The Pentagon recently named the Air Force as the best performing agency in the Pentagon’s small business program. Two Air Force civilians also received accolades for their stellar business practices: Elizabeth A. Bryant, formerly assigned to the 460th Space Wing, Buckley AFB, Colo., and Reinette Alecozay with Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Tex. Read more here.
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.