Author: Michael

The Army’s top officer focused on networks said the service is standing up a new data operations center that will better manage the massive quantity of information the modern military has accumulated — from the top, down to the field. 
Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey, deputy chief of staff for the G-6, called the Army Data Operation Center a “new and bold” venture for the service during a cyber webinar Thursday. Rey said the military does not have an issue with data itself, but “what we have is a data management problem,” and the new center aims to fix that.

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NATO is reshaping its integrated plans for defending alliance territory against drones, ballistic missiles, and other aerial threats, according to Gen. Alex Grynkewich, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Grynkewich and Gen. Randall Reed, who leads U.S. Transportation Command, shared new details about those and other adjustments the joint force and its allies are making to implement lessons emerging from modern military conflicts erupting in different regions around the world.

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In response to findings from the Government Accountability Office, a senior Pentagon official said the department plans to evaluate and define outside variables that could hinder the defense industry’s ability to comply with new standards set by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 model.
According to a study published by the GAO on Thursday, the Defense Department has done significant work to build a comprehensive strategy for implementing CMMC 2.0 cybersecurity standards.

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Veterans say that the Department of Veterans Affairs has “invented new reasons to deny” former service members access to GI Bill benefits that many veterans qualify for, according to a new lawsuit.
The lawsuit, filed by veterans, advocacy groups, and the State of Virginia, alleges that the VA has blocked eligible veterans from using two GI Bills to pay for undergraduate and graduate degrees.

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