All witnesses. Please discuss the profile of persons of diverse backgrounds within your organization and then for the record, the Committee Requests the addition of grade, years of service and career categories to the annual be added to the annual demographic report. Mr. Coker, why dont you begin . We took a look at our great profile, gg 12 and 13 as recently required by our manager from her directive, 715. We noticed there was a gap there between minority and nonminority and that triggered further analysis. We are in the midst of a study we began in march of this year and expect to complete this fall, september 2019, to take a look at why that gap and promotion rate. Not likely to be one particular item but nonetheless evil have data to support some understanding of that gap. In terms of its effects i can tell you our current senior profile for Senior Officers 32 is female which is good and our minority representation at the senior ranks, nsa, 15 and for people with disabilities it is
Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense acquisition Reform Efforts and we welcome our witnesses, ellen lord undersecretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics. Mark esper, secretary the army. Heather wilson, secretary the air force and james geurts assistant secretary of the navy for acquisition, technology, and logistics acquisition reform is one of the most important and frustrating topics committee addresses. Four years we have been warned that america is losing its technological advantage. I hope you have seen the work on the topic. Thats why the department of defense needs acquisition reform not just for efficiency or to save money, simply put we will not be able to address threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I went to witnesses to pay attention. We are still dealing with a trillion dollar after 35 program that continues to operate i
After a top Air Force official strongly hinted at coming changes to the Air Force's structure, Adam Lowther and Curtis McGiffin warn that one particular option would be bad news for America's nuclear readiness.
“Contested logistics are hard enough without running a resupply operation and not getting the right thing: There's a lot of room there for progress,” Gen. James Rainey told Breaking Defense.