Army Secretary Pete Geren announced today that the Army plans to lease thousands of electric vehicles for its non-tactical fleet as part of the service's larger energy security strategy.
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023
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Army Secretary Pete Geren announced today that the Army plans to lease thousands of electric vehicles for its non-tactical fleet as part of the service's larger energy security strategy.
Along with discussions of future warfare and force structure comes the question of what role Special Operations Forces will play.
Joint Forces Command, in its role as a capabilities portfolio manager, is trying to exert influence over the Pentagon's budget process by keeping the needs of combatant commanders front and center, according to the deputy commander.
Operations in Iraq to date have cost the United States $687 billion, more than for any other war save World War II, according to a report released today by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) made the case on the Senate floor today that the future of the American automotive industry has crucial implications for the Army.
The 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is receiving renewed attention from defense planners and thinkers who see it as an important example of what the U.S. military might face in the future.
Two House Democrats from Pennsylvania called for an end to emergency supplemental bills today, saying a consolidated budget would provide more transparency and promote more strategic thinking.
The Federation of American Scientists reports today that surface-to-air missiles, including man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), are still being found in weapons caches in Iraq.
Over the next 25 years, the world is likely to see a global military buildup, increased tensions surrounding the demand for natural resources and a further need for the United States to create partnerships with other countries, according to a U.S. Joint Forces Command study.
The need to provide more resources and U.S. troops to Afghanistan may be hampered by complicated logistics demands and longer-term peacekeeping efforts in Iraq, according to a defense policy expert who recently returned from the country.
Cross two names off the list of potential defense secretaries under President-elect Barack Obama: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) both ruled out the possibility today.
The Pentagon's Rapid Response Technology Office hopes to lure new business by making test beds available for companies to try out their new technologies.
When the next administration begins to make difficult choices about its national defense priorities, force structure will be a key concern -- and a critical piece of that debate will involve the balance between soldiers, civilians and contractors, said Nelson Ford, under secretary of the Army, at a discussion at the Brookings Institution yesterday.
Is the economic downturn negatively affecting everyone?
Amid the extensive discussions of Iraq and the "surge" on the presidential campaign trail, Gen. David Petraeus this week took to the stage at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual convention and discussed potential "storm clouds" he says have the potential to reverse the progress made recently in Iraq.
A growing consensus among national security experts holds that in order for the U.S. military to be successful in the types of missions it is fighting, it needs better support from the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Citing the $460 million spent each year on targets used in missile defense flight tests and an increasing number of target failures, the Government Accountability Office wants the defense secretary to establish a revised business case for providing targets to the flight test programs and to align plans and resources accordingly.
At Friday's presidential debate at the University of Mississippi, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) reaffirmed his desire to "scrub" the defense budget.
At a seminar yesterday here in Washington, Stephen Blank, professor of national security studies at the U.S. Army War College, talked about Russia's views of the missile defense agreements signed by the United States with the Czech Republic and Poland -- and suggested steps the next administration should take to promote security in the region.
House and Senate authorizers want the next administration's defense secretary to conduct a review of U.S. ballistic missile defense policy and strategy.