The INSIDER daily digest -- Oct. 13, 2022

This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on Navy shipboard preservation, the Defense Department's cloud environment, the role of Army Futures Command and more.

Inside Defense interviewed the commanding officer of a Navy destroyer recently returned from a months-long deployment to the Indo-Pacific region:

Inside one destroyer's preservation efforts after its 7th Fleet deployment

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, CA -- As one of the first ships back from a routine, post-pandemic deployment to the Indo-Pacific, the guided-missile destroyer Spruance (DDG-111) conducted shipboard preservation as part of its readiness, akin to its warfighting mission, amidst a tremendous amount of underway time.

Officials are in the midst of identifying a location for OCONUS Stratus, the replacement of the now-sunsetted milCloud 2.0, as they seek to lay the early groundwork for determining the viability of the capability:

DISA rolls out further Stratus capabilities following milCloud 2.0 sunset

The Defense Information Systems Agency is "looking really hard at" the potential for deploying the new on-premise cloud environment outside the contiguous United States, a key official said today, a move she noted would help bolster resiliency for combatant command users.

Gen. James Rainey, who is just days into his tenure as the leader of Army Futures Command, spoke this week at the annual AUSA conference:

Army leaders discuss role of AFC as new commander takes over

The new head of Army Futures Command on Tuesday defined the role of his command in the Army's modernization push as service leaders continue to place emphasis on a modernization strategy that pushes the Army beyond its current modernization programs.

The Army's latest FM-3 operations manual "describes how Army forces contribute landpower to the joint force and integrate joint capabilities into operations on land to achieve military objectives and fulfill policy aims":

Army releases MDO field manual

The Army on Tuesday released its combat operations capstone doctrine, formally pivoting the force toward multidomain operations and preparing it for great power conflict.

Document: Army FM 3-0 operations manual

The Biden administration -- after a delay due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- has released its long-awaited National Security Strategy:

New National Security Strategy targets defense industrial cooperation

The White House today released a National Security Strategy that seeks "deeper collaboration" with foreign allies when it comes to developing and producing weapon systems and military technology, a vision made more urgent by the war in Ukraine.

Document: White House national security strategy