Top Reserve Component Officials Express Support for Pay, Benefit Alignment

View Online Top Reserve Component Officials Express Support for Pay, Benefit Alignment April 30, 2024 | By Matthew Olay Senior leaders from five of the uniformed services’ reserve component branches spoke out in favor of aligning pay and benefits within their organizations during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense budget hearing today. As part of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress directed the Defense Department to establish duty status reform legislation that would seek to better align reserve component members’ pay and benefits in order to improve warfighting readiness, according to DOD’s website on military compensation. When queried about duty status reform, Chief of the National Guard Bureau Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson explained that the proposed legislation streamlines 27 separate military duty statuses down to nine. This would ensure that all service members — whether active duty, Guard or reservist — who are working side by side at the same time and location, and who are on the same duty status, would be afforded the same pay and benefits, Hokanson said. “It would streamline the process significantly,” he added, ” also ensure that we no longer have disparity … between our service members.” Other senior leaders on the panel spoke favorably of duty status reform and the need to implement it. “The Army Reserve is greatly supportive of duty status reform and whatever we can do to help make that a success,” said Lt. Gen. Jody J. Daniels, chief of Army Reserve. “It would help us with our efficiencies of processing pay actions, as well.” Regarding those actions, duty status reform would mitigate disruptions in pay caused by reserve component members who often have to endure multiple changes in pay status while on active-duty orders by creating four broad pay categories, according to DOD. “The Air Force Reserve is absolutely supportive,” Lt. Gen. John P. Healy, chief of Air Force Reserve, said of duty status reform. “It’s all about aligning and getting rid of the deficiencies that we currently have for the multitude of statuses.” Healy added that he believes the passage and implementation of duty status reform would help with retention. “It makes it easier for airmen to serve,” he said, adding that would be especially true if the airmen can easily comprehend what pay and entitlements are due to them. Though Congress originally directed the DOD to address the numerous pay and benefit disruptions and disparities that reserve component members were vulnerable to in 2016, there is still no clear date on when duty status reform will finally be passed into law. “I can tell you the Navy is strongly supportive and disappointed that it’s taken this long,” Vice Adm. John Mustin, chief of Navy Reserve, told the subcommittee. “We’ve talked about it for several years — since before 2019 in my case — and we all enthusiastically support the concept.” When asked about the current status of the proposed duty status review legislation, Hokanson said that it is currently with the Office of Management and Budget. “It has cleared and almost everyone that I know of is supportive of that,” he said. “I think the issue is getting it through OMB to come forward.”

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DOD’s FY 2025 Budget Focuses on Defense, People, Teamwork

