Need for Speed in Capabilities, Selva Says

Source: US Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff

Headline: Need for Speed in Capabilities, Selva Says

Though the Defense Department is making progress in making meaningful change in how it develops and acquires new capabilities, that progress simply isn’t happening fast enough, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at a Brookings Institution discussion in Washington.

Arlington Ceremony Remembers America’s Fallen Heroes

Source: US Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff

Headline: Arlington Ceremony Remembers America’s Fallen Heroes

Memorial Day is the day that makes possible all other days of the American republic, Vice President Mike Pence said at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. “Without it and the patriots we honor… there would be no other American days,” he said.

Dunford Accepts Eisenhower Award, Calls for Industry, DOD Cooperation

Source: US Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff

Headline: Dunford Accepts Eisenhower Award, Calls for Industry, DOD Cooperation

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff accepted the Eisenhower Award from the National Defense Industrial Association on behalf of all service members and called on the organization to encourage members to cooperate with the Defense Department to ensure service members never fight in a fair fight.

Bold Quest 19.1 Coalition Demonstration commences in Finland

Source: US Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff

Headline: Bold Quest 19.1 Coalition Demonstration commences in Finland

Participating units are deployed for Bold Quest 19.1, the latest in a series of Coalition Capability Demonstration and Assessment events sponsored by the Joint Staff and hosted this year by Finland, only the third time the series is being held outside the United States.

Vice Chairman Stresses Realities of Strategic Nuclear Deterrence

Source: US Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff

Headline: Vice Chairman Stresses Realities of Strategic Nuclear Deterrence

Americans need to understand the strategic reasoning behind the U.S. nuclear triad and what those capabilities mean to the nation and the world, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at a Strategic Deterrent Coalition symposium in Arlington, Virginia.