President Donald Trump fired the top military officer in the country, nominating a retired Air Force general to take over as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Charles Q. “CQ” Brown Jr. was one of several high-ranking military officials fired Friday evening.
Trump announced the Pentagon shakeup via a post on his social media account on Truth Social. He thanked Brown for his decades of service, saying “He is a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader, and I wish a great future for him and his family.” Brown’s term as chairman was set to end in 2027.
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The Pentagon is set to begin its termination of thousands of select probationary employees in the coming days as part of the Trump administration’s unfolding campaign to “maximize efficiency” by rapidly reducing the size of the federal workforce, according to a senior defense official.
Darin Selnick, who is performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, announced the plans in an email to reporters on Friday afternoon.
The Defense Information Systems Agency intends to consolidate identity, credential and access management (ICAM) instances used by the military services on unclassified networks into a single federated solution before the end of the year, according to an agency official.
Brian Hermann, director and program executive officer for DISA’s PEO Cyber, told a small group of reporters Friday that the agency expects to complete all ICAM federation activities with the services by the end of fiscal 2025.
The plan is to build off ongoing work with the Army and federate its ICAM solutions in March.
The Senate voted against a non-binding resolution calling for the protection of health care benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits during their service.
Introduced by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, the measure aimed to “ensure full and uninterrupted funding” for health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs provided by the PACT Act as well as “preventing any cuts or delays.”
Early in the morning on Friday, the Senate rejected the measure in a 52-47 vote.
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Soldiers assigned to Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR) in Europe and the Multinational Task Force in the Sinai Peninsula are having significant issues getting parts and supplies through the countries’ customs agencies, even though we are there to provide assistance and security. This problem has been happening since these support missions began. The problem is significant and has a direct impact on America’s readiness. Here are only a couple examples of the hundreds of which The Armed Forces Press was informed.
As officials and experts are calling for more integration of irregular warfare capabilities to defeat adversaries, a new modern “triad” concept for the U.S. military is being touted as a jumping-off point for deterrence.
The so-called cyber-special operations forces-space triad or “irregular triad,” is a partnership between the three disciplines to deliver capabilities and outcomes greater than the sum of its parts, leveraging the unique access and authorities of each contributor.
AM General is showcasing the JLTV A2 at IDEX 2025 as initial deliveries to the US Army are due to arrive sometime in Q2 2025.
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Even though I was still recovering from our traumatic loss, duty called for my husband in the form of the Yearly Training Brief (YTB). It always involves extra calls in the evenings and traveling to down trace units, and the higher-ups. In true military fashion, he needed to travel the weekend after everything happened, and thankfully, my dad could come up to help with my daughter. Once again, I felt like we couldn’t take the time we needed to process and grieve because of the military.
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DSI is to provide flight testing solutions in support of the US Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) programme.