View Online DOD’s FY 2025 Budget Focuses on Defense, People, Teamwork April 30, 2024 | By C. Todd Lopez Last month the Defense Department released its fiscal year 2025 budget request, about $849.8 billion in all, and now Congress has invited DOD leaders of all stripes to Capitol Hill to discuss what’s in the budget and what the department’s thoughts were when creating that budget. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, as the top Defense Department leader, told lawmakers today at the House Armed Services Committee that the DOD budget request centers, broadly, on defending the nation, taking care of service members and their families, and strengthening relationships with like-minded U.S. partners and allies. “Our budget request for fiscal year 2025 will advance all three of these priorities,” Austin said during his testimony. Defending the nation is of course the No. 1 priority for the Defense Department. And the DOD budget for FY 2025 — which runs Oct. 1, 2024 through Sept 30, 2025 — has a lot to make sure the DOD can carry out that No. 1 mission. “The president’s request will invest in cutting-edge capabilities across all domains,” Austin said. “That includes $48.1 billion for naval and shipbuilding capabilities, $61.2 billion to reinforce U.S. air dominance, and $13 billion to bolster Army and Marine Corps combat capabilities.” The department’s efforts in space, the secretary said, get about $33.7 billion, while cybersecurity tools get about $14.5 billion. Spotlight: DOD Space Strategy Also, a top priority is the modernization of America’s nuclear triad, which involves ground-based missiles — commonly referred to as intercontinental ballistic missiles — submarine-launched ballistic missiles and air-launched cruise missiles, dropped from bomber aircraft. This year’s budget directs about $49.1 billion towards recapitalization of all three legs of the nuclear triad. That includes a focus on both the Columbia-class submarine and the B-21 bomber. “This budget request will support our outstanding troops and their families,” Austin said. “That includes raising base pay and housing allowances; investing in better housing; making childcare more affordable; and funding vital work to prevent sexual assault and suicide in the military.” Spotlight: Taking Care of Our People For service members, this year’s budget request includes a 4.5% pay raise, the third such raise over the past three years. Austin has said America’s long-term security and success requires teamwork, which includes working with Congress, other parts of the U.S. government, the defense industry and especially with American partners and allies. “This request will help the Department further deepen our teamwork worldwide,” he said. “Our network of allies and partners remains a strategic advantage that no competitor can match. And you can see its power in our strengthening ties across the Indo-Pacific, in today’s expanded and united NATO, and in the 50-country Ukraine Defense Contact Group that I convene.” Spotlight: NATO As the global security environment grows more complex, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the pacing challenge posed by China, and ongoing threats posed by Iran and North Korea, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., said he’s seen relationships between the U.S. and partners grow stronger. “What I have seen in the seven months … I’ve been in the job, I’ve engaged about 170 times with counterparts, my counterparts from around the world,” he said. “And what I’ve found is as the world’s gotten more complex, our work with our allies and partners has strengthened.” NATO, he said, has gotten stronger and larger. But partnerships are not Europe-centric, they are global. “As I engage with the nations in Europe, they’re focused on the Indo-Pacific, and Indo-Pacific nations are also focused on Europe because all these are a global threat to all of us,” he said. “And you know that dialogue is definitely increased.” Brown said the partners he speaks with are interested in the health of the global defense industrial base, which is responsible for making the tools nations need to defend themselves. “They are concerned about our collective defense industrial base and bringing capability,” he said. “One thing I do find as I engage around the world is that U.S. capability, U.S. equipment, is highly desired. We’ve got to be able to provide that capability and equipment and those are the things that they are keenly interested in. They’re also interested in our ability to work and be able to interoperate even when they have their own defense industrial base that they’re also trying to increase as well.” One area the DOD is working on to help strengthen the defense industrial base is munitions production. “In order to maintain our competitive edge, we’re going to have to continue to invest in mutations,” he said. ” We’ve done that, with your help. As you know, for FY 24, we asked you for a number of multi-year procurement authorities and you supported us with that request. And over the last three years or so we’ve invested north of $75 billion in munitions.” Last week, the president signed into law a $95 billion security supplemental bill, which among other things, provides security assistance to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. But the money that bill provides will also help strengthen the ability of America’s industrial base to produce munitions, said Austin. “In the supplemental that you just approved for us, there are resources in that supplemental that … we apply to the industrial base and help them expand to increase our capacity to meet the current demand and the demand in the future,” Austin said. “I want to thank all the members for that.” In January, DOD released its first “Defense Industrial Strategy.” The FY 2025 budget request leans on that strategy to shore up critical domestic and allied supply chains for sectors such as microelectronics, casting and forging, and batteries and energy storage. The budget request also includes investments to in the U.S. submarine industrial base.

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Today in DOD: May 1, 2024

Today in DOD: May 1, 2024 Open Press Events Secretary of Defense The secretary is traveling. Read More > Deputy Secretary of Defense The deputy secretary has no public or media events on her schedule. Read More > Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff The chairman has no public or media events on his schedule. Read More > Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff The vice chairman speaks at 1 p.m. EDT at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event on DoD’s Warfighting Concept, Washington, D.C. Register at csis.org. Read More > Additional Open Press Events Assistant Secretary of the Navy Energy, Installations, and Environment/Chief Sustainability Officer Meredith Berger, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Manpower and Reserve Affairs… Read More > View All Postings Contacts Additions and corrections for Today in DOD are invited and should be directed to the press desk by calling +1 (703) 697-5131 or +1 (703) 697-5132. For additional media information click here. Public Inquiries Contact us for more information, if you have questions or for technical support. Media Questions News media representatives with questions for the Department of Defense may reach our press desk by calling +1 (703) 697-5131. Duty Officer A public affairs duty officer is available 24 hours a day through +1 (703) 697-5131.

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Austin to Meet With Key Regional Allies on Upcoming Hawaii Trip

View Online Austin to Meet With Key Regional Allies on Upcoming Hawaii Trip April 30, 2024 | By Joseph Clark Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will meet with key regional allies this week as he travels to Hawaii to preside over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command change of command ceremony. Austin is expected to hold a series of engagements with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the Philippines, further marking what defense officials say is historic progress toward regional security integration. “Our partners across the region are drawing closer to each other, they’re drawing closer to us and, together, we’re doing more than ever to advance our shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific,” a senior defense official said today while previewing the engagements. On Thursday, Austin will meet with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Richard Marles. The meeting follows Australia’s announcement last week of its new national defense strategy which commits to a 20% increase in defense spending over the next decade. The two leaders are expected to discuss U.S. force posture in Australia, as well as cooperation between the two countries to strengthen Australia’s defense industrial base through the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordinance Enterprise – a long term initiative to bolster research, development and manufacturing of critical weapons systems. The defense official previewing the discussion underscored the close ties between the two officials, calling the Australian minister one of Austin’s “most constant interlocutors, not just in the Indo-Pacific but around the world.” Spotlight: Focus on Indo-Pacific Austin is also scheduled to meet with Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru. The meeting follows Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s official state visit to the U.S. last month where the two countries announced significant strides in strengthening defense cooperation. In a joint news conference during the visit, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S., Japan and Australia will partner in creating a networked air defense architecture. The U.S. and U.K. will also be standing up trilateral military exercises with Japan, among other deliverables. In the upcoming meeting, the two defense leaders are expected to expand upon discussions that include command and control, regional security, and the deepening cooperation between the U.S. and Japan on defense industrial and science and technology matters. In his meetings with his counterparts, Austin is also expected to discuss U.S. force posture in Australia and Japan and security throughout the region. Following the bilateral meetings with his counterparts, Austin will convene the 13th trilateral defense ministers’ meeting among the U.S., Australia and Japan. Officials described an agenda focusing on a range of regional topics and how the three countries can further expand initiatives aimed at peace and security throughout the Indo-Pacific. The three leaders will also discuss cooperation on science and technology, and they are expected to sign a new trilateral agreement outlining cooperation on research, development, test and evaluation for strategic capabilities. The agreement encourages standardization and interoperability on defense technology and aims to make the countries’ already strong ties on science and technology more efficient and cost effective. Austin will then host a quadrilateral meeting with the Philippines Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro and their Japanese and Australian counterparts. The meeting marks the second-ever joint meeting among the four countries’ defense ministers. The defense leaders are expected to discuss ways to strengthen security among the four nations. These discussions come at a critical time for defense cooperation throughout the region, a defense official said, noting China’s recent harassment of Philippine vessels operating in the South China Sea. “Japan and Australia have been some of our most vocal and staunchest allies in speaking up about the completely unacceptable nature of this behavior,” the official said. The official also noted the Philippines’ efforts to highlight China’s concerning behavior throughout the region. “How we, as allies, not only operate together, but how we think about addressing the really worrisome operational behavior and coercion that we see taking place in a number of places across the region, is obviously a topic that we’re going to focus on together,” the official said. On Friday, Austin will preside over the Indo-Pacom change of command ceremony. During the ceremony, Austin is expected to recognize outgoing Indo-Pacom commander Navy Adm. John Aquilino’s efforts that were instrumental in strengthening U.S. partnerships throughout the region. Austin will also recognize Aquilino’s successor, Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, and the thousands of U.S. service members who serve in the region. Additionally, the secretary will have an opportunity to meet with the leaders of the Freely Associated States, which include the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau.

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Contracts For April 30, 2024

