Inside the Pentagon highlights

Here are a few must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Pentagon.

1. The Pentagon is seeking new ways to train and equip Syrians to help defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant following a failed effort last year, the head of U.S. Central Command told lawmakers this week.

Full story: CENTCOM chief seeks new ways to train and equip Syrians to defeat ISIL

2. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is preparing to send Congress a raft of proposed reforms to the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act, while powerful armed services committee chairmen are readying their own potential changes to the 30-year-old law responsible for the Defense Department's present division of roles and responsibilities.

Full story DOD preps reform package as McCain and Thornberry craft proposals

3. The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee intends to introduce an acquisition reform bill later this month that seeks to enhance technology development outside of programs of the Defense Department's traditional program-of-record process.

Full story: Thornberry to introduce acquisition reform bill this month