The Middle East is fertile ground for strategic competition with China and Russia and growing Chinese influence in the region would have effects on U.S. access, an Air Force official said.
Although the U.S. has the funding to continue to support Ukraine’s war efforts in the short term, Pentagon officials underscored that more funds will be needed to continue to assist Ukraine in the long term.
The Defense Logistics Agency Energy Aerospace team recently fueled two space missions — one that tested the U.S. Space Force Rapid Launch Capability and another that sent National Reconnaissance Office satellites into orbit.
Officials emphasized the importance of the U.S. Constitution to the military as Army Gen. Mark A. Milley transferred responsibility as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.
The Defense Department remains committed to upholding global norms against the use of chemical weapons after fulfilling its decades-long pledge to destroy the last vestiges of the United States’ noxious ammunition stockpile.
U.S. defense officials are encouraged by the way allies and partners are increasingly acting together to counter Chinese attempts to claim vast areas of the South China Sea and to deter China from military action in the region.
Leaders of the military services responsible for maintaining military barracks addressed concerns from lawmakers and discussed how the services plan to implement remedies.
Army Pvt. Travis T. King, who was recently released from North Korean custody, arrived in San Antonio, where he will be going through a reintegration program, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said.
