When educator Kerrie Gill made her lesson plans for the 2023-2024 school year, she didn’t know her efforts were going to earn her the Department of Defense Education Activity’s 2024 … Continue reading DODEA’s Teacher of the Year Celebrated During Trip to Washington
Brandon Brown was skeptical at first when he received a phone call from an unknown number during his junior year at South Carolina State University. Brown had set his sights … Continue reading South Carolina State Grad Discusses Value of Public Service Ahead of Austin’s Commencement Address
Brandon Brown was skeptical at first when he received a phone call from an unknown number during his junior year at South Carolina State University. Brown had set his sights … Continue reading South Carolina Grad Discusses Value of Public Service Ahead of Austin’s Commencement Address
The Defense Department’s workforce and its partnerships with private industry remain at the core of the military’s ability to harness innovation and defend against emerging threats, the Pentagon’s top cyber … Continue reading DOD Workforce, Industry Partnerships Key to Harnessing Innovation
The Defense Department’s top official told Congress today that DOD’s fiscal year 2025 budget request, about $849.8 billion in all, includes tradeoffs between capability in the future and readiness. “[Our … Continue reading Austin: FY 2025 Budget Includes ‘Tough, But Responsible’ Decisions
The Defense Department’s success in an evolving security landscape is defined by the joint force’s ability to address current threats while at the same time preparing for the future, Chairman … Continue reading Brown: Joint Force Must Maintain Current Edge, Prepare for Emerging Threats
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a C-47A aircraft from what was then U.S. Army Air Corps’ 304th Troop Carrier Squadron, 442nd Troop Carrier Group, participated in … Continue reading DOD Team Searching for Missing WWII Airmen in France
Construction of the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS, system on the Mediterranean Sea, which will streamline delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, is now complete, the deputy Pentagon press secretary … Continue reading Floating Piers, Cargo Ship With Aid for Gaza Face Weather Delays
Senior leadership from U.S. Special Operations Command today emphasized the significant role that partnership plays in accomplishing the mission of special operations forces during keynote remarks at the start of … Continue reading ‘Power of Partnerships’ Is Focus of Special Operations Forces Convention
When it comes to their careers, Marine Corps Cpls. Alex and Andres Lopez are quick to say they’re blessed: They are a dual-military couple who are assigned to the same … Continue reading Partners in Life, Partners in Crime Fighting
The Defense Department is moving forward with plans to assemble a temporary pier for delivery of humanitarian aid despite relocating the construction site due to weather conditions, Pentagon Press Secretary … Continue reading DOD Continues Work on Temporary Pier for Gaza After High Seas Force Move
For a lot of military heroes, actions taken in battle are carried out without thinking, and they’re sometimes hazy afterward due to the fog of war. For Army Command Sgt. … Continue reading Medal of Honor Monday: Army Command Sgt. Maj. Robert M. Patterson
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III underscored the power of U.S. partnerships in the Indo-Pacific as he presided over the U.S. Indo-Pacific change of command ceremony today at Joint … Continue reading Austin Underscores Power of Partnerships at Indo-Pacom Change of Command
Construction of a temporary humanitarian aid pier for Gaza will continue after the Army had to relocate the construction site due to forecasted high seas, U.S. Central Command announced today. … Continue reading DOD Adapts to Rough Seas Off Gaza, Continues Temporary Pier Construction
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III underscored today the United States’ commitment to deepening ties with key allies throughout the Indo-Pacific after meeting with his counterparts from Australia, Japan … Continue reading Austin Lauds Strong Ties Between Key Allies in Indo-Pacific
The Marine Corps’ most senior officer stated his key priorities and praised his fighting force during a state of the Marine Corps speech closing out a three-day defense industry exposition … Continue reading Commandant Underscores Priorities, Praises Marines During State of the Corps Speech
Good cyber hygiene, which includes things like regularly changing passwords or applying software security patches, plays an outsized role in preventing America’s adversaries from hacking into and crippling U.S. infrastructure … Continue reading Good Cyber Hygiene Can Impede Adversary Meddling in U.S. Infrastructure
Across the globe, the Defense Department employs over three million people — including civilians and uniformed military personnel. A challenge for the department has been both competing with the private sector … Continue reading DOD Looks Outside Bureaucracy for Novel Talent Management Concepts
In early 2022, the Defense Department released a report detailing the state of the defense industrial base, or DIB, which is the collection of private sector companies that produce the … Continue reading DOD Needs Competitive, Innovative, Robust Defense Industrial Base
U.S. Africa Command’s premiere and largest annual joint and combined exercise, African Lion 2024, got underway Monday in Tunisia, the Pentagon announced during a briefing today. U.S. Army Southern European … Continue reading U.S. Africa Command’s Largest Annual Exercise Kicks Off in Tunisia
Senior leaders from five of the uniformed services’ reserve component branches spoke out in favor of aligning pay and benefits within their organizations during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense … Continue reading Top Reserve Component Officials Express Support for Pay, Benefit Alignment
Last month the Defense Department released its fiscal year 2025 budget request, about $849.8 billion in all, and now Congress has invited DOD leaders of all stripes to Capitol Hill … Continue reading DOD’s FY 2025 Budget Focuses on Defense, People, Teamwork
