The Diplomat1d
Japan Appoints First Chief of New Joint Operations Command
At a Cabinet meeting on March 11, the Japanese government appointed Lieutenant General Nagumo Kenichiro, vice chief of staff ...
Stars and Stripes1d
Trump’s focus on Navy shipbuilding needed, but not enough, defense analyst says
The creation of the White House’s shipbuilding office could help get Navy shipbuilding on track, but the U.S. won’t catch up ...
usace.army.mil28d
Retired Army Chemical Corps colonel named 20th CBRNE Command Defender of Liberty
The U.S. Department of Defense’s premier Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command selected ... profession to serve the United States of America in the United ...
What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries
Syria did not have free and fair elections under the Assads, and ruling party elites could not check the leader’s power. When citizens mobilized peacefully in 2011 to oust the Assad regime, loyal ...
Defendant in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case Signs Plea Offer
The Saudi prisoner agreed to the settlement to avoid a death-penalty trial, his lawyer said, but it has yet to reach the ...
Military.com9d
Trump's Firing of Brown Puts Joint Chiefs Chairman Position in Spotlight
The chairman is the United States’ highest-ranking ... Operating outside the chain of command, which runs from the president to the defense secretary to combatant commanders, the chairman ...
CNN on MSN17d
Rift between Trump appointees and Musk over federal employee accountability email
As part of that, the Trump administration will fire at least 1600 US ... the chain of command,” one official said. “That might be done elsewhere, but in the DoD it’s not done.” Homeland Security ...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs advises the president on use of America’s military power
The dismissal of Gen. Charles Q. Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was startling, if not unexpected, at the ...
Reuters13d
US federal workers hit with second wave of emails demanding job details
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Pentagon workers to comply, according to media reports, but the State Department again ... is transforming the United States. Other areas of coverage ...
Security Boulevard10d
Security Pros Push Back as Trump Orders Halt to Cyber Ops vs. Russia
The Trump Administration's orders to the DoD and CISA to halt cyber operations and investigations against Russia is a gift to the United States' longtime foreign adversary and makes the country less ...
Stars and Stripes20d
Gen. ‘CQ’ Brown, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Adm. Franchetti, chief of naval operations, fired
While the chairman is not in the direct chain of command and ... lawful orders of the President of the United States will be executed inside this Defense Department, swiftly and without excuse.” ...
SpaceNews29d
Increasing the efficiency of the U.S. national security space program
Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. President Trump’s reelection and establishment of a Department of Government ...