Washington, Aug 30, 2023.- As Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks spoke to West Point cadets today about climate change and the military, the Category 3 Hurricane Idalia slammed ashore in Florida. The storm is just the latest in environmental impacts caused by climate change. Hicks pointed to the firestorm inContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Aug 29, 2023.- Hurricane Idalia is on track to reach Florida’s west coast by tomorrow morning. Idalia «may bring a life-threatening storm surge to portions of the Florida Gulf Coast, as well as strong winds and significant flooding across Southeastern states,» according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency reportContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Aug 29, 2023.- Right now, Joint Task Force 5-0 has about 572 personnel assigned and operating in Hawaii. The task force’s mission is to support and augment the efforts of county, state and federal authorities in Hawaii to ensure the people of Maui receive necessary aid and assistance. DuringContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Aug 26, 2023.- The Defense Department is instituting a forward-leaning, whole-of-department approach in accomplishing its top priority of maintaining the world’s foremost nuclear deterrence capability, a top Pentagon official said today. Deborah G. Rosenblum, assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs and executive secretary ofContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Aug 24, 2023.- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has been searching for remains of U.S. military members in 45 nations. Besides bringing closure to their loved ones, this effort has strengthened America’s diplomatic ties with those nations, said the agency’s director, Kelly McKeague, who spoke virtually today with theContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Aug 22, 2023.- Last week, in a letter from Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to counterparts in Europe, the U.S. signaled its willingness to approve the third-party transfer of U.S.-made F-16 aircraft to Ukraine. Both the Netherlands and Denmark have announced their intentions to make F-16 aircraft from theirContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Aug 22, 2023.- The longstanding defense relationship between the U.S. and Djibouti is a key facet to peace and stability in a critical region, a senior Pentagon policy official said. Mara Karlin, performing the duties of deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, underscored the strong ties between the twoContinuar Leyendo
Washington, August 20, 2023.- The trilateral ties among Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States will make the world safer and the three countries stronger, President Joe Biden said at the conclusion of talks at Camp David, Maryland today. The United States has decades of solid relations withContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Aug 20, 2023.- The U.S. Air Forces Europe and Africa are learning lessons from the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine to develop strategies, capabilities and tactics needed to better defend the NATO nations, Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker told the Defense Writers’ Group today. Hecker, speaking from hisContinuar Leyendo
Washington, August 16, 2023.- A week after a wildfire tore through the town of Lahaina in Maui, Hawaii, the death toll has climbed over 100 and the search and recovery effort continues. Tuesday, Army Gen. Charles A. Fynn, commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific, arrived in Maui where he metContinuar Leyendo
