Month: February 2025

Analyzing the present, to prepare for the future.

Department Tells Gold Star Families: We’ll Find Loved Ones, Bring Them Home

More than 500 Gold Star families attended a family member update to learn how the agency is proceeding in efforts to repatriate the remains of service members who never returned home from the Vietnam War, the Korean War or World War II.

Socom Laser-Focused on Winning, Readiness, Modernization

Special Operations Command follows the defense secretary’s top three priorities of warfighting to win, readiness of its people and lethality through modernization, Socom commander Army Gen. Bryan P. Fenton said.

Hegseth Addresses Strengthening Military by Cutting Excess, Refocusing DOD Budget

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discussed his priorities of strengthening the military by cutting fiscal fraud, waste and abuse at DOD while also finding ways to refocus the department’s budget.

DOD Support to the Southern Border in Photos, Feb. 20, 2025

U.S. service members continue to support efforts carrying out President Donald J. Trump’s executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.

Federal Firefighters Who Combated California Wildfires Given Pentagon Tour

Ten U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service firefighters from two separate crews who spent much of January battling Southern California wildfires received a tour of the Pentagon as part of a four-day trip to Washington.

U.S. Army Tank Crew Wins International Competition for First Time

A four-man Army tank crew defeated teams from four other countries over the past week to achieve the first American victory in the U.S. Army Europe and Africa International Tank Challenge.

Military Spouses Exempted From Return-to-Work Mandate

The Office of Personnel Management released a memorandum that explains how federal civilian employees who are also military spouses are exempt from the return-to-work mandate.

Brown: Build the Force by Being Seen

Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said to continue being successful, the military must make itself more well-known to the civilian community, as many Americans have no connection to it.