The Congressional Research Service has completed an updated report for lawmakers on personnel issues regarding the reserve components of the military. CRS provides a complete background from just what is a reserve component to the various reserve categories and descriptions of current issues, such as lowering the age for reservists to receive full retirement benefits.
A new Navy missile could fill a long-range air-to-air need for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation fighters. The Navy’s portfolio acquisition executive for munitions posted information on the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile online on Aug. 22, the same day it unveiled the project at the service’s…