Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said one of his proposed changes to the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 is to clarify the role of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, DoD News
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, has been nominated to the role of principal deputy director in the Defense Department’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office..
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Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph Lengyel, vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the bureau in Washington. Obama also endorsed the 35-year Air Force veteran for promotion to
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Stephen Welby, assistant defense secretary for research and engineering, told Defense News in an interview published Monday that the Defense Department should make its “OODA Loop” process faster in terms of adopting technological approaches. He
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Jeh Johnson, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has said e-passports are now required for all individuals entering the U.S. from the 38 countries included in the Visa Waiver Program. Johnson said
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Will Roper, director of the Defense Department’s strategic capabilities office, has said SCO works to identify existing military systems that can be redeveloped to perform new functions through the use of three
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Australia and Japan have started efforts to build up their amphibious forces in support of their deterrence strategies amid China’s aggression in the South China Sea, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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Vice Adm. Jan Tighe, commander of the U.S. Navy 10th Fleet and Fleet Cyber Command, will be nominated to replace Vice Adm. Ted Branch as the deputy chief naval officer for information warfare, USNI News
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U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Sean Filipowski, senior military adviser for cyber and defense undersecretary for policy, has been appointed deputy director of the signal intelligence directorate at the National Security Agency.
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Navy Rear Adm. Robert Sharp, a special assistant to the commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence, has been chosen to lead the organization that works to manage U.S. strategic, operational and tactical maritime data. The Navy
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