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DoD hiring freeze ‘severely’ impacts military child care centers

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Military Health Care Increases Force Lethality, Readiness

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DOD Issues Guidance to Advance Civilian Workforce Overhaul

Pentagon Kicks Off Major Effort to Reshape Its Civilian Workforce

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Hegseth Announces Additional $5.1 Billion in DOD Spending Cuts

Defense Acquisition, Exports, and Shipbuilding Figure in Trio of New Executive Orders

Trump Directs Pentagon To Tee Up Major Acquisition Programs for Potential Cancellation

White House executive order aims to speed arm sales, cut red tape

Trump sends DOGE to review the Navy

Troops need better health care access, top enlisted tell lawmakers

Pentagon can re-fire some probationary workers, Supreme Court says

Feinberg releases new guidance for DOD’s civilian workforce shakeup

Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget

DOD Memo Outlines Reporting Instructions for Terminated, Canceled Awards

Pentagon Ready to Let AI Make Some Decisions

DOD Task Force to Assess Progress of DEI Elimination

Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers

Hill wants $15 billion for weapons Pentagon didn’t seek: report

DoD hiring still mostly frozen, but these positions are exempt

DoD floats 2035 as goal for zero trust in weapons systems

Feinberg initiates Pentagon’s implementation of DOGE-influenced regulatory review

Nominee for Chairman: Military's Top Job is Creating Peace Through Strength

DOD’s deferred resignation program to be offered April 7-14

Commentary: The Department of Defense has a user experience problem

Trump taps hypersonics expert to oversee Pentagon’s S&T portfolio

Pentagon Eliminates Lower Fitness Standards for Women in Combat Roles

SecDef gives DOD leaders less than two weeks to lay out cuts, changes

DOD reopens deferred resignation program amid push to reduce civilian workforce

20 Years After BRAC ’05: What Comes Next for our Bases and Defense Communities?

Fewer Military Families Report Moving Delays Under New System, TRANSCOM Chief Says

Navy’s Shipbuilding Strategy Requires Total Overhaul to Meet Aims, Audit Finds

Saltzman Wants ‘Fundamental Shift’ in Space Force Budget

Amid Shortage, Navy Recruiting Program Struggles to Keep Half First-Year Shipbuilders: Official

Transition Assistance Programs Offer a ‘Firehose of Information’ But Little Opportunity to Plan Careers Post-Military, Veterans Advocates Say

Pentagon Memo Lays Out Push for Advana to Become Formal Program of Record

Families at Utah Air Force Base Lose Day Care Center as Pentagon Slashes Personnel Spending

DOD Teachers, Child Care Workers, Civilian MEPS and Maintenance Workers Included in Categories Exempted from Pentagon Hiring Freeze

Does America Face a “Ship Gap” With China?

DoD works to reinstate fired probationary employees, many still await answers

Defense Secretary Hosts Elon Musk at Pentagon

GOP defense appropriators spell out CR funding levels for weapons. Will the DoD listen?

Pentagon weighs major cuts to top of US military

Opinion: Here are 10 ways DOGE can remake our outdated Defense Department

Congress sets Pentagon research, development, test and evaluation spending at $141B

Pentagon hiring freeze holds previously approved job moves hostage

Senate confirms Trump’s pick for deputy secretary of defense

How 2016 NDAA Transformed OTAs into Key Defense Contracting Tool

10 Years in, the Defense Innovation Unit Needs to Pivot

Service Leaders Beg for Flexibility as Full-Year Continuing Resolution Looms

Additional Defense Funds in Reconciliation Bill ‘May Not Be Enough’: SASC Chairman

Military Medical System Unprepared for Future Conflict, Experts Say

5 Reasons Veterans Are Especially Hard-Hit by Federal Cuts

The Pentagon Needs A Software Update—Literally

GOP Plan to Avert Government Shutdown Would Fund Next Month's Junior Enlisted Pay Raise

Veterans, Top Performers Among Those Fired at DoD in First Round of Layoffs

GAO: Shipbuilding and Repair: Navy Needs a Strategic Approach for Private Sector Industrial Base Investments

Probationary Workers from Navy, Defense Health and Logistics Agencies First to be Cut Amid DOD Layoffs

DOD Reviewing Contracting Policies, Procedures and Personnel to Comply with Trump’s DOGE Directive

Hegseth Mandates Streamlined Software Acquisition Approach in New Memo

House GOP seeks spending cuts, defense increases in plan to avert shutdown

Pentagon aims to accelerate acquisition of new tech through software-contracting change

Defense Department begins first round of layoffs

DOD reviewing contracting policies, procedures and personnel to comply with Trump’s DOGE directive

Pentagon Watchdog Halts Review of Military Efforts to Root Out Extremism

Commentary: It’s Time to Build the Digital Century Series

DOD releases new guidance on ‘situational telework’

Trump announces new White House shipbuilding office

GAO: DOD Real Property: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Underutilized and Excess Facilities

Military services ordered to remove all DoD news and media promoting DEI

Comply with the next ‘what you did last week’ email, Hegseth tells Pentagon civilians

Opinion: The Pentagon's Joint Requirements Process Must Go

Transgender Troops to Be Separated From Military in New Pentagon Directive

NDIA Vital Signs 2025

New Report: A $45B ‘Recovery Plan’ for the Department of the Air Force

Billionaire Nominee for Deputy Defense Secretary Grilled on Plans to Slash Staff, Budget

