The Secretary of Defense is the leader and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense, an Executive Department of the Government of the United States of America. The Secretary of Defense's power over the United States military is second only to that of the President.
NATO-KFOR's mission is to contribute to maintaining a safe and secure environment as mandated by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244. In carrying out its mission, NATO cooperates and assists the United Nations, the European Union and other international actors, as appropriate, to support the development of a stable and peaceful Kosovo.
KFOR supports the development of...
U.S. Central Command - Disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its extremist allies and to set conditions in Afghanistan to prevent reestablishment of trans-national extremist sanctuaries
Kowari is an Australian army-hosted survival skills exercise designed to increase defense cooperation between forces from the U.S. (Army and Marine), Australia and China (PLA /PLN).
Clear Horizon is a US Navy led annual, bilateral exercise with the ROK navy designed to enhance cooperation and improve capabilities in mine countermeasure operations. During the exercise, U.S. and ROK navy ships and expeditionary units will practice clearing routes for shipping and conduct training surveys for clearing operational areas. Mine clearing helicopters will rehearse mine...
Global Strike Challenge is the world's premier bomber, Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile, helicopter operations and security forces competition
with units from Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Combat Command, Air
Force Reserve Command and the Air National Guard. AFGSC's fourth Global
Strike Challenge competition will culminate with team arrivals, a symposium
and score posting events...
On Oct. 19, U.S. Army North began planning to train 30 military medical personnel to support a potential request to support civil authorities in responding to Ebola cases in the United States.
DOD’s initial response to the Ebola outbreak began in late September, when the Department of Defense deployed about 4,000 troops to West Africa in support of United States Agency for International...
Held every October in Washington, D.C., the AUSA Annual Meeting is the largest landpower exposition and professional development forum in North America. The Annual Meeting consists of informative presentations, panel discussions on pertinent military and national security subjects, workshops and important AUSA business meetings.
