Defense Department personnel remain ready to support Maui residents for the foreseeable future as local officials plot a course for recovery from the Lahaina wildfire, the Hawaii National Guard’s incident commander said.
The timing of the Defense Department budget continues to pose problems as the U.S. must be in a position to move quickly to assist with wars and humanitarian crises around the globe, the undersecretary of defense comptroller and chief financial officer said.
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder briefed reporters on lessons learned in Afghanistan, continuing efforts to aid the people of Maui and those hurt by Hurricane Idalia.
Pentagon officials are focusing on ways to attract artificial intelligence experts as the Defense Department plots its course for leveraging the transformational technology to enable warfighters.
For the national security community, the statement that climate change is a national security issue is not controversial — it’s fact, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.
With the recently announced presidential drawdown authority package, the U.S. has committed more than $43 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
The Florida National Guard has been fully activated with a mobilization of over 3,000 guardsmen in position across the state for Hurricane Idalia preparedness and response efforts, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said.
The Pentagon’s top research and engineering official remains laser focused on providing the warfighter with an asymmetric advantage in fielding future capabilities.
