Hunter is joined by Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the committee’s ranking minority member, in urging that Congress shine more light on how the Pentagon arrives at its conclusions in its Quadrennial Defense Reviews. The latest such QDR is in its final stages now; all signs are that it will bring enormous changes in US policy, force structure, and organization. House panel members believe their CDR will complement the QDR, providing more information about service needs and threats faced. They say it’s a totally bipartisan effort with enormous potential. At a Sept. 21 hearing, Skelton said that the panel’s CDR “could be the pole star of what we do in this Congress.”
The Air Force achieved its goal of recruiting 32,750 Active-Duty enlisted Airmen for 2026 five months ahead of schedule, military officials said this week—its biggest recruiting year in more than two decades.