The following is the Feb. 14, 2018 Department of Defense memo, DoD Retention Policy for Non-Deployable Members. Read More
Category Archives: U.S. Air Force
Document: Report to Congress on New National Defense Strategy
The following is the Feb. 5, 2018 Congressional Research Service Insight, The 2018 National Defense Strategy. Read More
Some Clues Emerge On New Pentagon Ballistic Missile Defense Review
U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD), and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test Feb. 3 2017. MDA Photo
In a year packed full of new strategic reviews being pushed out by the Pentagon, yet another new document is on the way.
While the Ballistic Missile Defense Review — expected to be released in the coming days — is the last of several reviews to emerge from the Pentagon over the past two months, in many ways it might have the most immediate effect, analysts say. Read More
Document: New Pentagon Harassment Prevention and Response Policy
The following is the new Feb. 8, 2018 Pentagon Harassment Prevention and Response Policy Read More
New $1.4T Congressional Defense Deal Will Curtail Spending Caps For Now
Moon over U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2016. NASA Photo
Both houses of Congress will vote Thursday on a bill that will fund the Pentagon to the tune of $1.4 trillion for this year and next, giving the Pentagon a boost in cash flow not seen in over a decade, while ditching controversial budget caps, at least for the time being. Read More
Report to Congress on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
The following is the Feb. 2, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Overview and Issues for Congress. Read More
Selva: Pentagon ‘Gambling’ on Fiscal Year 2019 Budget
U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2018. DoD photo.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s second-highest military officer sees considerable irony in the Pentagon preparing to send a Fiscal Year 2019 defense budget to Congress “when we don’t know what we’re actually going to get in (FY) ‘18.” Read More
Iranian Drone Missions on the Rise in the Persian Gulf as Small Boat Harassment Drops
An undated picture of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol craft.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iranian drones have become increasingly active in the Persian Gulf and other critical waterways around the Middle East, regularly conducting surveillance flights close to U.S. warships crossing the Strait of Hormuz and operating around the region, a defense official told USNI News on Friday. Read More
Report to Congress on The Purple Heart
The following is the Dec. 15, 2017 Congressional Research Service Report, The Purple Heart: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Air Force: Multi-Domain Battles Requires New Mindset to Coordinate Future Air, Land, Sea Forces
Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, talks to Airmen over the communications system, Oct. 17, 2017, onboard an HC-130J Combat King II headed to Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (Air Force photo)
Planning for a multi-domain battle is how the U.S. military will keep its superiority but doing so requires a new mindset in the Pentagon and out in the field, said the Air Force’s air combat commander.
