Scott Pace, PhD, the executive secretary of the National Space Council, discusses the Trump Administration’s approach to international space cooperation, Europe and China with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian after an event at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington, DC.
Brig. Gen. Leonard Kosinski, USAF, the director of logistics at US Africa Command, discusses logistics in support of operations and cooperation across the vast continent with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow outside Washington, DC. Our coverage is sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS.
Hugh Griffiths, the chief executive of Inzpire, discusses the company’s new simulator, changing flight training and QinetiQ’s acquisition of an 85 percent stake in the UK firm and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the DSEI 2019 conference and tradeshow in London. Our coverage is sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS and in partnership with Clarion Events — DSEI’s organizer — and working with the UK Department of International Trade’s Defence & Security Organisation to bring our audience the best in British defense and security.
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Effective immediately, getting bumped up a paygrade for taking orders to hard-to-fill jobs is here to stay. Called “Advancement-to-Position” or A2P, the program was first announced as a pilot program for junior sailors in April. Navy officials are now saying those tests were so successful they’ve made the idea a permanent program.
Lt. Col. Dakota Wood, USMC Ret., senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, discusses the guidance by Gen. David Berger, USMC, the new US Marine Corps commandant, to better prepare his force for rapidly emerging challenges, focusing on innovative concepts to deliver amphibious capability, importance of more numbers rather than fewer more “exquisite” platforms, the defense budget outlook and the need to make hard choices with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the think tank’s Washington headquarters after an address by Berger.
Beards are a hot button issue – sailors want them – Navy leadership says they can’t have them.
Now the last bastions of beards in the Navy – “permanent no shave chits” issued for medical reasons, are being be thrown overboard, too.
Instead, the service will expand treatment options for sailors with skin issues caused by shaving.
It’s not that the service hasn’t considered again allowing beards – they have.
The Navy has studied beards many times since 1985, the last time beards were allowed throughout the ranks. Each time, the conclusion is the same — they pose a significant safety hazard in shipboard environments. That’s why facial hair, other than mustaches, will stay banned in the Navy.
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After 28-years in the fleet, the guided-missile cruiser Hue City arrived at Naval Station Norfolk today to begin her stint in the Navy’s Cruiser Modernization program after a three-day tow from Naval Station Mayport, Fla. The ship officially became the seventh Ticonderoga-class cruiser to enter the service life extension program on Sept. 30.
Col. Tad “Wolf” Clark, USAF, the commander of the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, discusses lessons the US Air Force can learn from the Wolfpack’s hair-trigger alert posture to deter North Korea, how brutal a conflict between the Koreas would be, cooperation with South Korean forces, and the rich history of his unit and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Space Cyber conference and tradeshow outside Washington, DC. Our coverage was sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS.