U.S. Army Col. Greg Griffin has said he predicts the Defense Department‘s Joint Regional Security Stack would help DoD components share information with military services and combatant commands within a common platform.

JRSS is designed to increase the visibility of network activity, simplify data exchange process and secure networks across the department, the Defense Information Systems Agency said Wednesday.

Griffin, JRSS program manager, told audience at a recent Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association-hosted forum in Maryland he believes the DoD community can manage actions and predict outcomes through the JRSS infrastructure.

He added platform could facilitate sharing of tips and cues if deployed with a standard suite of equipment, syntaxes and procedures.

DISA noted that 14 unclassified operational stacks are currently in operational status. The agency expects a total of 20 stacks deployed within the continental U.S., Europe as well as the Central Command and Pacific Command areas of responsibility by the conclusion of fiscal 2019.

Twenty-five are needed to help secure the Pentagon’s classified network, DISA added.

The Defense Department has renamed the U.S. Pacific Command to emphasize the combatant command’s missions in the Indian Ocean region, DoD news reported Wednesday.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command aims to strengthen military relations with allies and provide security for diplomats working to negotiate in the region.

“Over many decades, this command has repeatedly adapted to changing circumstance and today carries that legacy forward as America focuses west,” said Defense Secretary James Mattis, a 2018 Wash100 recipient.

Mattis announced USPACOM’s new name during a change-of-command ceremony held Wednesday at Joint Base Pear Harbor-Hickam.

U.S. Navy Adm. Philip Davidson, former head of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, took helm of Indo-Pacific Command.

Davidson was nominated by President Trump in April and succeeded Adm. Harry Harris Jr.

The Air Force Materiel Command saved more than $2.5 billion over the last fiscal year, which addressed its cost savings and avoidance objective under the 2017 AFMC Strategic Plan.

All five AFMC centers implemented initiatives during FY 2017 to reduce expenses and increase operational efficiency, the command said Tuesday.

“Air Force leadership looks to AFMC as the service’s cost conscience,” said Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, AFMC commander.

” It’s a responsibility we take very seriously and a goal we are constantly striving to work toward.”

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s program to manage jet fuel consumption resulted in a cost avoidance of nearly $1.9 million.

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s contracting agency posted $6.5 million in cost avoidance through the implementation of contracted transient alert services across nine major commands.

The Air Force Research Laboratory achieved cost avoidance of $17 million with the use of agile business processes.

The Air Force Test Center saved $375,000 following the development of a yaw test method designed to eliminate damaged balances and prevent testing delays.

The Air Force Sustainment Center reported $21.4 million in cost avoidance via its process of qualifying parts and certifying additional suppliers of aircraft parts.

Lt. Gen. Austin Miller, commander of the Joint Special Operations Command, has been promoted to the rank of general and assigned to lead the Resolute Support Mission of NATO and the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Miller for the new appointment and assignments was announced by Defense Secretary James Mattis, the Defense Department said Tuesday.

Miller is currently based at the U.S. Special Operations Command’s Joint Special Operations Command Forward in Fort Bragg, N.C.

He was previously with the U.S. Army‘s Maneuver Center of Excellence as a commanding general after his service as a special assistant to the USSOCOM deputy commanding general and the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization’s director.

His military career includes deployments to combat operations such as in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Battle of Mogadishu and assignments across USSOCOM.

Miller instructed students at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning after his assignments to several command posts of the 2nd Infantry Division and the 75th Ranger Regiment.

He served as a platoon leader of the 82nd Airborne Division after completing the Ranger School course.

Miller was first commissioned as an infantry officer after his graduation from the U.S. Military Academy.

He completed programs at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Marine Corps War College and the Joint and Combined Warfighting School.

Alan Lewis, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Defense Spectrum Organization, is due to retire on Thursday after more than 38 years of federal service.

DISA said Tuesday it will host a retirement ceremony for the 11-year agency veteran at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland.

Lewis has led the organization that supports the Defense Department in efforts to develop spectrum management policies and technology standards.

“It makes sense to have a joint organization that is providing capability that everyone needs rather than having multiple organizations doing it redundantly,” he said about DISA.

“I would not have done anything differently in my career in terms of DISA because I believe so strongly in what we do and how critical it is, and for me, that’s been my fulfillment.”

Lewis joined the agency in 1991 while serving as a U.S. Navy officer. He also served short-term stints in the private sector and then rejoined the federal government in 2005.