The following is a Feb. 1, 2017 memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work that includes a list of Defense Department jobs that are exempt from President Donald Trump’s Jan. 23 federal government hiring freeze. Read More
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Video: SECDEF James Mattis First Public Address to the Pentagon
The following is video of the Jan. 25, 2016 speech from Secretary of Defense James Mattis during the 33rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance at the Pentagon Auditorium. Read More
Report to Congress on How the Pentagon Spends its Contracting Dollars
The following is the Dec. 20, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Defense Acquisitions: How and Where DOD Spends and Reports Its Contracting Dollars. Read More
Document: Pentagon Law of War Manual
The following is the December 2016 revision to the Department of Defense Law of War Manual issued this on Dec. 13, 2016. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay History, Lease Agreement
The following is the Nov. 17, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay: History and Legal Issues Regarding Its Lease Agreements. Read More
Document: SECDEF Ash Carter’s Pentagon Transition Memo Following Trump Election
The following is a Nov. 9, 2016 memo from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to the U.S. Department of Defense following the election of President-elect Donald Trump. Read More
House Panel Set to Reform Military Space Operations
United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane on May 20, 2015. ULA Photo
The House panel focused on national security space activities is set to explore reforms how the military uses space and could call for the creation of a new command or agency as early as next year, legislators said during a Tuesday hearing. Read More
Document: Navy’s 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan to Congress for Fiscal Year 2017
The following is the U.S. Navy’s Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2017 issued on July, 12 2016. Read More
Document: Congressional Defense Department Reform Proposals
The following is the June 30, 2016 Congressional Research Service report: Fact Sheet: FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) DOD Reform Proposals. Read More
Pentagon: ‘Improper Airmanship’ by Chinese Fighter Pilot Led to Unsafe Intercept of Air Force Recon Plane
RC-135. US Air Force Photo
A Tuesday intercept of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane by a Chinese fighter the Pentagon deemed unsafe was likely due to “improper airmanship,” a defense official told USNI News on Wednesday. Read More
