National & World Headlines
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, issuing his second report on the status of the Defense Department\'s inspector general, said there are \"positive trends\" in the office he has previously criticized but he and his staff still give the IGs work a \"D minus.\"
June 07, 2011 -
Proposed rule would require companies who bid on Defense contracts to certify that any former DoD officials who work for them are in compliance with post-employment ethics rules.
June 06, 2011 -
Analysis on Defense Secretary Robert Gates\'s cost-cutting legacy from Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information.
June 06, 2011 -
FAI, DAU teaming together to provide contracting officers and others training and tools.
June 06, 2011 -
There may soon be apps for war zone use. Learn more in today\'s DoD Report
June 03, 2011 -
The Pentagon wants to better understand how military service affects those who employ members of the Guard and Reserves. The Department of Defense is surveying about 80,000 employers of all sizes across the nation. Guard and Reserve members currently comprise about 50 percent of the military\'s total strength, according to the Pentagon. Defense officials say they generally receive strong support from companies who employ Guard and Reserve members, who sometimes must be away from their families and their jobs for extended periods of time.
June 03, 2011 -
The white head stones and Arlington and Punchbowl and at many other cemeteries just sit there today, silent but proud monuments to the sacrifice that this country was built upon. Originally called Decoration Day, this is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation\'s service. Several cities lay claim to observing the first memorial day but on this day, from California to the New York Island, from the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters every town village and hamlet honor those who proved Freedom is free but it ain\'t cheap.
June 03, 2011 -
The eight year sentence for Omar Khadr will stand. He is the youngest detainee at the Guantanamo bay detention facility. He was taken there when he was 15 in 2002. On Oct. 25, 2010 he pled guilty to charges that included murder for throwing a grenade that mortally wounded an American soldier in Afghanistan. A military jury at the U.S. base in Cuba recommended a 40-year sentence. But a pretrial agreement limited him to no more than eight years. The Pentagon official in charge of war crimes tribunals upheld the eight-year sentence on Thursday.
June 03, 2011 -
In his recent visit to Poland, President Obama discussed joint defense actions between the United States and Poland with Polish President Komorowski and Polish Prime Minister Tusk. The meeting followed Poland\'s May 2011 ratification of a U.S.-Poland Bilateral Defense Agreement and focused on a number of topic areas including missile defense and air defense training. The discussion of missile defense revolved around the progress in Phases one and two of the PAA and on preparations for the 2018 deployment of a land-based interceptor in Poland.
June 03, 2011 -
Unless changes are made \"the United States faces new waves of waste in Iraq and Afghanistan\" according to the Commission on Wartime Contracting. USAID, the Departments of Defense and State are singled out in a new commission report for their inadequate planning.
June 03, 2011 -
The Defense Department has detailed its plans for a new generation of long-range bombers.
June 03, 2011 -
It\'s like something straight out of Star Wars. The Navy is developing laser cannons. Learn more in today\'s DoD Report
June 02, 2011 -
The Navy may have to keep some attack subs around past their retirement. Learn more in today\'s DoD Report
June 02, 2011 -
Lernes Hebert is the director at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Officer & Enlisted Personnel Management. He joins In Depth with recruiting and retaining from the military
June 02, 2011