Jason Sherman

Jason Sherman is a reporter for Inside Defense. For more than two decades -- including stints with Defense News and Armed Forces Journal -- he has covered the Pentagon, defense industry, the military budget, weapon system acquisition and defense policy formulation as well as reporting on technology, business, and global arms trade. Jason has traveled to more than 40 countries, studied medieval history at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and lives in Brooklyn.

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Daily News | September 2, 2005

Along with a massive flotilla to support the hurricane rescue and relief effort, the Navy has established a team to capture lessons on what parts of the rescue and relief operation go well, and which do not.

Daily News | August 31, 2005

A new force planning construct central to the Quadrennial Defense Review is running into resistance from service leaders who are concerned that their prized weapon systems and combat capabilities could be cut without adequate analysis.

Daily News | August 30, 2005

The Defense Department has appointed a three-star Army general to lead a new task force that will coordinate military support to civil authorities dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Daily News | August 30, 2005

U.S. combatant commanders should be given greater flexibility to launch "transformational" initiatives involving new technology and concepts they deem necessary to prosecute the global war on terrorism in their areas of responsibility, according to an influential advisory panel.

Daily News | August 29, 2005

Gordon England, the acting deputy defense secretary, is considering significant organizational changes to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff in order to better prepare the Pentagon for stability operations.

Daily News | August 26, 2005

Gordon England, the acting deputy defense secretary, has called for the Defense Department to recalibrate its effort to protect from terrorist attack a wide range of essential services and physical infrastructure that are essential to U.S. military operations around the world.

Daily News | August 24, 2005

A Defense Department-chartered study is set to recommend options for establishing a civilian corps of nation-building experts that would relieve the military of non-combat stability and reconstruction activities in future operations similar to Afghanistan and Iraq.

Daily News | August 22, 2005

The United States and South Korea have launched a two-week military exercise designed to improve their ability to fight North Korea, a long-standing mission that is increasingly the focus of fewer U.S. military personnel operating from new positions far from the demilitarized zone.

Daily News | August 17, 2005

A senior advisory panel to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is drawing up recommendations for how to improve defenses against the scourge of U.S. forces in Iraq -- roadside bombs.

Daily News | August 16, 2005

Gordon England, acting deputy defense secretary, is preparing to move the Quadrennial Defense Review into a final round of analysis that will set the stage for senior military leaders to determine the fate of weapon system programs worth billions of dollars, as well as the size and shape of the armed forces.

Daily News | August 12, 2005

The Defense Department next week will simulate a devastating nuclear terrorist attack against Charleston, SC, in an exercise designed to improve military support to civil authorities dealing with the aftermath of such a catastrophe.

Daily News | August 11, 2005

Saudi Arabia has deployed its most capable fighter aircraft to the United States to participate in the U.S. Air Force's premier airpower training exercise for the first time in more than two decades.

Daily News | August 10, 2005

The Defense Department has proposed joint exercises with the Mexican armed forces as part of a gradual nurturing of military-to-military relations that the Pentagon regards as essential to improving defense of the U.S. homeland.

Daily News | August 8, 2005

The Pentagon's acquisition executive has agreed to extend interim contracts to the shipyards developing the Navy's next-generation DD(X) destroyer, allowing the companies to keep engineering and design teams in place while the Defense Department considers a new acquisition strategy for the program.

Daily News | August 8, 2005

The Defense Department has completed a new road map intended to guide future development of its quickly expanding inventory of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Daily News | August 5, 2005

Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England has directed U.S. forces to draw up plans to use non-lethal technologies in domestic missions such as protecting nuclear power plants and stopping suspicious ships in American waterways, according to Pentagon officials and documents.

Daily News | August 4, 2005

Adm. Michael Mullen, the chief of naval operations, has directed the Navy to re-establish a high-level panel to closely monitor and control the requirements and configurations of new ships in a bid to rein in the skyrocketing cost of new vessel procurement.

Daily News | August 3, 2005

The Defense Department has drafted an overarching vision for future warfare that calls for the military to prepare for a wider range of threats, develop a more sophisticated view of enemy combatants and enhance its ability to work with other federal agencies before and after a conflict.

Daily News | August 2, 2005

The Defense Department is developing a concept of operations for a rapidly deployable air defense package that can be shifted around the United States to defend the skies from cruise missiles and other low-flying threats at high-profile national events.

Daily News | August 1, 2005

The Navy's top officer is preparing to highlight the burden health care costs cause the sea service, devouring a growing portion of the resources available to build ships and maintain high readiness levels in the war on terrorism.

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