Tag: DOD

LIVE 2 PM ET: U.S. Government Testify to the House on Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Department of Defense and Service Members

U.S. Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr.; Department of the Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo; Department of the Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven; and Department of the Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones will provide testimony at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 28 to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on  the impacts of…


LIVE NOW: US Government Witnesses Testify to the House on Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Department of Defense and Service Members

U.S. Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr.; Department of the Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo; Department of the Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven; and Department of the Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones will provide testimony at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 28 to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on the impacts…


US Government Witnesses Testify to the House on Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Department of Defense and Service Members

U.S. Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr.; Department of the Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo; Department of the Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven; and Department of the Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones will provide testimony at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 28 to the U.S. House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on the impacts…


Sen. Tuberville Vows to Place Hold on DoD Nominees in Protest Against New Abortion Policy

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said he will place a hold on civilian and military Defense Department nominees that come before the Senate in response to the department’s “radical” new policy to provide transportation and paid leave for service members seeking abortions. “The Secretary of Defense is following through with his radical plan to…


Tuberville Decries ‘Radical’ DOD Abortion Policy, Vows to Place Nominees on Hold

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said he will place a hold on civilian and military Defense Department nominees that come before the Senate in response to the department’s “radical” new policy to provide transportation and paid leave for service members seeking abortions. “The Secretary of Defense is following through with his radical plan to…


The CCP Is Still the Largest Threat to US National Security

Commentary Melanie W. Sisson of the Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology on Feb. 7 told the House Armed Services Committee, “Under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is seeking to expand its influence culturally, economically, politically, and militarily,” In President Joe Biden’s Feb. 7 State…


Pentagon May Have Shot Down a $12 Balloon with a $400,000 Missile

The Pentagon is stonewalling inquiries as to whether one of the unidentified objects it shot down off the coast of Alaska earlier this month was a $12 dollar hobby balloon. Speculation that the unidentified aerial object the administration shot down earlier this month was actually a cheap hobbyist pico balloon began to build this week…


Pentagon Declines to Answer If It Shot Down $12 Balloon With $400,000 Missile

The Pentagon is stonewalling inquiries as to whether one of the unidentified objects it shot down off the coast of Alaska earlier this month was a $12 dollar hobby balloon. Speculation that the unidentified aerial object the administration shot down earlier this month was actually a cheap hobbyist pico balloon began to build this week…


US, Allies, Working on New Basing Opportunities in Indo-Pacific: DOD Official

The United States is working closely with its allies and partners across the Indo-Pacific region to develop new basing opportunities and increase interoperability across their forces, according to a Department of Defense official. The nation is working to scale its defensive and logistical infrastructure to contend with a rapidly shifting threat environment, according to Assistant…


‘A Lot of Unanswered Questions’: Senators React After Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon

Republicans are reacting with disapproval following a hearing which examined the Biden DoD’s response to a Chinese spy balloon that traversed the continental United States last week. Pentagon officials testified before a Senate Appropriations Defense hearing on Feb. 9, where they defended the department’s decision not to engage with China’s high-altitude surveillance balloon for an…