Sept. 30, 2020 COVID-19 Response Sparks Efforts to Strengthen Supply Chain The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the fragility of the Defense Department's supply chain. As a result, the department is taking a variety of steps to strengthen that supply chain, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment said.
Aug. 26, 2020 DOD Seeks Reform in Delivering Improved Training, Education Defense Department leaders in the fields of training and education discussed reform efforts the department is pursuing to more effectively and efficiently deliver various types of learning to its uniformed and civilian personnel.
July 7, 2020 Urgent Acquisition Effort Provides Safe COVID-19 Patient Transport in 95 Days The Air Force, Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command have a new capability to bring large numbers of COVID-19 patients home via airlift without putting associated flight crews at risk — and the solution arrived quicker than expected.
June 19, 2020 IT Experts Discuss DOD's Use of Digital Communications It's essential to modernize the Defense Department's perimeter-based security models and compliance requirements that prevent it from transforming how it achieves its objectives, experts said.
June 16, 2020 Top Legal Officers Address Racial Disparity in Military Justice Racial disparity in the military justice system exists, and much work remains to put an end to it, the services' top legal officers said.
June 3, 2020 DOD Chief Housing Officer Issues Memo to Privatized Housing Tenants Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment W. Jordan Gillis issued a memo to tenants of housing privatized under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative, providing an update on the status of the department's efforts to implement the MHPI Tenant Bill of Rights.
Jan. 22, 2020 DOJ Finds Pensacola Attack 'Act of Terrorism;' New Rules for Foreign Military Students The results of a Justice Department investigation into the Dec. 6 attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, were released this week and investigators have declared the attack was an act of terrorism.
July 9, 2019 Donovan stresses ‘Digital Air Force’s’ importance and necessity As outlined in a July white paper, the Digital Air Force initiative encompasses comprehensive changes to how the force gathers, uses and shares data.
March 27, 2019 Scobee highlights Air Force Reserve success on Capitol Hill Lt. Gen. Richard W. Scobee, chief of Air Force Reserve and Air Force Reserve Command commander, testified on the status of the Reserve and the fiscal year 2020 budget request before the U.S. House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee, March 26, on Capitol Hill. Counterparts from the