Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told reporters, “When the history of this time is written—an era of tragedy and turmoil and triumph—I believe it will be said of Dick Myers that he was one of the most consequential Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs in our history.”
The Department of the Air Force announced seven new mission area-focused portfolio acquisition executives for the Air Force and Space Force, some of the department's first steps to implement Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's sweeping acquisition reforms.
