02/15/2013
Sequestration Could Delay Redeployment for Soldiers in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The lack of an appropriations bill coupled with sequestration could eventually cause soldiers to be delayed in their redeployment home from Afghanistan, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said in remarks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
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02/15/2013
Army Post Sets Example in Curbing Suicides, Preventable Deaths
WASHINGTON - As military leaders struggle to reverse rising suicide rates within the force, Fort Bliss, Texas, is bucking the national trend, reporting a 30-percent drop last year and serving as a promising model for the Army and its sister services.
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02/15/2013
Justice Rolls Slowly in Alleged 9/11 Suspects’ Case
FORT MEADE, Md. - The latest round of pre-trial hearings for the alleged 9/11 mastermind and four accomplices wrapped up at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, much as it started: with hours of wrangling over legal and privacy issues and continued protests by the defense team that the system is rigged.
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02/14/2013
Carter: Sequestration Would Demonstrate Failure of Resolve
WASHINGTON - If Congress fails to stop the sequestration mechanism in budget law that will impose across-the-board defense spending cuts March 1, it could demonstrate to allies and enemies that the United States lacks the resolve, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said.
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02/14/2013
Mali’s Lessons Inform Future Partnership Efforts, Official Says
WASHINGTON - The United States continues to work with international and interagency partners to support the efforts of France and the African-led international support mission to Mali to counter extremists and restore Malian sovereignty, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs told Congress.
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02/14/2013
Panetta, Dempsey Honor Clinton for Leadership
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with awards and thanked her for her efforts to work with the military to extend America’s leadership.
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02/13/2013
Scholar: Trends, Emerging Powers Bear Watching
WASHINGTON - The nation must sustain awareness of technological and geopolitical trends in allies and emerging powers, a National Defense University senior research fellow told a House subcommittee.
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02/13/2013
Service Chiefs Describe Sequestration Worries
WASHINGTON - Reduced capabilities and ability to respond are among the worries outlined by members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who joined Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey in describing to the House Armed Services Committee the effects sequestration will have on the services.
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02/13/2013
Panetta Offers Campaign Context for Troop Drawdown
WASHINGTON, RI - The president’s announcement that 34,000 U.S. troops will come out of Afghanistan in the next 12 months 'puts us firmly on a path, I believe, to fulfill our mission in Afghanistan,' Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told reporters in what he called his last Pentagon news conference.
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02/13/2013
Panetta Announces Distinguished Warfare Medal
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has approved a new medal designed to recognize service members directly affecting combat operations who may not even be on the same continent as the action.
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02/13/2013
Chairman Outlines Sequestration’s Dangers
WASHINGTON - Sequestration will force a drawdown “more difficult and decidedly different” than any other in the nation’s history, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the House Armed Services Committee.
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02/13/2013
Sequestration ‘Wolf’ Eats at Nation’s Readiness, Carter Says
WASHINGTON - “The wolf is at the door,” Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter told members of the House Armed Services committee during testimony on the effects of sequestration – major, across-the-board spending cuts that will take effect March 1 unless Congress finds an alternative.
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02/13/2013
Cybercom Commander Calls Cybersecurity Order First Step
WASHINGTON - The cybersecurity policy President Barack Obama announced during his annual State of the Union address is a step toward protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command said.
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02/13/2013
Combined Force Kills Taliban Leader in Nangarhar Province
KABUL, Afghanistan - A combined Afghan and coalition force in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province killed a Taliban leader and seized assault rifles, grenades and other weapons. Another combined force arrested another network leader accused of attacks and kidnappings.
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02/13/2013
Secure Network Access Vital to Northcom’s Mission
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Perfect communication is critical when operating in a ‘no fail’ environment where a mistake can cost American lives, said the director of command-and-control systems at U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command.
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02/13/2013
Odierno Lauds Romesha at Hall of Heroes Induction
WASHINGTON - Former Army Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha embodies the "essence of a soldier," exhibiting humility, selflessness and esprit de corps, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said duringthe Medal of Honor recipient's induction into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.
