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Opinion: Without more DOD investment, there just aren’t enough incentives to lure talent away from high-paying jobs with great benefits into a life of public service. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c6742fe2bad462d95eab4d6/master/pass/pentagon-oped-R1P439.jpg
Mariordo Camila Ferreira and Mario Duran/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) Department of Defense chief of staff Rear Adm. Kevin Sweeney resigned on Saturday, following other high-profile Pentagon departures. Sweeney said a statement that he “decided the time is right to return to the private sector.” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis also stepped down last month, after President […]
Outgoing US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis used his last day on the job to take a dig at his soon-to-be-former boss, telling Pentagon employees to “hold fast” in tough times and quoting Abraham Lincoln for some extra motivation. Mattis had planned to leave the administration in February, giving the White House enough time to […]
The US is worried that “unilateral” military action against its proxy forces might jeopardize its foothold in Syria, claiming that the Kurds are vital in the battle against IS, as Turkey vows to get rid of “separatist terrorists.” Despite major breakthroughs in the battle against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists and in the ongoing […]
The need to allocate more troops to secure the US southern border against caravans of illegal aliens will likely stretch beyond the announced deployment figure, the Pentagon said, as the first 1,000 troops arrived at the frontier. While the Pentagon still has little clue about the composition of the so-called migrant caravans heading to the […]
Two Republican members of Congress have asked the Defense Department’s Inspector General to probe the specs for a $ 10 billion cloud computing contract. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bd21cbb9f47f46d0140e98a/master/pass/Business-PentagonJEDI-Amazon-1032941996-w.jpg
Trump says ‘ISIS is defeated’ — the Pentagon says not quite NOW WATCH: What the US needs to do to prevent a new ISIS in Iraq See Also: These are the 10 riskiest countries in the world to visit — and why Trump says ‘ISIS is defeated’ — the Pentagon says not quite Jeff Sessions […]
Rivals complain that specs for a potential $ 10 billion contract favor Amazon. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bbd0047235b00769c2683a5/master/pass/BezosJEDI-1036099110.jpg
A new report says the Department of Defense “likely has an entire generation of systems that were designed and built without adequately considering cybersecurity.” https://media.wired.com/photos/5bbd23dfa25f0713c580d488/master/pass/Pentagon-632853142.jpg
A new Pentagon report calls China the main threat to the US military-industrial complex, sounding alarm over the decline of some “critical defense functions,” due to Beijing’s actions, workforce shortages and “unstable” funding. “While multiple countries pursue policies to bolster their economies at the expense of America’s manufacturing sector, none has targeted our industrial base […]
