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Oct. 25, 2018

DOD/GSA Seeks Industry Feedback on Cloud Computing

WASHINGTON — The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service today issued a request for information to industry for a Department of Defense-wide cloud computing initiative.

Vice President Mike Pence hosts a meeting of the National Space Council at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.

Oct. 24, 2018

Pence, Shanahan Detail Progress Made in Space Force

WASHINGTON — Space is a crucial domain that the United States must continue to exploit and lead in, said Vice President Mike Pence at the fourth meeting of the National Space Council at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington.

Oct. 24, 2018

America Must Guard Transportation/Logistics Advantage

WASHINGTON — The National Defense Strategy recognizes the importance of this global logistics network, said Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Broadmeadow, the deputy commander of U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, at the National Defense Transportation Association meeting in National Harbor, Maryland.

Old Salt emeritus Navy Adm. Kurt Tidd, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, left, and new Old Salt Navy Adm. Philip Davidson, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, stand with Navy Lt. Taylor Randall, who earned her surface warfare pin aboard the cruiser USS Vella Gulf in 2016.

Oct. 23, 2018

Indo-Pacific Command Chief Receives Old Salt Award

WASHINGTON — The Navy continues a tradition as Adm. Kurt Tidd, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, turned over the Old Salt award to Adm. Philip Davidson – the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

Oct. 22, 2018

ISIS-Controlled Syrian Mosque Destroyed, Navy Ships Transit Taiwan Strait

WASHINGTON — A U.S.-led coalition airstrike destroyed a Syrian mosque and other buildings used by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to attack the Syrian Democratic Forces, Army Col. Rob Manning, the Pentagon’s director of press operations, told reporters. And in the Indo-Pacific, two Navy ships conducted a routine transit of the Taiwan Strait.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Brett McGurk, the U.S. special envoy for the global coalition to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, brief the press at the Counter Violent Extremist Organization Chiefs of Defense Conference held at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Oct. 16, 2018

Chiefs of Defense Conference Looks to ‘Win the Peace’ Against Violent Extremism

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosted the Counter Violent Extremist Organizations Chiefs of Defense Conference, which drew representatives from 83 nations, including all the U.S. combatant commanders and commanders of counter terrorism operations from around the world.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, leads his fellow chiefs of defense to a meeting on countering violent extremist organizations at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Oct. 16, 2018

Dunford Asks Defense Chiefs to Guard Against Complacency

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford welcomed chiefs of defense from 82 nations to the third Counter Violent Extremist Organizations conference at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Actor Gerard Butler and Navy Vice Adm. Fritz Roegge, current president of the National Defense University, speak about the movie “Hunter-Killer” during a Pentagon news conference, Oct. 15, 2018. DOD photo by Jim Garamone

Oct. 15, 2018

Navy, Gerard Butler Collaborate to Tell 21st Century Submarine Yarn

WASHINGTON — Hollywood came to the Pentagon as actor Gerard Butler spoke to Pentagon reporters about his collaboration with the U.S. Navy in making “Hunter Killer,” a submarine movie.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, with Army Gen. General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, attend a joint press conference aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the North Sea, Oct. 12, 2018. NATO photo

Oct. 15, 2018

Stoltenberg, Scaparrotti Talk Deterrence Aboard Aircraft Carrier USS Truman

WASHINGTON — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, participated in a news conference aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. The carrier is participating in Exercise Trident Juncture 18, the largest NATO exercise since the 1980s. The exercise will be held Oct. 25-Nov. 7.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to retired Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, Founder of the Travis Mills Foundation, during the New England Council Annual Dinner at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston.

Oct. 12, 2018

Dunford Praises Service Members’ Accomplishments at Boston Event

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is an honorable and respected profession and a way for Americans to serve something larger than themselves, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Boston.

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