Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Robert S. Karem, Marine Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander, U.S. Africa Command, and Army Maj. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier, chief of staff, U.S. Africa Command, and lead investigating officer, will brief the press at noon EDT, May 10, in the Pentagon ...
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Defense Secretary James N. Mattis concluded his review of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) investigative report on the enemy ambush in Tongo Tongo, Niger on October 4, 2017, that resulted in the tragic loss of four U.S. Service members and four Nigerien partners. The investigation spanned three continents and took ...
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Operations Release No: NR-146-18 May 10, 2018 PRINT | E-MAIL WASHINGTON - An evolving and uncertain geopolitical landscape calls for the United States to recapitalize its defense plutonium ...
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Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis met with Finnish Minister of Defense Jussi Niinisto and Swedish Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist today at the Pentagon to reaffirm the strong trilateral defense relationship between the U.S., Finland and ...
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SONY DSC General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) today announced the first flight of the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Japan during an opening ceremony on Iki Island. The demonstration flights, taking place over the next three weeks, intended to promote the civil and scientific applications ...
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The Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20), during a 10:00 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, May 5, in Mobile, Alabama. The principal speaker will be Cincinnati Councilmember David Mann, also a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives ...
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