Retired Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, the first female four star general in Air Force history, is the new chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. The Pentagon announced Wednesday that Wolfenbarger, who retired in 2015 as the commander of Air Force Materiel Command, would replace retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Frances C. Wilson. DACOWITS is a committee of civilian men and women convened to provide advice on the recruitment, retention, treatment, and integration of women in the armed forces.
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.