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.”
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.