New Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne says that the Air Force needs to have transparent process oversight—“that maybe we never had before.” For Wynne, it is as simple as: “Say what you are going to do, and do what you say. Set a standard and then adhere to the standard.” He believes such an approach will “drive away a lot of our critics.”
Three of four congressional committees with influence over defense policy have voted to change the official name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War—but final approval of the Pentagon rebrand is months away and not yet assured.