The Navy Band played the spritely airs of the Polish national anthem — a mazurka — as Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomed Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak to the Pentagon for meetings today. Washington, October 07, 2021.- U.S.-Polish ties have grown ever closer since the nation joined NATO inContinuar Leyendo
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to the Pentagon for discussions on the future of the alliance. Washington, October 05, 2021.- Austin thanked the secretary general for all he’s done to hold the alliance together and modernize it. «NATO’s power comes not justContinuar Leyendo
Washington, October 05, 2021.- The Coast Guard cutter Healy and its crew are on a multipurpose mission taking them through the Arctic as they circumnavigate North America via the Northwest Passage and the Panama Canal. Coast Guard officials say the deployment aims to strengthen regional partnerships and support scientific explorationContinuar Leyendo
The Defense Logistics Agency awarded six contracts with a combined maximum value of just over $2.78 billion for up to 150 million at-home and 400 million point-of-care COVID-19 test kits in support of White House initiatives to defeat COVID-19. Washington, October 03, 2021.- DLA Troop Support Medical Director of CustomerContinuar Leyendo
The Taliban remains dangerous and is harboring al-Qaida, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Washington, September 30, 2021.- Army Gen. Mark A. Milley told the panel that when President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January the situation in Afghanistan was at a stalemateContinuar Leyendo
«We helped build a state, but we could not forge a nation,» Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told the Senate Armed Services Committee today, encapsulating America’s 20-year involvement in Afghanistan. Washington, September 28,2021.- Austin gave context to U.S. decisions in Afghanistan and also detailed U.S. actions during the fallContinuar Leyendo
The Defense Department hopes, within the decade, to have a meshed network of low Earth orbit satellites — linked together and to warfighters — providing real-time global awareness of missile threats and the ability to respond. Washington, September 28, 2021.- However, that goal was once considered cost prohibitive, said theContinuar Leyendo
The United States is a global superpower and this means global reach. Washington, September 24, 2021.- «There isn’t a scrap of Earth that we can’t reach out and touch when we need to,» Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during a press conference in Qatar on Sept. 7.Continuar Leyendo
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III sat down at the Pentagon today to discuss how the enhanced trilateral security partnership with the two nations and the United Kingdom will move forward. Washington, September 22, 2021.- Morrison, who met with President Joe Biden yesterday, isContinuar Leyendo
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks met with U.K. National Security Advisor Sir Stephen Lovegrove to reaffirm the U.S.-U.K. bilateral relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom, a Defense Department spokesman said. Washington, September 21, 2021.- «I met with U.K. National Security Advisor Sir Stephen Lovegrove yesterday toContinuar Leyendo
