GAO Report on Military Personnel Funding
The following is the Sept. 11, 2024, Government Accountability Office report, Defense Budget: Additional Information about Military Personnel Realignments Would Facilitate Congressional Oversight.…
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…
Navy and Marines Still Unclear How Army Will Fit Into Pacific Pivot
The key to success for operations in the Pacific is mobility, but having sufficient resources to meet the vast requirements—even…
Lawmakers Question Utility of Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review
Signaling a possible attempt to change the law requiring a periodic review to Capitol Hill of the Defense Department’s long-term…
Document: Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2015 Unfunded Priorities
The following is the Pentagon’s April, 1 2015 Fiscal Year 2015 unfunded priorities list delivered to Congress as an addendum…
Document: GAO Report on Selected Pentagon Weapon Systems
The following is from the Government Accountability Office’s March, 31, 2014 report to Congress, Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs.…
Opinion: How James Schlesinger Changed the Pentagon for the Better
James Schlesinger was at once a lifelong Washington creature and a man who rose above politics, achieving the heights of…
Former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger Dies at 85
James Schlesinger — the former head of the Pentagon, the CIA and the first Secretary of Energy — died on…