Defense officials said the Ukraine Defense Contact Group continues to identify and deliver solutions for Ukraine’s most pressing requirements in key capability areas — including ground-based, long-range fires; air defense systems; and maintenance and sustainment.
The 21st meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which the Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will host virtually from the Pentagon, comes amid a renewed fervor with Congress’ recent passing of the $95 billion national security supplemental measure.
Once the pier is completed, it will initially facilitate the delivery of an estimated 90 truckloads of international aid into Gaza and scale to up to 150 truckloads once fully operational.
Recruiters across the military are challenged every day to bring young people into service. But the chief of naval operations said she thinks the Navy has what young people are looking for — if only they knew more about it.
The Space Force aims to build upon its foundation of strong partnerships with the commercial sector to maintain the United States’ competitive advantage in the frontier warfare domain, a senior service official said.
President Joe Biden said that the security supplemental — worth about $95 billion — is not just an investment in the security of U.S. partners around the world, but also in U.S. security at home and abroad.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., said the Pentagon is well postured with the authorities needed to quickly provide Ukraine with munitions.
The vice chairmen of the U.S. armed forces expressed the U.S. military is at its best when its separate branches are working together during a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
