Dec. 8, 2021

USFFC Holds Change of Command, Welcomes 43rd Commander

NORFOLK, Va. — NORFOLK, Va. - Adm. Christopher Grady was relieved by Adm. Daryl Caudle as commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFFC), in a ceremony aboard aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 7.

Dec. 6, 2021

Austin Tells Reagan Forum How U.S. Will Take on Challenge of China

WASHINGTON -- "China is not 10-feet tall," Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said at the Reagan Library in California today, and the United States is not a "country that fears competition."China is a challenge to the United States and all democracies, but America and its allies will rise to the challenge. "And we're going to meet this one

Nov. 22, 2021

AFCEC leads bed-down efforts for B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leading a large-scale, multi-year facilities construction project to deliver infrastructure needed to support the bed down of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, the future backbone of the Air Force bomber fleet. The B-21 Raider will incrementally replace the B-1 Lancer and

Nov. 19, 2021

Total Force Returns to Dyess Air Force Base with Conclusion of Bomber Task Force Mission in Europe

DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — Two hundred Dyess Airmen returned home Nov. 18 from a six-week Bomber Task Force mission in Europe. The mission first arrived Oct. 6, 2021, in Fairford, England, and for the past six weeks, the units have supported multiple agile combat employment exercises alongside allies in Europe and Africa. Every unit from Dyess played a critical role in

Nov. 16, 2021

Bomber Task Force Europe: Lancers Complete RAF Fairford Rotation, Return to Texas

The 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron’s B 1B Lancers and nearly 200 support personnel completed their Bomber Task Force Europe  deployment at RAF Fairford, today, returning to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. 

Nov. 4, 2021

China Military Power Report Details Advances, Goals in 2020

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department today released its annual report on military and security developments involving China, commonly referred to as the China Military Power Report.The report provides background on China's national strategy, foreign policy goals, economic plans and military development."The report provides a baseline assessment of

Oct. 15, 2021

Ice Pilots: Navigators of the Arctic

NORFOLK, Va. — Arctic operations specialists (AOS) are commonly referred to as ice pilots, and they maneuver submarines through dangerous waters of the Arctic.

Sept. 18, 2021

USS Wyoming Successfully Tests Trident II D5LE Missiles

The U.S. Navy conducted a scheduled, two-missile test flight of unarmed life-extended Trident II (D5LE) missiles from USS Wyoming (SSBN-742), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, on the Eastern Test Range off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sept. 17.

Sept. 15, 2021

DOD Taking Measures to Protect Nuclear Weapons, Space Assets

The Defense Department has developed techniques to protect microelectronics used in satellites, spacecraft, the nuclear triad and the triad's command and control center from high levels of ionizing radiation.

Sept. 1, 2021

Dueling Dyads: Conceptualizing Proxy Wars in Strategic Competition

The purpose of this article is to explore the character of proxy wars in the context of the emerging strategic environment. It offers insights into the array of forms that proxy wars can take, identifies shortfalls in how such conflicts are currently conceptualized, and offers recommendations to update U.S. military doctrine to prepare for this more prevalent and likely form of armed conflict in this century.