(The Center Square) – A new report from a congressional watchdog recommends the Pentagon come up with a comprehensive plan to make sure military service members get enough sleep. The U.S. Government Accountability Office, the research arm of Congress, found that while the Department of Defense recommends 7 hours of sleep, many aren't getting that much. "The department's overarching fatigue-related guidance emphasizes service members obtain at least 7 hours of...
(The Center Square) – The Pentagon wants to spend $1.1 billion to build barracks in 2025 and more to maintain facilities after a Congressional watchdog found widespread problems in housing for troops, including rodent infestations, mold, sewage backups and other conditions so bad it drove some into marriages to escape living in the barracks. The U.S. Department of Defense announced the plans along with its $849.8 billion President's Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Budget. That budget...
Former U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) argued that the decision to authorize a non-combatant evacuation during the final days of the U.S. war in Afghanistan came too late during testimony in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. McKenzie, who was in command of all U.S. forces in Afghanistan in the war's final days noted that the military had warned leaders and the Biden administration about any dangers related to the pace of the withdrawal, with the...
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday warned his Israeli counterpart that any heavy incursion to take out Hamas’ remaining battalions inside Rafah should be delayed until the safety of about 1.5 million Palestinian civilians there can be secured.
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When Israel’s defense minister Yoav Gallant meets with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday, Gallant is expected to ask for more US weaponry and equipment to support Israel’s war in Gaza, US officials said — an extremely delicate request at a moment when US weapons sales to the country are under intense scrutiny by lawmakers and critics of President Joe Biden’s ongoing support for Israel. Gallant’s meeting with Austin will mark his first visit to the Pentagon as Israeli defense minister...
By Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN When Israel’s defense minister Yoav Gallant meets with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday, Gallant is expected to ask for more US weaponry and equipment to support Israel’s war in Gaza, US officials said — an extremely delicate request at a moment when US weapons sales to
By Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN When Israel’s defense minister Yoav Gallant meets with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday, Gallant is expected to ask for more US weaponry and equipment to support Israel’s war in Gaza, US officials said — an extremely delicate request at a moment when US weapons sales to
A delayed State Department decision on withdrawing U.S. citizens was a key factor in the chaotic and bloody final days of the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, former Joint Chief of Staff head Gen. Mark A. Milley said Tuesday, contributing to the vulnerability that left 13 U.S. service personnel and some 170 Afghans dead after a terror bombing as Kabul’s international airport in August 2021.
The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the Biden administration for the chaotic departure, telling lawmakers Tuesday that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time.
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