Gen. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command boss, earlier this month visited F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., Malmstrom AFB, Mont., and Minot AFB, N.D., to spend one last time with each of the service’s three Minuteman III ICBM missile wings before they transfer on Dec. 1 from under his organization to Air Force Global Strike Command, USAF’s new nuclear-centric major command. Kehler held a commander’s call during each stop on his two-day tour Nov. 12-13. “I’m proud of all of you; thank you for what you’re doing,” he said in his addresses to the airmen of F.E. Warren’s 90th Missile Wing, Minot’s 91st MW, and Malmstrom’s 341st MW. And he called on the missileers to stay focused. “Our country demands that of us … of you,” he said. (Peterson report by SSgt. Daylena Gonzalez; Minot report by SrA. Sharida Jackson)
Three of four congressional committees with influence over defense policy have voted to change the official name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War—but final approval of the Pentagon rebrand is months away and not yet assured.