El Paso Times: The way Command Sgt. Maj. Darrin L.M. Jefferies figures it, everyone has a “shelf life,” and at some point, it is time to move on to a different phase of life. Jefferies, a 49-year-old from East Spencer, N.C., relinquished his position as the senior enlisted leader with the 32nd Army Air and… read more
Redstone Rocket: Clinging to a slim lead, the Fireballs needed three outs to preserve a back-and-forth win against Hit to Kill. Their defense came through. The Fireballs infielders caught two line drives with runners in scoring position in the last inning to edge Hit to Kill 10-9 on May 20 at the NASA softball field.… read more
Guampdn: Guam is close to getting a permanently stationed missile defense system, said the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. The chairman, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, made the statement at the end of a congressional delegation’s three-day Guam visit yesterday. He didn’t give a time frame during the short interview… read more
Yonhap News: WASHINGTON, May 25 (Yonhap) — Leaders of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee have added US$20 million to next year’s defense budget for the development of a new missile defense program aimed at defending against threats from North Korea and Iran. The committee’s recently completed markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for… read more
JoongAng Daily: The South Korean government has concluded that an advanced but controversial U.S.-built anti-ballistic missile defense system is the most effective way to counter North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats based on a months-long review, a top Park Geun-hye administration official told the JoongAng Ilbo on Wednesday. “The Ministry of National Defense and the… read more
Battle Creek Enquirer: U.S. Sen. Gary Peters has urged the Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency to select Fort Custer as the site of a missile defense system. Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, wrote a letter to Vice Admiral James D. Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, touting the Fort Custer Training Center’s benefits for the… read more
IHS Jane’s 360: The Pentagon is honing its missile defence priorities and protecting the homeland with the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system is to have precedence, with cruise missile defence efforts for the capital region beginning to garner more attention. US Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) top national security interest is the country’s survival and a… read more
Department of State: Frank A. Rose Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS) Introduction Thank you so much for that warm introduction. It is a pleasure to speak at this ICAS Symposium today and to return to Capitol Hill where I began my career just across the street on… read more
Department of Defense: WASHINGTON, May 19, 2015 – The Defense Department has not made a decision on the establishment of an East Coast-based missile defense site, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr. focused on U.S. missile defense during a discussion on national security at… read more
ABC News: Ukraine is open to considering proposals to place a ballistic missile-defense system on its territory to ward off the risk of attacks from Russia, a senior Ukrainian defense official said Wednesday. So far no one has offered. Oleksandr Turchynov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security Council, told Ukrinform news agency in an interview… read more