Tag: Department of Defense (Department of War)

Chief of Space Operations General John W. Raymond arrives to Peterson Air Force Base, Oct. 20, 2020. Raymond visited Peterson Air Force Base to attend the Space Operations Command stand-up Oct. 21, 2020.

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Space warfighters essential to ‘American way of life’ and ‘American way of war,’ says Gen. Jay Raymond

Abraham Mahshie · October 27, 2020 7:46 pm

A Navy veteran places 1,892 flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide to date in 2014. Overall in 2014, at least 7,403 U.S. veterans killed themselves. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Pentagon releases suicide data showing continued rise; Congress moves to help

Abraham Mahshie · October 26, 2020 9:13 pm

Soldiers attached to the Texas Army National Guard's 36th Infantry Division and 272th Engineer Company receive an COVID-19 IgG, IgM antigen test at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas June 9, 2020.

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DOD hit by third wave of COVID-19 cases, with only Navy flattening curve

Abraham Mahshie · October 26, 2020 6:52 pm

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference on the inspector general's report at FBI headquarters on Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Washington.

Trump plans to replace multiple agency heads if he wins reelection: Report

Anthony Leonardi · October 26, 2020 3:14 pm

Gen. John âJayâ Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force, Commander, U.S. Space Command, provides remarks at the USSPACECOM Change of Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO. August 20th, 2020.

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Exclusive: Space Command’s Gen. Raymond cites allies’ space commands and partnerships

Abraham Mahshie · October 22, 2020 9:22 pm

Air Force Capt. Christopher Merian, administratively assigned to the U.S. Space Force, shows off the patch representing the service's first field command, Space Operations Command (SpOC) on October 21, 2020.

National Security

Space Force stands up Space Operations Command in warfighting step for new service

Abraham Mahshie · October 22, 2020 9:00 am

Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond delivers remarks during a ceremony at the Pentagon transferring airmen into the U.S. Space Force, Arlington, Va., Sept. 15, 2020.

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Exclusive: Gen. Jay Raymond previews Space Operations Command stand up

Abraham Mahshie · October 21, 2020 3:55 pm

Airmen from the 90th Missile Maintenance Squadron prepare a reentry system for removal from a launch facility, Feb. 2, 2018, in the F. E. Warren Air Force Base missile complex.

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‘We’re always fighting time’: Urgency to upgrade US nuclear deterrent as rival upgrades near completion

Abraham Mahshie · October 21, 2020 2:46 pm

Airman 1st Class Alexandra Ayub runs on a road near the missile alert facility in Nebraska during a four-day deployment in 2016. Although Ayub works within a fenced in facility, she does her physical training outside of the gates in the vast expanse of open land that surrounds the Missile Alert Facility.

How Air Force’s ICBM missileers deal with stress and isolation during coronavirus restrictions in the middle of nowhere

Abraham Mahshie · October 20, 2020 6:47 pm

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jon Anderson, U.S. Army Africa Security Forces Assistance Brigade (SFAB) commander, shakes the hand of a soldier from the Djiboutian National Armyâs Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) before receiving a certificate for completing a week of training Sept. 3, 2020.

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Army counters Chinese influence in Africa with know-how and friendship

Abraham Mahshie · October 19, 2020 3:24 pm

Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteer Emma Ewing, a sophomore at Temple University, directs cars at the city's coronavirus testing site next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. The site, which opened Friday afternoon, is the first city-run drive-through location where people can be swabbed to determine if they have the coronavirus. At the time of opening, it was only for people with symptoms who are over 50 and healthcare workers with symptoms.

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Defense Department continues boosting coronavirus testing capacity amid CARES spending investigation

Abraham Mahshie · October 16, 2020 6:41 pm

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivers a statement on Iraq, at President Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Defense secretary lauds military readiness amid coronavirus environment, ignores setbacks

Abraham Mahshie · October 15, 2020 8:54 pm