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Biden taps Army vice chief to be service’s top officer

April 24, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has nominated the U.S. Army’s vice chief of staff to be the service’s next chief, according to the congressional register. Gen. Randy George, if confirmed by the Senate, would succeed Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, who will retire this summer. George “is a combat proven leader who is the right person at the right time and will guide the Army…
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Why the US Navy needs dedicated command ships

April 24, 2023
When there is talk of flat budgets and ship reductions, the U.S. Navy inevitably suggests the retirement of its dedicated command ships — in particular the 6th Fleet flagship Mount Whitney. The Mediterranean-based command platform is again on the chopping block, this time…
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Barker to head US Army electronic warfare office, succeeding Kitz

April 24, 2023
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Army shop for everything electronic warfare and battlefield situational awareness is getting a new leader. Brig. Gen. Ed Barker was named the new boss of the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, or PEO IEW&S, according to an April 24 announcement from the Pentagon. Barker has served as the office’s deputy since July 2021. He will…
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Army warns it could lose $5.3 billion if Congress doesn’t pass budget

April 20, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will not be able to put $5.3 billion toward modernization efforts key to competing with China if Congress doesn’t pass a budget this year, the service secretary said in a Wednesday House Armed Services Committee hearing. The Pentagon has become accustomed to short-term continuing resolutions early in the fiscal year and generally schedules less programmatic activity…
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Raytheon’s Patriot missiles arrive in Ukraine

April 19, 2023
Ukraine’s defense minister said Wednesday his country has received U.S-made Patriot surface-to-air guided missile systems it has long craved and which Kyiv hopes will help shield it from Russian strikes during the war. “Today, our beautiful Ukrainian sky becomes more…
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US Air Force, Navy conduct ICBM test aboard nuclear command aircraft

April 19, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force and Navy on Wednesday morning conducted a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in California using an airborne control center. The weapon, which contained a test reentry vehicle, was controlled from an Airborne Launch Control System in a Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft, the Air Force said in a statement. Airmen from the 625th…
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