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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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

  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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …