Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commanding general of the U.S. Army‘s XVIII Airborne Corps, will assume leadership of the country’s military campaign against the Islamic State militant organization in August, Army Times reported Tuesday. Townsend will succeed Lt. Gen.
MoreU.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Jerabek, director of theater engagement (J7) at the U.S. Southern Command, has been appointed to succeed Maj. Gen. John Horner as deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Navy Secretary Ray
MoreThe U.S. Air Force has selected 10 enlisted airmen to participate in an October RQ-4 Global Hawk pilot training course as part of an initiative to develop future operating concepts within the service branch’s
MoreMaj. Gen. John Horner, former deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, has been appointed as director of the Defense Department Special Access Program Central Office.
MoreSteven Basham, deputy director for requirements of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, has been appointed as director of legislative liaison at the office of the secretary of the U.S. Air Force. The
MoreCalifornia Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team has joined a U.S. Army Forces Command program that pairs National Guard and Reserve units with active BCTs for joint planning, interoperability and training exercises, the Army
MoreBrig. Gen. Thomas Geary, director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance strategy, plans, policy and force development at the U.S. Air Force, has been assigned to serve as assistant deputy chief of staff for ISR
MoreU.S. and Jordanian forces have completed a joint arms live fire exercise as part of a move to build up military partnership between the two nations. The Eager Lion 16 exercise kicked
MoreU.S. Army Maj. Gen. Brian Lein has been assigned to the roles of chief of the force’s Medical Corps organization plus commanding general for the Medical Department Center and School. The Army chief of staff
MoreAir Force Gen. David Goldfein, currently the service branch’s vice chief of staff, has been nominated to succeed the retiring Gen. Mark Welsh as chief of staff upon the scheduled completion of
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