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02/13/2013
Aegis Missile Defense System Intercepts Target in Test
WASHINGTON - The Missile Defense Agency and sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie conducted a successful flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean by a Standard Missile-3 Block IA guided missile.
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02/13/2013
Guard Chief: Sequestration Would Have ‘Devastating’ Effects
ARLINGTON, Va. - Sequestration and a yearlong continuing resolution would significantly hinder the National Guard’s ability to protect and defend the homeland, Army Gen. Frank J. Grass, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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02/12/2013
America Will Reach Out to Allies Around the World, Obama Says
WASHINGTON - The United States will reach out to countries around the world to deal with shared threats, and will continue to lead the effort to stop nuclear materials from falling into the wrong hands, President Barack Obama said during the State of the Union speech.
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02/12/2013
Medal of Honor Recipient Earns Place in Hall of Heroes
WASHINGTON - Army Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha, who received the Medal of Honor for service in Afghanistan, has been inducted into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes during a ceremony hosted by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta.
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02/12/2013
Navy Leader Says Budget Issues Threaten Readiness
WASHINGTON - Navy Adm. Mark E. Ferguson III, the vice chief of naval operations, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the combined effects of a yearlong continuing resolution and across-the-board spending cuts mandated by a “sequestration” mechanism in budget law will reduce the Navy's ability to carry out its day-to-day mission around the globe.
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02/12/2013
Service Chiefs Detail Sequestration Consequences
WASHINGTON - Top officers from all of the military services predicted dire consequences if looming automatic, across-the-board spending cuts are allowed to take effect, and they urged the members of the Senate Armed Services Committee to do all in their power to stop the process.
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02/12/2013
Operation Homecoming for Vietnam POWs Marks 40 Years
WASHINGTON - Forty years ago, a C-141A Starlifter transport jet with a distinctive red cross on its tail lifted off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, and the first flight of 40 U.S. prisoners of war began their journey home through Operation Homecoming.
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02/12/2013
Guests With Military Ties to Join First Lady for Address
WASHINGTON - Three guests with military ties will join First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, in the first lady’s box at President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
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02/12/2013
DISA Highlights Increase in Use of Collaboration Tool
WASHINGTON - Use of a Web-based application designed to offer an information exchange environment for Defense Department users has grown markedly as defense spending cuts loom, Defense Information Systems Agency officials said.
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02/12/2013
Sequestration Will Force Moral Dilemma, Dempsey Says
WASHINGTON - Looming spending cuts could put the military on the path to a moral dilemma, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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02/12/2013
Panetta Lauds DOD for Commitment to Protecting Nation
WASHINGTON - As he prepares for retirement, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta addressed the Pentagon workforce, representing the entire Defense Department, thanking them for their contributions to national defense.
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02/12/2013
Carter Warns of Readiness Crisis, Urges Delay in Cuts
WASHINGTON - Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter urged lawmakers to find a way to avoid billions of dollars in cuts set to take a deep bite out of Pentagon spending in two weeks, saying the nation will face a crisis in military readiness if they take effect.
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02/12/2013
Obama Condemns North Korean Nuclear Test
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama strongly condemned the latest North Korean nuclear test, saying it undermines regional stability in an important part of the world. And during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said the international community is " looking to China to join in that condemnation" of the test.
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02/12/2013
President Awards Medal of Honor to Afghanistan Veteran
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor to former Army Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Romesha was recognized for his heroic actions on Oct. 3, 2009, at Combat Outpost Keating in the Kamdesh district of Afghanistan’s Nuristan province.
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02/11/2013
DOD Employees Set New CFC Contribution Record
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department surpassed all other government agencies in donations this year with nearly 30,000 employees contributing more than $15 million dollars to the Combined Federal Campaign.
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02/11/2013
Same-sex Couples Can Claim New Benefits by October
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced up to 24 new benefits for military members and retirees with same-sex partners under a new policy he said will help ensure fairness and equal treatment in taking care of all our service members and their families.
