Senators heard testimony from the nominees to be the next chief of the National Guard Bureau and commander of U.S. Southern Command, Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus and Navy Vice Adm. Alvin Holsey, respectively.
The challenges in the various areas of the African continent cannot be met or solved by one country alone, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said.
A Defense Department delegation will reaffirm the United States’ commitment to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific while in Beijing this week to attend an international security forum and hold high-level talks with Chinese military officials.
Overcoming contested logistics challenges as the nation faces adversaries in all domains is the Defense Logistics Agency’s top priority as outlined in its new 2025-2030 Strategic Plan.
The National Reconnaissance Office’s mission is to develop and operate the world’s most capable and innovative overhead reconnaissance systems to collect intelligence for U.S. national security and to support disaster relief and humanitarian efforts.
“We don’t just work near a memorial. We work in a memorial,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during a ceremony honoring the lives lost at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
A U.S. official said from the beginning of the Russian invasion, support to Ukraine has focused on air defense, and that this will continue — including with a focus on the threat posed by the new missiles.
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack during a ceremony in the Pentagon’s courtyard.