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The Defense Department recognizes the service and sacrifice of our military families, and dedicates resources, services, policies and programs to support the more than 2 million uniformed service members and 2.6 million family members across the globe.
The Defense Department is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services and the State Department to provide support in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.
Using the resources of the federal government and the U.S. private sector, Operation Warp Speed will accelerate the testing, supply, development, and distribution of safe and effective vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to counter COVID-19 by January 2021.
The National Defense Strategy provides a clear road map for the Department of Defense to meet the challenges posed by a re-emergence of long-term strategic competition with China and Russia. The National Defense Strategy acknowledges an increasingly complex global security environment, characterized by overt challenges to the free and open international order.
In late September, more than 170 North Carolina National Guardsmen were activated to support their state and ease the pressure of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Optimism exists for two safe and highly effective vaccines that could soon be authorized by the Food and Drug Administration from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna, Operation Warp Speed officials said in a press conference.
The Trusted Capital Marketplace project is a Defense Department effort meant to support the defense industrial base and limit the access of adversary nations to American technology.
To better compete, Space Force places a premium on speed, the chief of space operations said at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference.
The Defense Department started the process of elevating special operations forces on par with military departments, according to the acting defense secretary.
Two years ago the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center was created to grab the transformative potential of artificial intelligence technology for the benefit of America's national security, and it has grown substantially from humble beginnings.

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