A joint staff spokesman confirmed that leaders of US combatant commands will get a look next week at the Quadrennial Defense Review—or at least the decisions made so far—during a series of meetings at the Pentagon.
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.