The Defense Science Board is forming a task force to recommend strategies for maintaining a "right-sized" and "properly trained" talent pool of military and civilian employees with the skills needed for nuclear deterrence, according to an Oct. 16 memorandum from Pentagon acquisition czar Kenneth Krieg. Retired Adm. Henry Chiles, a former U.S. Strategic Command chief, will be the chairman of the new panel, which also will be responsible for assessing "all aspects of nuclear deterrent skills" resident in and required...
