The followings is the Fiscal Year 2017 summary of the Department of Defense freedom of navigation operations. Read More
Tag Archives: Pentagon
Unpredictable Pentagon Spending Causing Vendors to Leave Marketplace; Research and Development Stagnant
Congressional spending has become so unpredictable, a panel of Pentagon experts said the defense industrial base is shrinking and the weapons systems of tomorrow are not being developed today. Read More
SECDEF Mattis on Government Shutdown Memo: ‘Stay Alert’
The following is the Jan. 19, 2018 government shutdown memo from Secretary of Defense James Mattis to Department of Defense personnel. Read More
Document: Pentagon Guidance in Case of Government Shutdown
The following is the Jan. 19, 2018 memo: Guidance for Continuation of Operations During a Lapse of Appropriations issued by Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan on Friday. Read More
Report: Current Budget Fight Hints at Long-Term Battle Between Pentagon and Budget Hawks
A United States Marine Corps helicopter is seen flying through this scene of the full Moon and the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 from Arlington National Cemetery. NASA PHOTO
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the Fiscal Year 2018 Department of Defense budget is still being hammered out on Capitol Hill, a more significant fight for the long-term vision of military spending is occurring behind the scenes, pitting West Wing number crunchers against Pentagon leaders, according to a new analysis on Pentagon spending.
Report to Congress on Pentagon End of Year Spending
The following is the Nov. 17, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, End-Year DOD Contract Spending. Read More
Document: SECDEF Mattis Pentagon Memo on Ethics
The following is an Aug. 4, 2017 memo from Secretary of Defense James Mattis on ethics addressed to all Department of Defense employees. Read More
Document: Pentagon Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat Report
The following is the June 26, 2017 Pentagon report Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat Report from the Defense Intelligence Ballistic Missile Analysis Committee. Read More
Report to Congress on Defining U.S. MIlitary Readiness
The following is the June 14, 2017 Congressional Research Service Report, Defining Readiness: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
McCain: Where’s the Strategy? Mattis: ‘We’re Working It’
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis shakes hands with Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, before hearing on the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington D.C., June 13, 2017. DoD Photo
Spearheaded by Chairman Sen. John McCain, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee pressed the Pentagon’s top leadership why it had yet to produce a new national security strategy to inform the budget six months into the Trump administration. Read More
