Interview With Vice Adm. Alan S. Thompson, Director, Defense Logistics Agency
Vice Adm. Alan S. Thompson became director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in November 2008. Directing an organization of …
U.S. Navy
Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE: Field-stripping, First Strike Rations, and the Humanitarian Daily Ration
Thirty years of history, including employment in at least five conflicts, are behind the “Meal, Ready-to-Eat.” So far we’ve outlined …
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Stays On-Track
A decade into the effort to renew and enhance the U.S. Navy’s critical airborne battle management command and control platform, …
Ready To Eat! 30 Years of the MRE: Part Two
Keeping the MRE current and in-step with warfighter needs and preferences is a constant challenge for the relatively small Combat …
It Could Have Been Worse
In terms of physical and morale damage, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor remains one of America’s worst military defeats. …
Utah Was the “Not So Famous” Battleship Sunk During the Pearl Harbor Attack
As we mark the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War …
Comes a New Cold War?
Without fanfare or finger pointing, senior Defense Department officials make it abundantly clear that the United States and China are …
Ready To Eat! 30 Years of the MRE: A New Kind of Ration
For the last three decades, and for at least as many generations of warfighters, the individual combat ration known as …
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s Thanksgiving Day Message
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta offered his gratitude to service members and their families in a Thanksgiving message Nov. 22, …
Sequestration: What’s Next?
As virtually everyone now knows, the congressional super committee’s abject failure to reach a deficit reduction agreement has triggered “sequestration.” …