Richard Spencer

• Military secretaries happy about acquisition reforms, but want time to take a breath

  After three years of procurement reform, the military services want time to assess the new acquisition tools they've been given.

  Defense

  March 21, 2018
• Navy says it’s closed training, certification gaps in accident-prone 7th Fleet

  Navy says all of its Japan-based ships are caught up on training, certification standards, a dramatic departure from a year ago.

  Defense

  January 19, 2018
• Defense companies getting skittish over shutdown, sequestration

  Defense and aerospace companies are calling on Congress to come to a decision to avert budget cuts.

  Defense

  December 06, 2017
• Navy says it’s wasted $4 billion on continuing resolutions since 2011

  Just days before the expiration of the latest continuing resolution, Navy officials say the last several years of budgeting-by-CR have already wasted $4 billion.

  Defense

  December 05, 2017
• Congress wants answers on who advised Trump on transgender military ban

  Multiple high-ranking military officials have come out against the ban, and lawmakers want to know who advised the president.

  Defense

  October 10, 2017
• Navy wants sailors to have sweet dreams for safety’s sake

  The Navy is implementing new guidance to require protected sleep hours for sailors on ships.

  Navy

  September 22, 2017
• Navy goes through holistic existential examination after ship collisions

  The Navy is looking at more than just its ships after deadly collisions this summer.

  Navy

  September 20, 2017
• Lawmaker wants Navy to answer for $21 million wasted at Norfolk shipyard

  Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) demands answers from the Navy within two weeks about what it's done to address $21 million in waste by an unauthorized police force.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  August 30, 2017
• Severe cybersecurity issues found at Army medical facilities

  In today's Federal Newscast, a report issued by the Defense Department inspector general has found 350 known security vulnerabilities at three Army hospitals and clinics, adding Defense Heath Agency and Army officials have failed to effectively protect electronic patient health information.

  Federal Newscast

  July 12, 2017
• Navy secretary nominee Spencer and his cheese move on through confirmation hearing

  Richard Spencer and his favorite business theory sailed through a July 11 Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing.

  Congress

  July 11, 2017