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President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Defense’s health services as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs said that civilians in the United States owning a semi-automatic rifle like the AR-15 is “insane.” Dr. Dean Winslow made the statement during a questioning by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee for his […]
Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday to give the Trump Administration’s stance on calls for a renewed Authorization for the Use of Military Force, or AUMF. Both Mattis and Tillerson advocated leaving the AUMF in its current form, and warned against […]
Previously unreported data from the Department of Defense released this summer shows that the average American taxpayer has spent $7,500 on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, since the beginning of the Global War on Terror in 2001. That means this fiscal year, your average taxpaying American citizen will spend about $289 on wars […]
Details of President Trump’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the United States military are reportedly contained in a memo prepared by the White House, which will be presented to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis sometime this week. The rules as outlined in the memo will deny future enlistments to all transgender Americans, and give […]
The fallback for the bulk of CPGS relies on modified ICBM such as the Peacekeeper land-based ballistic missile—Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and conventionally-armed modification of the Trident Submarine Submarine-Launched Missile (SLBM).
With the Trump White House has still not provided the Defense Department the necessary policy guidance on transgender persons serving in the armed forces, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis told the press, that DOD was continuing to study the issue. That statement hints that transgender military members may be allowed to continue to serve despite […]
To test just how easy it is for cops to get high-tech military equipment, a government agency asked for more than $1.2 million in weapons by pretending to be a fake law enforcement agency — and got it, according to a report published last week. The Government Accountability Office, the agency tasked with overseeing government abuse, made up […]
The Iraqi Air Force received 15 T-6A Texan II turboprop trainer aircraft in 2009 that apparently are now in storage. The US Department of Defense is hiring Textron Aviation to bring them back to flight status. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Textron Aviation Defense USD 8.8 million to return the IqAF’s 15 turboprop trainer […]
According to a press release from the White House, former Navy SEAL Vice Admiral Joseph Kernan of Florida is to be named as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Per the press release, Kernan currently serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for SAP National Security Services. Kernan also serves as the chairman of […]
Although celebrations within Iraq have been ongoing for more than a week, the Pentagon waited until this Monday, when Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory, to offer the Iraqi government a tentative congratulation on their victory over the Islamic State in Mosul. “I announce from here the end and the failure and the collapse […]
On Monday, politicians on both sides of the aisle came to an agreement to stave off a potential government shutdown that allocated more than a trillion dollars to funding federal programs through the remainder of 2017. Included in that sum is a $21 billion funding increase for defense; a sum that can hopefully help right […]
In his first trip to Saudi Arabia as Secretary of Defense, James Mattis is seeking to shore up relations between the U.S. and the Saudis, while sending Iran a message. Along with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Trump administration is effecting a sort of ‘reboot’ with the Saudis, who had felt continually at odds […]
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