President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to a man who died defending his fellow soldiers 42 years and six days ago, and who the commander-in-chief said represents a generation’s honorable and undervalued service. Story | Video
The U.S. military must leverage emerging technologies and capabilities to create Joint Force 2020, the fighting force of the future, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the audience at the 2012 Joint Warfighting Conference. Story
The Army wants to create a leaner and more agile force over the next seven years. But sequestration, the threatened automatic across the board spending cuts required by law, would derail that plan, the service’s top uniformed leader said. Story
Army officers in charge of training and force development are now gathering data to help determine whether -- and how -- to open infantry and armor ranks to women, the service’s senior soldier said. Story | Video
The U.S.-South Korea alliance provides security and stability in Northeast Asia and that partnership will continue into the future, said Brig. Gen. Kang Yong-hee, chief of public affairs for the South Korean Army. Story
A program started almost two decades ago to support former Soviet bloc militaries following the Cold War has proven to be a U.S. model for building long-standing military-to-military and civil-military relationships around the world. Story | Special
A new book published by the Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense describes changes in military weapons systems acquisition during the 15 years following World War II. Story
With safety remaining his top concern, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has ordered the Air Force to take additional steps to mitigate risks to F-22 pilots, George Little, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said. Story | Transcript
Pentagon officials hope the Pakistani government will reopen the ground supply lines into Afghanistan “in the very near future,” George Little, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, told reporters. Story | Transcript
The Joint Chiefs of Staff is developing the framework to tie operational capabilities to the military strategy guidance the Defense Department released in January, a senior Pentagon official said. Story
NATO commitments to Afghanistan expected at the alliance’s summit in Chicago next week will build on progress and will demonstrate long-term international support for Afghanistan while setting the stage for continued progress, the deputy U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said. Story
The United States will announce at next week’s NATO summit in Chicago that the new missile defense system in Europe has reached interim operational capability, the alliance’s supreme allied commander for Europe said. Story | Special
The U.S. military is operating in an increasingly dangerous world in which it is going to have to do more with less, given increasingly tight budgets, the Joint Staff’s director of joint force development told the sixth annual 2012 Joint Warfighting Conference. Story
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