View Online FOR RELEASE AT 5 PM ET Contracts For April 30, 2024 ARMY Intrepid LLC,* Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $445,816,490 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for General Fund Enterprise Business Systems support and services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of May 12, 2029. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W91260-24-F-5009). Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. Inc., Kanas City, Missouri, was awarded a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for planning, engineering and design services. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2029. U.S. Property and Fiscal Office, Minnesota, is the contracting activity (W50S7E-24-D-A001). AIR FORCE Native American Services Corp. (doing business as NASCO), Kellogg, Idaho (FA4801-24-D-0001); R-CON Construction Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico (FA4801-24-D-0002); Mesa Verde Enterprises Inc., Alamogordo, New Mexico (FA4801-24-D-0003); Jack Wayte Construction Co. Inc., Alamogordo, New Mexico (FA4801-24-D-0004); NLGC JV LLC, Detroit, Michigan (FA4801-24-D-0005); Mirador Enterprises Inc., El Paso, Texas (FA4801-24-D-0006); and E-Corp., Layton, Utah (FA4801-24-D-0007), were awarded a $400,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the 49th Civil Engineering Squadron’s Facility Sustainment Program. This contract provides for a broad range of maintenance, repair, alteration, mechanical, electrical, heating/air conditioning, demolition, painting, paving, and earthwork on real property at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, and on federal real property within a 100-miles radius (excluding Texas), such as bombing ranges and water pipelines. Work will be performed at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, and is expected to be completed by April 22, 2024. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and 22 offers were received. No funds are being obligated at time of award. The 49th Contracting Squadron, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, is the contracting activity. Texas Workforce Commission, Austin, Texas, was awarded a $195,722,821 contract for a base year plus four one-year options for non-personal, full food services. The services include, but are not limited to, the following: dining facility management; food safety; cooking; food requisition and inventory control; preparation; serving and replenishing food; maintaining food service and computer property (hardware) maintenance; preparing vegetables and fruits for the salad bar; kitchen patrol duties; performing cashier services; handling foods, supplies, and property; maintaining quality control; ensuring operator maintenance and repair of food service property; duties also include cleaning facilities; cleaning and sanitizing food service equipment and property, tables and chairs, utensils, dishware, pans etc.; and procuring supplies; and in the event of contingency, performing all required tasks to include continued service. Work will be performed at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2028. This contract was a direct award to the Texas Workforce Commission (the state Licensing Agency on behalf of the Department of Education) under the Randolph Sheppard Act in accordance with 20 U.S. Code 107 implemented through 34 Code of Federal Regulations 395.33(d). Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $9,717,807 are being obligated at time of award. The base year was awarded in the amount of $38,950,751. Wage adjustment increases not to exceed $3,000,000 annually as a result Executive Order 14026 may result in an overall increase of $15,000,000 under this contract, through expiration of the contract. The 502nd Contracting Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is the contracting activity (FA3016-24-D-0007). ARCTOS Technology Solutions LLC, Beavercreek, Ohio, was awarded an $11,999,968 cost-plus-fixed-fee type of contract for the Research and Development of Electronic Materials for Department of the Air Force Applications program. This contract provides for the acquisition of Materials for Integrated Nano-electronic Optoelectronic Structures research and development under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This task order award was based on multiple award, fair opportunity, with two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a $75,000,000 shared ceiling. The focus of this program is research and development in materials, processing, device integration, data sciences, and related enabling technologies to pave the way toward the realization of advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and electronic warfare capabilities for air and space applications at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. Work will be performed at AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by July 30, 2029. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and three offers were received. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $549,106 are being obligated at time of award. AFRL, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contractive activity (FA2394-24-D-B002; FA2394-24-F-B006). UES INC., Dayton, Ohio, was awarded a $11,997,825 cost-plus-fixed-fee type of contract for Research within the Opto-electronic Blueprint for Emergent Sensing Systems program. This contract provides for the acquisition of Materials for Integrated Nano-electronic Optoelectronic Structures research and development under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This task order award was based on multiple award, fair opportunity with two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a $74,900,000 shared ceiling. The focus of this program is research and development in materials, processing, device integration, data sciences, and related enabling technologies to pave the way toward the realization of advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and electronic warfare capabilities for air and space applications at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. Work will be performed at AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by July 30, 2029. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and three offers were received. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,509,000 are being obligated at time of award. AFRL, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contractive activity (FA2394-24-D-B001; FA2394-24-F-B005). Malone Office Supply, Columbus, Georgia, was awarded a $8,354,345 delivery order for furniture reservation. This contract provides for program management, installation, furnishings, and reconfiguration of demountable walls for the Air Force Reserve Command Consolidated Mission Complex. Work will be performed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 26, 2024. This contract a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,354,345 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Sustainment Center, Robins AFB, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8501-24-F-0025). DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a minimum $84,836,357 delivery order (SPRTA1-24-F-0078) and modification (P00007) to a four-year subsumable base contract (SPRTA1-19-D-0001) with one five-year option period for additional pricing for the manufacture and production of B-2 forward duct assemblies. This is a hybrid firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is California, with a June 1, 2026, performance completion. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2024 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., Manassas, Virginia, has been awarded a $24,974,837 modification (P00005) to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (HR001124C0325) for Phase 1B of the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies program. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $29,168,148 from $4,193,311. Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia (96%); and Saint Louis, Missouri (4%), with an expected completion date of June 2025. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and engineering funds in the amount of $650,000 are being obligated at the time of modification award. This contract was a competitive acquisition in accordance with original broad agency announcement HR001123S0031. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity. NAVY Management Services Group Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia, is awarded a $19,219,677 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-20-C-5608) to exercise options for network, processing, and storage of Technical Insertion 16; modification of production equipment, spares, other direct costs, and engineering services. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by April 2025. Foreign Military Sales (Japan) funds in the amount of $17,093,100 (93%); fiscal 2022 other procurement (Navy) funds in amount $744,238 (4%); fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in amount $385,939 (2%); fiscal 2020 ship construction (Navy) funds in the amount $1,593 (1%), will be obligated at time of award, of which $744,238 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. Avian Inc.,* Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $13,397,942 modification (P00039) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0042122C0020). This modification exercises an option to provide contract engineering, program management and administrative support for the design, execution, analysis, evaluation, and reporting of tests and experiments for various aircraft, unmanned air systems, weapons, and weapons systems in support of the Test and Evaluation Program Leadership Division within the Naval Test Wing Atlantic at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in support of the Navy and Foreign Military Sales customers (FMS). Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Maryland, and is expected to be completed in April 2025. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $4,166,919; fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,507,170; fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $406,387; fiscal 2024 working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $149,300; fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $143,805; and FMS customer funds in the amount of $698,167, will be obligated at the time of award, of which $143,805 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. SEACORP LLC,* Middletown, Rhode Island, is awarded a $12,676,255 cost-plus-fixed fee, cost-only, firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of the Common Infrastructure Services subsystem software design, engineering development, integration, testing, logistics, delivery, and life cycle sustainment support. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $72,080,764. Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia (61%); Middletown, Rhode Island (36%); and Waterford, Connecticut (3%), and is expected to be completed by April 2025. If all options are exercised, work will continue through April 2030. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,000,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via System for Award Management (SAM) website, with two offers received. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-24-C-6201). *Small Business