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02/11/2013
Panetta Signs Memo Extending Benefits to Same-sex Partners
WASHINGTON - Calling it “a matter of fundamental equity,” Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta signed a memorandum to the service secretaries and the Pentagon’s top personnel official that extends benefits to same-sex partners of service members.
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02/11/2013
Exercise Cobra Gold 2013 Kicks Off in Thailand
WASHINGTON - Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, marked the opening of the 32st iteration of Cobra Gold, an exercise hosted by Thailand and the United States since 1980. Cobra Gold began as a bilateral U.S.-Thai exercise, but expanded more than a decade ago to include other regional partners.
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02/09/2013
Chairman Discusses Department’s Financial Woes
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - The Defense Department’s financial problems will affect deployed troops, though not directly, by having an impact on operating budgets for bases where their families live, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
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02/09/2013
Locklear Warns of Territorial Disputes Escalating to Conflict
WASHINGTON - The top U.S. commander in the Asia-Pacific reiterated the need to resolve territorial disputes peacefully and to develop a code of conduct to support the process during a speech to the U.S. Indonesia Society in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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02/09/2013
Afghan Mission Will Determine Troop Numbers, Dempsey Says
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - The mission in Afghanistan will determine the number of American troops who will still be deployed there after 2014, said Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is in Afghanistan for the International Security Assistance Force change of command ceremony.
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02/08/2013
Panetta Reflects on Public Service During Farewell Tribute
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said he has "truly lived the American dream," but told attendees at his armed forces farewell ceremony that he would have "no greater honor" in his life than leading the men and women of the U.S. military.
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02/08/2013
‘No Reason’ for Automatic Spending Cuts, Obama Says
WASHINGTON - Deep, across-the-board spending cuts slated to take effect March 1 could severely affect military readiness and should not happen, President Barack Obama said during a farewell tribute to retiring Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va.
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02/08/2013
Obama Lauds Panetta for Decades of Public Service
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama praised retiring Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta for his 50 years of public service and for protecting the dream his parents sought when they came to the United States from Italy.
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02/08/2013
Dempsey: Panetta Made Our Nation Safer
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has imbued a sense of public service in generations of men and women while working to make the nation safer, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey said during a farewell ceremony for the secretary.
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02/08/2013
Locklear Calls for Indo-Asia-Pacific Cooperation
WASHINGTON - Cooperation across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region is vital to dealing with security challenges related to global warming, natural disasters and transnational threats, said Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, commander of U.S. Pacific Command.
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02/08/2013
DOD Official: Cuts, Lack of Budget Form ‘Nightmare Scenario’
WASHINGTON - Major across-the-board defense spending cuts set to kick in March 1, coupled with the possibility of operating under a continuing resolution as opposed to a budget, could form a “nightmare scenario” for the Defense Department, a senior Pentagon official told participants at the Cowen Aerospace and Defense Conference.
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02/08/2013
Supply Ships Arrive in Antarctica for Operation Deep Freeze
WASHINGTON - Military Sealift Command, with the help of other military agencies, is delivering fuel and other needed supplies to McMurdo Station in Antarctica as part of support efforts to the Defense Department’s Operation Deep Freeze mission.
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02/07/2013
Clean Energy Tied to National Security, Official Says
WASHINGTON - The changing U.S. and international energy pictures have a profound effect on security, Sharon E. Burke, the assistant secretary of defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, told attendees at a national renewable energy policy forum in Washington, D.C.
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02/07/2013
Carter Sees DOD Strategy at Work on Europe, Middle East Trip
WASHINGTON - Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter saw critical elements of the new defense strategy at work in European and Middle East nations and in a bilateral meeting with Indian defense officials during a six-day international trip.
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02/07/2013
Panetta: Distance, Time Affected Benghazi Response
WASHINGTON - Better intelligence and closer interagency cooperation can help to prevent future crises like the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told a Senate panel.
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02/07/2013
Students Visit Pentagon for IT Job Shadow Day
WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials hosted the seventh annual Information Technology Job Shadow Day as part of outreach efforts to foster students’ interest in cyberspace opportunities.
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02/07/2013
Panetta, Dempsey List Consequences of Sequestration
WASHINGTON - Deep, across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1 will have real national security consequences, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters.
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02/07/2013
Mental Health Test Delays Cole Bombing Suspect Hearings
FORT MEADE, Md. - Pretrial hearings for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the suspected USS Cole bomber, are on hold until mid-April as doctors assess his mental competency and the military commission determines how that will affect future proceedings.
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02/07/2013
Face of Defense: Marine Performs Flag Dedications
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Afghanistan-deployed Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Harper pays respect to the American flag each day as part of his duties to raise and lower the flag each evening at Camp Leatherneck.
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02/07/2013
Allen, Dunford Visit Pakistani Military Chief
KABUL, Afghanistan - Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. -- who is scheduled to take ISAF’s reins Feb. 10 -- traveled to Pakistan to meet with Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Pakistan’s chief of army staff.
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02/07/2013
Locklear Lauds Brunei for Promoting Regional Cooperation
WASHINGTON - Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, the U.S. Pacific Command commander, emphasized the U.S. interest in forging a closer partnership with Brunei during three days of meetings with the nation’s sultan, crown prince, defense minister, military commander and other leaders.
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02/06/2013
Secretary Discusses 2014 Defense Budget Request
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta revealed that the proposed military pay raise for 2014 is 1 percent, and that the department is proceeding in a logical, careful way to do its part to cut the deficit and preserve military capabilities.
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02/06/2013
Financial, Employment Training Aids Soldiers, Vets
EDINBURGH, Ind. - A new financial and career planning program offered to transitioning soldiers at Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, Ind., is expected to help reduce unemployment and debt among veterans.
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02/06/2013
USS Truman, USS Gettysburg Deployment Delayed
WASHINGTON - The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg which were scheduled to depart this week to the Central Command area of operations have been delayed because of budget uncertainty, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in a statement.
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02/06/2013
Panetta: DOD Must ‘Operate on Every Front’ Against Suicide
WASHINGTON - Veteran and service member suicide will not be solved with a single approach and the Defense Department must continue to 'operate on every front' against suicide, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told students at Georgetown University.
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02/06/2013
Panetta Warns Cyber Threat Growing Quickly
WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials are concerned about the growing threat of cyber warfare, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told a Georgetown University audience.
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02/06/2013
Panetta Warns Sequestration Threatens National Readiness
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned looming, massive cuts in the Defense Department budget set to be triggered by sequestration would pose the "most serious readiness crisis" to the country in more than a decade.
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02/05/2013
DOD, VA to Speed Integration of Health Records
WASHINGTON - The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs plan to speed implementation of the Integrated Electronic Health Record program, allowing service members greater access to their information, and to seamlessly transfer to VA health benefits.
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02/05/2013
Stavridis Presses to Close Language, Cultural Skills Gap
WASHINGTON - In a "rapidly globalizing 21st century world," the Defense Department needs to expand its foreign language capabilities, Navy Adm. John G. Stavridis, supreme allied commander for Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, said in his command blog.
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02/05/2013
Pentagon Lecture Highlights Emancipation Proclamation
WASHINGTON - The Emancipation Proclamation would have been only words on paper had it not been for the pivotal effort by African-Americans themselves to support the U.S. military, said historian Edward L. Ayers, who spoke during the Pentagon's commemoration of African-American History Month.
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02/05/2013
Carter Meets with Jordanian Leaders, Praises U.S. Troops
AMMAN, Jordan - Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter expressed appreciation for Jordan as a premier U.S. ally during a meeting with King Abdullah II in Amman, Jordan. Carter also visited U.S. troops and praised them for their commitment amid the Syrian crisis.
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02/05/2013
Obama Calls on Congress to Avoid Sequestration
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called on Congress to take a balanced approach to America’s debt problems to avoid deep, across-the-board spending cuts with sequestration looming March 1, 2013.
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02/04/2013
Face of Defense: Guard Fathers, Sons Deploy Together
KABUL, Afghanistan - Texas Army National Guard members Col. George Conwill and his son Sgt. Stephen Conwill, and Chaplain (Lt. Col.) James Tillman and his son, 1st. Lt. Andrew Tillman, are all serving in Afghanistan.
