San Diego, March 31, 2023.- The Navy will commission the future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) as the newest Independence- variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a 10:00 a.m. PST ceremony on Saturday, April 1, in Port Hueneme, Calif., near its namesake city. The principal speaker is Admiral Samuel Paparo,Continuar Leyendo
Washington, March 29, 2023.- The United States must remain the most powerful nation on Earth if peace is to continue between the U.S., China and Russia, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, who testified today about the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2024 budgetContinuar Leyendo
Washington, March 27, 2023.- The Department of Defense is proud to partner across U.S. federal agencies to mitigate global conflict and promote stability and prosperity. The Department of Defense’s efforts, collaboration, and commitment in support of the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability include: Robust participation in theContinuar Leyendo
Washington, 26 de Marzo de 2023.- The two combatant commanders of the Western Hemisphere testified on national and regional security at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today. Army Gen. Laura J. Richardson, commander, U.S. Southern Command and Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command andContinuar Leyendo
Washington, March 23 2023.- The Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior are joining forces to preserve land around military installations and improve access to outdoor recreation for millions of Americans and defense communities. Through the new Readiness and Recreation Initiative, DOI’s National Park Service will provide $40Continuar Leyendo
Washington, March 21, 2023.- The Defense Department announced in January that 31 M1A2 Abrams tanks would be delivered to Ukraine, but officials had speculated it would take about a year to make that happen. Now, they say, the U.S. will instead send M1A1 Abrams tanks from refurbished hulls already inContinuar Leyendo
Washington, March 20, 2023.- Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the thirty-fourth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021 and is valued at up toContinuar Leyendo
Washington, March 19, 2023.- The Defense Department enjoys a technological advantage over potential adversaries, said Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, who spoke yesterday at a McAleese-sponsored event in Washington, D.C. However, the wide variety of commercial product that could be used by China and other adversariesContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Mrach 16, 2023.- The Defense Department fiscal year 2024 budget request is still focused on the National Defense Strategy, said Michael J. McCord, under secretary of defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer, who spoke today at a McAleese-sponsored event in Washington, D.C. As such, there are not a lotContinuar Leyendo
Washington, March 15, 2023.- U.S. defense officials believe the Australia-United Kingdom-United States enhanced security partnership will go a long way to guaranteeing stability and security in the Indo-Pacific region. Mara E. Karlin, performing the duties of deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, said the agreement spells out the pathway forContinuar Leyendo
