Tag Archives: Mark Esper

Jen Stewart, minority staff director at the House Armed Services Committee, has been appointed as Defense Secretary Mark Esper's next chief of staff, Politico reported Monday. She will succeed Eric Chewning, who will leave his post at the Pentagon by the end of January to take a career opportunity in the private sector.

The Department of Defense is planning new deployments that would increase the number of U.S. military personnel in the Middle East to more than 80K as tensions in the region escalate after the death of Iran's top general early Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Thomas Modly, acting secretary of the U.S. Navy, said during a radio interview that he met with some professionals from both inside and outside the military service to develop recommendations for achieving the branch's 355-ship goal, Inside Defense reported Friday.

Defense Secretary and 2019 Wash100 award winner Mark Esper said approximately 4K U.S. troops have been placed on alert in response to recent actions by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

The U.S. has facilitated airstrikes on five facilities in Iraq and Syria that were linked to an Iranian-backed militia, CNN reported Monday.

President Trump has authorized the establishment of the U.S. Space Force as the sixth service branch as stated in the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Jimmy Stewart, the acting undersecretary for personnel and readiness at the Department of Defense, has left his post on Friday, Military Times reported Saturday. Matthew Donovan, undersecretary at the U.S. Air Force, will succeed Stewart in the acting administrator role.

Defense Secretary and 2019 Wash100 winner Mark Esper said he expects the Department of Defense’s new budget review process to continue until early next year, Federal News Network reported Monday.

The heads of seven federal agencies have released a joint statement expressing their commitment to ensuring the security of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections.

The Department of Defense is working on security guidance to prepare for cloud deployment once the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract is awarded, FedScoop reported Thursday.