A joint staff spokesman confirmed that leaders of US combatant commands will get a look next week at the Quadrennial Defense Review—or at least the decisions made so far—during a series of meetings at the Pentagon.
After nearly a yearlong vacancy, the Air Force has a Vice Chief of Staff once more. The Senate confirmed Gen. John D. Lamontagne to the service’s No. 2 job on Jan. 30 in an uncontroversial voice vote, along with a new head of U.S. Southern Command and five Air Force three-stars.


