The Pentagon needs an overseer at the highest level for the joint electromagnetic warfare fight to coordinate responses to China and Russia, experts said at a Hudson Institute webinar. The services' fragmented approach can be overcome by the enterprise approach taken by U.S. adversaries, they ...
Personnel
ADVERTISEMENTPersonnel
The Air Force is bringing back physical fitness testing July 1 after multiple delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass said during a virtual coffee talk May 11. “Read my lips: We are not changing the ...
As momentum builds within the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill to remove commanders from overseeing sexual assault prosecutions, top Defense Department leaders say they are open to the change, but they want to give a commission time to finish its work before the monumental change ...
Former Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley is back at the Pentagon, taking over a job he previously held before leading the service. Donley on May 5 began serving as the director of administration and management, the job known as the “mayor of the Pentagon,” ...
Senior Department of the Air Force and National Guard officials are preparing to brief Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on plans for a combined Space Force Active and Reserve component and separate Space National Guard in the coming days. National Guard Bureau chief Army ...
Two recruiting exhibits debut in 2021 that are meant to leave more of an impression on prospective Air Force recruits than a TV commercial. Meanwhile, having announced new diversity targets for recruitment in 2020, the Air Force unveiled Tuskegee Airmen-themed paint schemes for two race ...
Adm. John C. Aquilino assumed command of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command from Adm. Philip S. Davidson during an April 30 ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Aquilino, who relinquished command of U.S. Pacific Fleet earlier the same day, takes over as the Defense Department shifts ...
Heidi Shyu, former army acquisition chief in the Obama administration, is President Joe Biden's nominee for the top Pentagon technology job—undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. Shyu had a long career with Raytheon, specializing in radar, other sensors, and unmanned aircraft. She was born ...
The Department of Air Force has created two new teams to identify and address issues impacting diversity and inclusion, one specifically looking at issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning service members and another looking at issues facing Native American service members. The move ...
