Training of Defense Department personnel on standards of conduct for when the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy is formally repealed is proceeding well, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen told reporters Thursday in Washington, D.C. “Are there any glitches? We are going to have some challenges. This is not an insignificant change. That said, the training is going exceptionally well and I think we’ll get through it this summer,” said Mullen. He said he’s sat on several occasions with the four service chiefs and Coast Guard commandant to discuss the progress. All those leaders are “in the same spot,” he said, meaning they’ve given him positive feedback. (See Training for Post-DADT Policy Set to Begin from the Daily Report archives.)
Raytheon, a division of defense giant RTX, recently announced a multiyear deal with the Pentagon to increase annual production of the Air Force’s primary dogfighting missile by more than 50 percent from two years ago.
