Todd Weiler, founder and CEO of consulting firm One Hemisphere Ventures, will be nominated by President Obama to the role of assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs at the Defense Department, the
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The State Department has launched a new center staffed by public and private sector professionals who aim to counter disinformation from ISIS, al-Qaeda and other extremist groups through the use of computer-mediated tools.
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Eric Fanning is set to resign as acting Army secretary while the Senate Armed Services Committee has yet to hold a confirmation hearing for his nomination to the post, Defense News reported
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President Barack Obama is considering U.S. Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson as his nomination to the leadership post at U.S. Northern Command, Defense News reported Friday. Aaron Mehta writes Robinson previously served as deputy
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Gen. John Kelly, outgoing chief of the U.S. Southern Command, has said the command collaborates with its military allies to counter terrorism, illegal drug trade and transnational organized crime, DoD News reported
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The Department of Homeland Security will require travelers to present at airports driver’s licenses and identification cards that comply with the provisions of the Real ID Act this year, the New York Times reported
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President Barack Obama has spoken to South Korean President Park Geun-hye about options for responding to North Korea’s fourth rogue nuclear test, Reuters reported Thursday. South Korea is considering deployment of U.S.-built strategic weapons after North Korea declared it
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President Barack Obama is set to nominate Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, to oversee U.S. Central Command as part of an effort to combat extremist groups, the Wall
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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson has released a new guidance that details approaches on how the U.S. Navy can sustain maritime superiority, USNI News reported Tuesday. Richardson said the guidance titled
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The U.S. Air Force plans to move 13,000 civilian employees to a new personnel system from the general schedule by June 12, GovExec reported Tuesday. Eric Katz writes the Air Force Material
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