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 Pentagon, Congress and the industrial base must work together to deliver combat-credible capabilities to the warfighter at speed and scale to deter aggression and win if called on to fight.
China continues to present the most comprehensive and serious challenge to U.S. national security, Ely S. Ratner, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, said.
The Navy is deploying logistics capabilities in support of the Army-led mission to establish a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to deliver critical humanitarian assistance.
New watercraft, including some that are autonomous, and new ways to work with partners figure into how the Marine Corps plans to improve the way it supplies itself though improved logistics.
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.
The situation in Haiti requires an international solution that also includes the Haitian perspective, the commander of U.S. Southern Command 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.
