In addition to honing key counterterrorism capabilities, the special operations community has maintained its roots in deterring and defeating strategic threats, the U.S. Special Operations Command commander said.
The situation in Haiti requires an international solution that also includes the Haitian perspective, the commander of U.S. Southern Command said.
Ukraine will not back down in the face of the Russia’s invasion and neither will the U.S., Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said before a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
U.S. Special Operations Command will integrate its current strengths with new domains, new technologies and new processes to perform its crucial mission even better, the command’s senior enlisted leader said.
A U.S. delegation met with Nigerien officials, expressing concerns over Niger’s potential relationships with Russia and Iran, as well as the status of U.S. forces in the country, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. will depart for Germany to participate in the 20th iteration of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
There are likely more than 1,000 incursions by unmanned aircraft systems along the U.S.-Mexico border each month, Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot said.
The Defense Department is now fielding the 2024 Health Related Behaviors Survey to nearly 250,000 randomly selected active-duty service members.
