Author: Michael

The first woman to lead the U.S. military’s massive logistical enterprise and one of just a handful to ever reach the rank of four-star general in the U.S. military retired Friday. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost passed command of U.S. Transportation Command to Gen. Randall Reed in a ceremony at Scott Air Force Base attended by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Promoted to General in August of 2020, Van Ovost was the senior officer in that rank among the four women four-star generals and admirals across the U.S. military.

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California-based startup Impulse Space has received a $34.5 million contract to demonstrate on-orbit maneuverability for the Space Force’s tactically responsive space program, the service’s acquisition arm announced Friday.
Under the agreement, Impulse will deliver two orbital maneuver vehicles (OMVs) for two missions — Victus Surgo and Victus Salo — that will test how prepositioned space assets could improve the Space Force’s ability to quickly address on-orbit threats, according to Space Systems Command (SSC).

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Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton took the helm of the Defense Information Systems Agency and Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Networks in a ceremony Friday.
Stanton, an Army officer, takes charge from Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, who headed both organizations the past three-and-a-half years and will retire after a 40-year career that started as an enlisted sailor in the Navy.

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