Combined Japanese and U.S. teams were able to locate additional remains after an aviation mishap involving a CV-22A Osprey aircraft with eight airmen on board in Japan.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III underscored the importance of the U.S.-Romania defense relationship as he met with Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and Defense Minister Angel Tilvar at the Pentagon.
A whole-of-government approach and public-private collaboration are required to draw the trained and skilled workforce needed to ensure a capable, innovative industrial base, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official said.
Getting young people to choose a career in the military will require more people talking about what opportunities there are in the service, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
As the world considers the repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the brutal Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, it also considers what the role of the United States will be — and what its role must be is leadership, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced the start of a series of defense innovation challenges beginning early next year and involving industry partners in AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
DOD is making significant progress in accelerating the delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter as part of the recently announced Replicator initiative.
The CV-22A Osprey, assigned to the Air Force’s 353rd Special Operations Wing, was performing a routine training mission off the shore of Yakushima Island, about 630 miles southwest of Tokyo.
