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Combatant commanders head to Capitol Hill to face budget questions
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 18, 2024.
Book excerpt: ‘Rock the Boat: Embrace Change, Encourage Innovation, and Be a Successful Leader’
This retired Navy rear admiral shares her first-hand experience serving in some of the toughest leadership positions across the nation.
By Danelle Barrett
US military’s elite commando forces look to expand diversity
Leaders see greater diversity as a way to combat extremism in the ranks, even as they increase other training and education programs.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Lawmakers champion China deterrence fund, but not Biden’s version
Fifteen House lawmakers are calling on appropriators to fully fund a $4.7 billion request for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative amid criticism President Joe Biden’s new defense budget submission has missed the mark.
By Joe Gould
US Indo-Pacific commander reaffirms alliance with Japan amid China territorial claims
The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command held talks with top Japanese officials and reaffirmed their alliance amid China’s increasingly assertive claims.
Russia’s northernmost base projects its power across Arctic
The Russian base was built using new construction technologies as part of Kremlin efforts to bolster the military amid spiraling tensions with the West following Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.
China’s Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic, says a top US general
U.S. military commanders around the globe caution that China's growing assertiveness isn't simply happening in Asia.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
President Biden to speak at Coast Guard Academy commencement
President Biden served as the keynote speaker in 2013 while serving as vice president.
Defense Secretary Austin calls for ‘new vision’ for American defense
“The way that we fight the next major war is going to look very different from the way that we fought the last ones,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at a change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on Friday at Pearl Harbor.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Ten years on: inside the bin Laden raid. A conversation with William H. McRaven and Nicholas Rasmussen
Retired Adm. William McRaven and Nicholas Rasmussen, former National Counterterrorism Center director, discuss the raid on the Usama bin Laden compound in Pakistan in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the operation.
By Audrey Alexander
Indo-Pacific commander Aquilino confirmed in Senate
The U.S. Senate confirmed a new chief for Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. John C. Aquilino, Wednesday by unanimous consent.
By Joe Gould