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Gen Michael Garrett Gen. Michael X. Garrett, commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Command, has approved and taken action on the investigation conducted by Gen. John Murray, commanding general of Army Futures Command, into chain-of-command actions related to the disappearance of Spc. Vanessa Guillén at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2020. As a result of the investigation, several adverse actions are ongoing: Gen. Garrett directed the relief of five current or former leaders (officers and non commissioned officers) in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment. Of the five, three will also receive General Officer Memor...

1 Lt. Col. Dierk Seifert assumed command of the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 2 from Lt. Col. Jerome Thomas during assumption change of command ceremony at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 30. Lt. Col. Carly Sims, commander 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, presided over the ceremony. As the commander, Lt. Col. Seifert will lead a 21-member detachment that provides persistent Air Combat Command warfighter expertise in E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System acquisition through seamless full-spectrum test, evaluation...

Introduction It is entirely possible that the enormous superstructure of the Navy is actually working against maintaining an effective Fleet. We seem to be mired in a time in which counterproductive institutional incentives and dynamics have developed naturally in the absence of an existential threat to focus our efforts, such as a great power competitor. One of these unhelpful dynamics has been the explosion in the numbers of flag officers. A cursory examination of the historical record makes clear that the number of flag officers serving in the United States Navy operates independently from...

By   Theresa Hitchens on March 16, 2021 at 2:02 PM WASHINGTON: A “recently signed” Defense Intelligence Strategy prioritizes countering Russian and Chinese disinformation, including providing more timely information to Combatant Commanders to support their efforts, says Neill Tipton, director for Defense Intelligence, Collection and Special Programs. Further, he told the House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence and special operations, DoD and the IC plan to complete an effort to declassify information about adversary information-warfare activities by September in order to bols...

US President Joe Biden on Monday announced he has nominated two female generals to positions as 4-star combatant commanders after their promotions had been delayed under the Trump administration.