The Army “has been working” on the housing problems publicized in the Washington Post (see above), according to Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman. Top Pentagon leaders are now engaged, he said. According to a Pentagon release, the Army and Navy Secretaries “have begun a review of the medical care” provided in the National Capital Region. It also states that DOD is forming an independent review group to “look into outpatient care and the administrative processes.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth vowed to undertake far-reaching reforms on the way the U.S. military buys weapons, promising a sweeping overhaul of the way the Defense Department determines requirements, handles the acquisition process, and tests its kit. The fundamental goal, which Hegseth underscored in a 1-hour and 10-minute speech…