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U.S. and UAE Conduct Joint Military Dialogue

View Online IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. and UAE Conduct Joint Military Dialogue April 30, 2024 Department of Defense spokesperson Lt. Col. Dave Herndon provided the following readout: Senior delegations from the United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met April 29-30 in the Pentagon for the annual U.S.-UAE Joint Military Dialogue (JMD). The JMD is the foremost bilateral defense forum for advancing the U.S.-UAE defense partnership, including reviewing shared security interests as well as discussing a wide range of strategic objectives for the relationship and challenges in the region. The delegations discussed a broad range of regional and defense issues, including regional threats, current regional security dynamics, counterterrorism, maritime security, air and missile defense, and security cooperation. Specific discussions focused on integrated air and missile defense and cooperation on emerging capabilities. In addition, the U.S. Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA) Director, Mr. Michael R. Laychak, and the UAE Assistant Undersecretary for Support and Defence Industries, Major General Mubarak Saeed Al Jabri, formalized a bilateral technology security partnership with the signing of the Cooperative Technology Security Program (CTSP) Execution Plan. The United States and the UAE reaffirmed their commitment to a strong bilateral defense relationship and recognized the UAE as a key partner in addressing regional challenges. Both sides agreed on the importance of the U.S.-UAE strategic partnership as one based on shared interests and shared priorities. The UAE delegation was led by Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen Eisa Al Mazrouie. The U.S. delegation was led by Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Amanda Dory.

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Command Senior Enlisted Leader Assignments

View Online IMMEDIATE RELEASE Command Senior Enlisted Leader Assignments April 30, 2024 The Office of the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced today the following assignments: Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Ted R. Braxton Jr., currently assigned as command chief, 406th Air Expeditionary Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, has been selected to replace Navy Command Master Chief Michael S. Koch as the command senior enlisted leader, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kyle J. Gilliam, currently assigned as command sergeant major, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, has been selected to replace Army Command Sgt. Maj. Corey Perry as the command senior enlisted leader for the Defense Intelligence Agency, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Rose, currently assigned as senior enlisted advisor, Program Executive Office Soldier, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, has been selected to replace Navy Command Master Chief Timothy L. Garman as the command senior enlisted leader, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, Baghdad, Iraq.

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