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02/03/2013
Joint Chiefs Chairman Calls Iran 'Disruptive' to Region
WASHINGTON - Beyond threatening countries in the Middle East through its potential acquisition of nuclear weapons, Iran presents another danger, the U.S. military's top-ranking officer said on NBC’s “Meet the Press."
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02/03/2013
Carter, Turkish Defense Leaders to Meet on Security Challenges
ANKARA, Turkey - Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter has arrived in the Turkish capital to visit U.S. Embassy officials and staff here on Monday, and afterward to meet with defense leaders on a range of common security challenges.
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02/03/2013
Panetta, Dempsey Speak on War, Women in Combat
WASHINGTON - Three-quarters of the Afghan population is under the security responsibility of its country’s own forces because of the progress those forces, the U.S. military and its coalition partners have achieved in the war there, the Pentagon's top officials said.
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02/02/2013
Partners Essential in Strategic Transition, Carter Says
MUNICH - The United States is embarked on a strategic transition fueled by the end of a decade of war and by new fiscal and security challenges, but it won’t have to make the journey alone, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said.
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02/02/2013
Biden, in Munich, Holds Syria-related Meetings
WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden, attending the Munich Security conference, met with United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi on the conference’s margins.
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02/02/2013
In Munich, Carter Details Sequestration’s 'Reckless' Reality
MUNICH - Before one of the world’s largest gatherings of foreign and defense ministers, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter took time to detail the grim consequences a second round of severe and potentially imminent budget cuts could have on the Defense Department.
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02/02/2013
Rasmussen: NATO Must Be Ready for Any Future Threat
MUNICH - On the second day of the Munich Security Conference, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told the international audience that the end of the war in Afghanistan gives the alliance a chance to plan for the future.
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02/02/2013
Southcom Speeds Medications to Brazil for Nightclub Victims
WASHINGTON - Medication to treat victims suffering from the tragic Jan. 27 nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil, funded by and transported through coordination by U.S. Southern Command, are scheduled to arrive in Brasilia, Southcom officials reported.
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02/01/2013
Paris Visit Honors Important Relationship, Carter Says
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT - Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter spent a rainy day in Paris, meeting face-to-face with that nation’s top military leaders and their advisers to discuss issues including France’s effort to chase Islamic extremists from Mali.
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02/01/2013
Deployed Troops Resist ‘Groundhog Day’ Mindset
WASHINGTON - It’s a running joke among many deployed troops: every day feels like Groundhog Day. As Punxsutawney Phil emerges from hibernation this year to check for his shadow, many U.S. forces in Afghanistan will feel like they’re characters in the old “Groundhog Day” movie in which Bill Murray plays a weatherman who repeatedly relives Feb. 2.
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02/01/2013
Face of Defense: Dedicated Marine Strives for Perfection
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - In eastern Afghanistan in 2009, a patrol of Marines and Afghan soldiers were conversing with locals when suddenly an insurgent appeared out of a corner and targeted a Marine.
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02/01/2013
Africa Mission Changes to Meet Threats, Build Capabilities
WASHINGTON - Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, based at Djibouti, a small nation in the Horn of Africa, is important to peace and stability for the region and across the globe, said Army Maj. Gen. Rob Baker, the task force's commander.
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02/01/2013
VFW Helps Disabled Veterans Recoup $3.7 Billion
WASHINGTON - The Veterans of Foreign Wars helped 125,000 disabled veterans recoup more than $3.7 billion in earned compensation and pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs last year.
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02/01/2013
Mobile App Provides Biofeedback for Patients
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - BioZen, a mobile app from the Defense Department’s National Center for Telehealth and Technology at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., uses wireless sensors to show users their physical level of relaxation.
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02/01/2013
African-American History Month Focuses on Achievements
WASHINGTON - African-Americans have made and continue to make major contributions to the nation’s defense, the director of the Defense Department’s office of diversity management and equal opportunity said in a recent interview.
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