National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Joseph Lengyel said a federal activation of the National Guard to fight the COVID-19 pandemic would be an illogical and inefficient move. “I think you can get everything you need from the National Guard more efficiently and more effectively if ...
The Pentagon on March 17 reached into its strategic reserves to help respond to the new coronavirus outbreak, making available 5 million N95 respirator masks and 2,000 deployable ventilators. In addition, laboratories are available for COVID-19 testing as the Defense Department researches what other steps ...
The National Guard Bureau is preparing to roll out SPRINGboard, a digital tool that'll give leaders insight into the health risk factors impacting the communities their troops call home so they can tailor prevention efforts accordingly. During a March 5 media roundtable at the Pentagon, ...
National Guard officials are pushing for the Defense Department and Congress to create a Space National Guard, despite some uncertainty within the Pentagon about how to move forward. The Office of the Secretary of Defense is drawing up multiple options for what the Space Force’s ...
The House on Feb. 7 passed a bill that will provide an infusion of emergency supplemental funding and tax credits to Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from an ongoing string of earthquakes, even as other military construction funding is diverted to pay for the ...
For most, space policy is still more science fiction than reality—the stuff of a galaxy far, far away. People imagine laser-toting gunships and interplanetary bases, not airmen at consoles adjusting satellites in orbit. Those perceptions have persisted through about 18 months of pressure from the ...
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced activated the territory’s National Guard on Jan. 7 in response to a series of earthquakes that have rocked the island for days and taken at least one life, according to the Puerto Rico National Guard. The PRNG has helicopters, ...
A leading congressional voice on cybersecurity said Jan. 7 the federal government is taking the right steps to prepare for a possible Iranian cyberattack in retaliation for Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s death. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) discussed their ...