The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, missile battery will be used to bolster Israel’s missile defense capabilities in the wake of Iran’s targeted attacks on that nation.
The deputy assistant secretary of defense for Military Community and Family Policy outlined several initiatives aimed at enhancing quality of life for military spouses during a panel.
All service members and their families deserve quality care, better access to treatment centers, health care providers and mental and physical well-being, the director of the Defense Health Agency said.
The vast territory the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claimed has been liberated thanks in large part to the U.S.-led Defeat-ISIS coalition of nations that pioneered a new and effective way of confronting this worldwide threat.
The efforts include thousands of DOD personnel, vehicles and equipment providing relief on the ground in the affected states of Florida and North Carolina, as well as executive-level coordination in the nation’s capital.
The United States’ engagement in the Arctic is critical, the chairman said, as it works with allies to promote peace and stability throughout the rapidly evolving region.
Defense cooperation and shared security interests between the U.S. and Vietnam have been expanding as the two nations build a partnership based on a range of diplomatic, economic and defense industrial endeavors, a DOD official said.
U.S. Transportation Command’s new leader, Air Force Gen. Randall Reed, also praised the whole-of-government approach that he believes contributes to Transcom being able to execute its mission on a global level.
