Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) the committee’s ranking member, penned a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, complaining that DOD’s policies on when it is appropriate to wear a uniform are not being followed and cited a May 10 “rally” in favor of elevating National Guard status by legislators and some two dozen Army and Air National Guard general officers, reports CongressDaily. They asked for Rumsfeld’s ruling as to whether the event violated an October 2005 policy that rules out uniform wear at political events. According to reporter Megan Scully, Air Force Maj. Gen. Roger Lemke, who is president of The Adjutants General Association of the United States, Guard officials were unaware of the new policy. Lemke also told Scully that the May event was a press conference not a political rally.
Pentagon Task Force, FAA to Test Counter-Drone Laser
March 7, 2026
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force announced it would conduct a high-energy laser test with the Federal Aviation Administration less than a month after the use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border prompted the FAA to shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas.