Washington will convene next week to hammer out the details of the…
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Special Operations Forces
The following is the May 8, 2014 Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for…
Document: Bob Work’s First Message to DoD Workforce as Pentagon’s Number Two
The following is the text of Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work May 14, 2014 message to the Department of Defense workforce. …
HASC Votes Unanimously to Keep George Washington Carrier, Preserves Air Force A-10
House defense lawmakers soundly rejected proposed Pentagon cuts to a number of big-ticket weapons programs in their version of the…
Document: Pentagon’s New Joint Concept for Entry Operations
From the April 7, 2014 Joint Concept for Entry Operations: The Joint Concept for Entry Operations describes in broad terms…
U.S. Begins Massive Training Exercise in the Philippines, Follows Historic Defense Deal
Days after Washington and Manila struck a new defense pact to increase U.S. military presence in the Philippines, thousands of…
Senate Confirms Bob Work As Deputy Secretary of Defense
Bob Work has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new Deputy Secretary of Defense, according to a late…
Pentagon: U.S. to Send Troops to Baltics for Exercises in Response to Situation in Ukraine
The U.S. will send more than 600 troops for a training mission in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, Pentagon spokesman…
Document: Pentagon Report on Sequestration Impact
The following is an April, 2014 report from the Department of Defense on the projected impact of so-called sequestration cuts from…