Sehlke has been awarded a five-year Enterprise Medical Market Efficiency Support Services (EMMESS) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to support the Defense Health Agency (DHA). Sehlke will deliver a variety of services, including strategy and operating model design and implementation; program management; financial management; supply chain management; modeling; and data analysis support.
Read More »Accenture Wins DoD’s 2020 Employer Support Freedom Award; Jimmy Etheredge, Vince Vlasho Quoted
The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Accenture its prestigious 2020 Employer Support Freedom Award for the company’s support of its National Guard and Reserve member employees. “We are honored to receive the highest award that the Department of Defense gives employers,” said Jimmy Etheredge, Accenture’s CEO of North America.
Read More »Senate Bill Seeks Cyber Skills Database for National Guard, Reserve Units
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would require the Defense Department to develop a cyber skills database for all National Guard and Reserve units, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jared Serbu writes the legislation would direct DoD to create the database within a year or use an existing …
Read More »Report: Army to Start Active, Reserve Units Integration Project
The U.S. Army will begin to test a concept of combining active-duty and reserve components this summer as the military service aims to maximize the utilization of its manpower, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jared Serbu writes the Army’s Associated Units initiative is based upon a U.S. Air Force multicomponent force strategy meant to help its airmen share …
Read More »Army Eyes Multicomponent Force Expansion for Aerial ISR Missions
The U.S. Army wants to expand its multicomponent unit of active-duty and reserve pilots in an effort to address a demand for aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Defense News reported Wednesday. Jen Judson writes the Army implemented a plan in October to integrate a mixed force into fixed-wing ISR exploitation battallions at two military bases …
Read More »David Goldfein Nominated AF Vice Chief of Staff; Larry Spencer to Head AFA
Air Force Lt. Gen. David Goldfein, current director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, has been nominated to succeed the retiring Gen. Larry Spencer as vice chief of staff for the service branch. The Defense Department announced the transition Wednesday and said Goldfein, a 32-year Air Force veteran, was also nominated …
Read More »Ray Odierno: Downsizing the Army Will Harm its Capabilities
Gen. Raymond Odierno, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, has said more than 450,000 active-duty members are required for the Army to perform its duty in global conflicts, DoD Buzz reported Wednesday. Brendan McGarry writes Odierno told a panel discussion in Washington, D.C., that the Army also needs …
Read More »Ray Odierno: Sequestration Puts Army ‘Out of Balance’
The U.S. Army‘s top uniformed officer told a National Press Club audience in Washington Tuesday that the Army will likely not get back to a state of full readiness until 2020 because of sequestration cuts, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jared Serbu writes that Gen. Ray Odierno told the audience …
Read More »Ray Odierno, John McHugh: Sequester Could Cut At Least 100K Army Soldiers
The U.S. Army risks losing at least 100,000 soldiers on top of reductions if sequestration occurs over the full 10-year period, two of the branch’s lead officials told lawmakers Tuesday. Gen. Ray Odierno, chief of staff, and Secretary John McHugh told the Senate Armed Services Committee in prepared testimony that …
Read More »Jane Holl Lute: DHS Developing Cyber Reserve Force Model
Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Jane Holl Lute wants to complete a working model for a reserve force of cybersecurity personnel within the next year, she told Reuters in an interview. The Cyber Reserve, which would be comprised of computer security experts, would be called to action in the event of …
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