The Pentagon wants to hunker down with counterparts in Mexico to exercise homeland defense scenarios that could involve terrorist attacks near the border, reports Jason Sherman in Inside the Pentagon. (Requires subscription.)
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost—a trailblazer and one of the first 10 women to reach a four-star rank across the U.S. military—retired and passed control of U.S. Transportation Command to Air Force Gen. Randall Reed on Oct. 4, finishing an eventful tenure at TRANSCOM.