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Air Force

DoD Services Increasing Cooperation On Energy-Related Projects

Thursday, November 21st, 2013

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The military services, in addition to pursuing their own individual projects, are increasing cooperation with each other to achieve energy goals, which constitute a large chunk of each branch’s budget. Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy) Deputy Director/Chief of Staff Bryon Paez said yesterday there is more interaction among higher-level officials in the services, especially among assistant secretaries. Paez said another change has been services thinking holistically in an era of declining defense budgets, instead of…

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