Pentagon: First F-35s Operational In 2015 June 3, 2013
(DEFENSE NEWS 31 MAY 13) … Aaron Mehta WASHINGTON — The F-35 joint strike fighter will be operational for the U.S. Marines in December 2015, followed by the Air Force … More
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Five things Every Sailor Should Know About The Plans For The Pacific May 29, 2013
(NAVY TIMES 03 JUN 13) … Sam Fellman As the Pentagon shifts its focus to the bustling Pacific region, the Navy is weighing how to work with more countries and … More
Commissaries To Close Mondays Due To Furloughs May 28, 2013
(STARS AND STRIPES 27 MAY 13) … Chris Carroll WASHINGTON – Defense budget chaos could soon complicate your weekly food shopping trips. Most of the 247 military commissaries will be … More
Navy Reserve Squadron Makes Final Md. Flight May 28, 2013
Oft-deployed radar jammers leaving Andrews for West Coast (BALTIMORE SUN 27 MAY 13) … Matthew Hay Brown JOINT BASE ANDREWS — For nearly a quarter-century, members of the airborne electronic … More
House Panel Rejects Pay Cap, Most TRICARE Hikes May 24, 2013
(MILITARY.COM 23 MAY 13) … Tom Philpott Even as defense budgets drop like a rock and the Joint Chiefs urge Congress to spread some of the fiscal pain across personnel … More
Panel Rejects Pentagon’s Request For Base Closings May 24, 2013
(ASSOCIATED PRESS 23 MAY 13) … Richard Lardner WASHINGTON – A new round of military base closings is going nowhere in Congress. The House Armed Services readiness subcommittee passed a … More
Unmanned MQ-4C Triton Completes First Flight May 23, 2013
(NAVY LIVE BLOG 22 MAY 13) … Rear Admiral Sean S. Buck The arrival of Triton, accompanied by two other unmanned systems, the MQ-8B/C Firescout and X-47B UCAS capability demonstrator, … More
BRAC Sparks A K Street Boom May 23, 2013
(POLITICO 22 MAY 13) … Byron Tau A new round of Pentagon base closures could be two years away — if at all — but it’s already got business booming … More