Defense
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Sequestration and philosophical differences among politicians have lead to a big unresolved question over military capacity.
January 20, 2017 -
Nearly 1,300 members of the U.S. Air Force will support the ceremony and logistics for the 58th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20. The Air Force District of Washington gave members of the press a sneak peak of their rehearsals at Joint Base Andrews.
January 19, 2017 -
The Air Force is trying to take some of its cyber deception methods to new limits as the service doubles down on its cyber priorities.
January 19, 2017 -
The Air Force will hire more people to take care of its weapons systems if it can get Congress to pay for more airmen.
January 18, 2017 -
About 1,300 members of the U.S. Air Force, including members of the Air Force Band, Honor Guard, Reserve, National Guard and Academy, will participate in the 58th Inauguration Day. Some 1,000 members provide ceremonial support on site, while another 300 work off site on behind-the-scenes logistics and planning. Joint Base Andrews gave the media a preview of the role that the Air Force District of Washington will play Jan. 20.
January 13, 2017 -
Col. Walter Herd, director of the Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss how his organization helps transitioning Army soldiers prepare for civilian careers. January 20, 2017
January 12, 2017 -
Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley joined the Army Secretary and the Navy in asking for readiness money before expanding end strength.
January 12, 2017 -
The Navy says it wants any extra funds to go to current ship maintenance before building to Trump's ideal 350 ship fleet.
January 11, 2017 -
The Air Force will no longer disqualify recruits for prior marijuana use.
January 10, 2017 -
Army Secretary Eric Fanning has issued highly detailed orders to three-and-four star generals in the Army's headquarters and functional and geographic commands, telling them precisely what must be done to close 60 percent of the service’s 1,200 data centers by the end of 2018 and 75 percent by 2025.
January 10, 2017 -
The Air Force is standing up a new, full-time office dedicated to protecting its weapons systems from cyber attacks.
January 10, 2017 -
The new year brings a host of people on the move, including a new deputy CIO at the Defense Department and a familiar face leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s IT office.
January 09, 2017 -
As Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James closes out her tenure, she is setting up a new Air Force Digital Service.
January 06, 2017 -
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it expects to reach final decisions by July on each of the more than 17,000 cases in which soldiers were paid large bonuses to re-enlist during the heights of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan only to be told years later that they must give the money back.
January 04, 2017 -
One of the main tenets of the Pentagon's Better Buying Power initiative is changing procurement for the better.
January 02, 2017
