:

USJFCOM Assigning Forces For New Afghan Strategy

DDN

Monday, December 14th, 2009

SHARE:

By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM), the Defense Department's joint force provider, is providing trained and ready military forces for President Obama's new strategy in Afghanistan, a command official said. "I see my strategic role as being helpful, and one of the building blocks to achievement of the new strategy, the president's strategy," Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Yates, director for operations, plans, logistics and engineering J3/4 at JFCOM, said in a teleconference Dec. 10. Looking below the…

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]