Nominee for Pentagon No. 2: ‘Plug’ shortages, kill legacy programs to ‘defeat’ China

GAO: High-Risk Series: Heightened Attention Could Save Billions More and Improve Government Efficiency and Effectiveness

CBO: Atlas of Military Compensation, 2024

CRS: DOD Policy Changes: Reproductive Health Benefits

Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon

Pentagon to Fire Up to 61,000 Workers, Starting with 5,400 Next Week

Hegseth Addresses Strengthening Military by Cutting Excess, Refocusing DOD Budget

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Statement on General Officer Nominations

Lawmakers to DOGE: Use a scalpel, not a sledgehammer at the Pentagon

DOD to review all consulting contracts as it looks to cut those that aren’t ‘essential’ to Trump’s priorities

Pentagon seeks to shift $50B in planned funding to new priorities in FY26

Defense Department firings expected to start soon, officials say

What Are Key Milestones and Decisions Affecting U.S. Defense Spending in 2025?

Hegseth Says DOD to Reform Foreign Military Sales Process

GAO: TRICARE Changes Could Affect Military Servicemembers’ Access to Pharmacies

Return-to-Work Order Created ‘Panic’ Among Military-Spouse Federal Workers

Trump Firings of Inspectors General Violated Federal Law, Pentagon and VA Watchdogs Say in New Lawsuit

'We Welcome DOGE': Hegseth Says Musk Can Find Billions of Dollars in Pentagon Cuts

Pentagon's Hegseth Sees Growth in Defense Spending Despite Musk Review

Air Force's Big Reorganization Effort Focused on China Paused by Defense Secretary

Donald Trump Vows to Cut Billions of Dollars from US Defense Spending

Hegseth: Defense Department must return to long-term planning against strategic adversaries

Pentagon Prioritizes Homeland Defense, Warfighting, Slashing Wasteful Spending

Trump Orders DoD to Study School Choice Options for Military Families

Blast Pressure Injuries May Affect More Than the Brain of Troops, New Data Shows

Marine Corps passes second straight audit as other services lag behind

With military housing costs skyrocketing, Democratic senators request Pentagon action

GAO: Navy Surface Ships: Maintenance Funds and Actions Needed to Address Ongoing Challenges

Defense Secretary Directs Creation of Task Force to Restore America's Fighting Force

Army contracts are not halted, Pentagon clarifies after service email provokes confusion

Pentagon says small business programs not part of grant funding pause

Watchdogs at Pentagon, VA Fired in Purge of Inspectors General Across Federal Government

New SASC Chair Sets Sight on $200B Defense Boost, Major Acquisition Reform Push

Executive Orders Expected Monday that Cancel Military DEI Programs, Reinstate Troops who Refused COVID Vaccines, Hegseth Says

Trump signs orders focused on reshaping US military

Hegseth highlights ‘Iron Dome for America’, other first priorities as new SecDef

Commentary: An Early, Easy, and Essential Win for Trump on Defense Acquisitions Is Within Reach

Possible cuts for Army, DoD civilian workforce reduction under Trump defense advisors

Despite high-profile exits, most Defense Business, Innovation Boards intact

Pentagon, agencies must end telework, remote work in 30 days, OPM says

GAO Report on Pentagon Modular Weapon Systems

Broad exemptions to Trump's federal hiring freeze begin to take shape

DOD Establishes Policy for Joint Production Accelerator Cell

Trump wants a faster security clearance process, too

Trump names acting defense secretary with Hegseth not yet confirmed

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Trump chooses spy agency official for Air Force secretary

Defense Department Bids Farewell to Outgoing Commander in Chief

Drones expected to remain a DOD priority under Trump, according to SecDef nominee Hegseth

Troop Pay Is Competitive with Civilian Workers, Pentagon Finds in Quadrennial Review

More Military Children Will Soon Have Access to DOD-Operated Schools

Pentagon Report Backs Quality-of-Life Tweaks, Not Major Pay Changes

Military pay ‘more than adequate,’ Pentagon review finds

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DOD Expands Eligibility for Flexible Spending Accounts to Some Guard Members

DoD advisory board calls on the Pentagon to expand DIU

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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, faces tough confirmation test

Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks at the Defense Innovation Board's Public Meeting

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Pilot program begins helping DOD civilians navigate off-base health care in Japan

Pentagon Forms Strategic & Critical Materials Board of Directors

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The armed forces are urged to better evaluate field medicine

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DoD keeps pushing for the next-gen of IT and cyber systems: 2024 in review

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Departing Air Force Secretary Will Leave Space Weaponry as a Legacy

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President Biden signs the annual defense policy bill into law

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Defense Business Board Report: Industry Partnership for Crises

CDAO, the Pentagon’s AI-accelerating office, undergoing restructuring before presidential transition

US Senate Advances Massive Defense Bill, Despite Transgender Provision

Several Pentagon commands failed to keep good track of classified mobile devices, audit finds

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Blast Pressure Injuries May Affect More Than the Brain of Troops, New Data Shows

February 6, 2025

Daniel Johnson

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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/06/blast-pressure-injuries-may-affect-more-brain-of-troops-new-data-shows.html

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