Tag: Department of Defense (Department of War)

The Pentagon is seen in Virginia.

National Security

Defense experts warn of repercussions if $740B NDAA bill doesn’t pass

Abraham Mahshie · December 2, 2020 10:44 pm

OSLO, Norway -- Kenneth J. Braithwaite, U.S. ambassador to Norway, delivers remarks at a reception aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge, in Oslo, Norway, June 25, 2018.

National Security

Navy promises Senate it will respond to Russian provocations near Alaska

Abraham Mahshie · December 2, 2020 8:09 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2007 file photo, radio telescopes of the Allen Telescope Array are seen in Hat Creek, Calif. Astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California say a steep drop in state and federal funds has forced the shutdown of a key program to search for extraterrestrial life. Dozens of radio dishes that make up the Allen Telescope Array in the mountains of far Northern California have scanned deep space since 2007 for alien signals.

Giant Puerto Rico radio telescope collapses

Mike Brest · December 1, 2020 3:27 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to a group of U.S. and Romanian service members May 20, 2014, in Bucharest, Romania. Biden talked about the Ukraine and building strong partnerships among NATO allies and thanked Romania for its support.

National Security

Biden takes warm call from NATO secretary-general in contrast to Trump relationship

Abraham Mahshie · November 30, 2020 10:57 pm

National Security

Navy to decommission fire-damaged Bonhomme Richard

Abraham Mahshie · November 30, 2020 9:32 pm

National Security

Space Force can ramp up protection of space architecture as launches hit light speed

Abraham Mahshie · November 30, 2020 8:46 pm

45th Weather Squadron Airmen discuss launch operations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, June 13, 2020.

National Security

The space weather experts who give the go-ahead on when to launch and avoid disaster

Abraham Mahshie · November 28, 2020 11:45 am

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney transits the Panama Canal Aug. 7, 2020. Pinckney is deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support Joint Interagency Task Force Southâs mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

Trump’s counternarcotics strategy nets 216 metric tons of cocaine and 74K pounds of marijuana worth $5.7B

Abraham Mahshie · November 24, 2020 7:36 pm

The Pentagon. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Douglas Macgregor’s anti-Semitic comments disqualify him from serving at the Pentagon

Melissa Langsam Braunstein · November 23, 2020 10:08 pm

Exclusive: NATO allies ‘dismayed’ by Trump Afghanistan withdrawal decision, says former commander

Abraham Mahshie · November 22, 2020 11:00 am

Personnel from the 45th Operations Group, Detachment 3, simulate astronaut rescue and recovery operations, Dec 12, 2018 off the coast of Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. As the U.S. prepares to return to human spaceflight, DET 3 in coordination with NASA and commercial partners, will play a direct role in rescue and recovery of astronauts because they are the only Department of Defense unit responsible for all aspects of human spaceflight recovery including planning of rescue tactics, real-world execution, and overall command and control of the human spaceflight mission.

National Security

Space Force’s Guardian Angels: The crack squad that keeps astronauts alive if things go wrong

Abraham Mahshie · November 20, 2020 10:32 am

Two A-10C Thunderbolt II's wait for take-off as a C-17 Globemaster III flies overhead at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., July 16, 2019.

National Security

Florida’s Patrick Air Force base makes cut for Space Command headquarters

Abraham Mahshie · November 19, 2020 10:34 pm