Keeping the armament production lines moving at speed and scale at the right price sends a strong signal to allies that the U.S. is a reliable partner, Defense Department officials said.
Public service is a good option for today’s youth after graduation, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks told thousands of kids and their parents during a “Bring a Child to Work Day” event at the Pentagon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 summit brings together African and European partner nations, along with academic thought leaders and government officials to discuss and develop cooperative solutions, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said.