Tag: Secretary Of Defense
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Peterson SFB honored for installation excellence
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week that Peterson Space Force Base has received the Commander-in-Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence. Each year, an installation from each of the service branches and the Defense Logistics Agency is chosen for the award. Some of the other honorees included Fort Bliss in Texas, Marine Corps Air Station…
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Crank’s bill could make carrying personal weapons on base easier permanently
In early April, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a policy making it easier for service members to get approval to carry personal weapons on military bases, a change that could become permanent through proposed legislation. U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colorado Springs, introduced a bill Thursday to ensure that commanding officers will review requests from service…
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Secretary Hegseth promises to unleash small defense companies during Colorado visit
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited Colorado space companies Monday and promised to cut bureaucracy within the Pentagon to ensure smaller defense businesses have a chance to compete for contracts. “If we are going to have space dominance and deterrence, we need to unleash every company possible,” said Hegseth, in a video filmed at True…
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Pete Hegseth could bring sweeping change as Defense Secretary — but there are limits
The Senate voted Thursday to advance Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary of defense, amid sweeping changes to military policies such as a potential ban on transgender troops and the end of all diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The former Army National Guardsmen and Fox News host will face a second vote Friday, but…
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Governors of 48 states push back on DOD plan for space Air National Guard units
Governors of 48 states and several territories are opposing a Department of Defense plan to move space-focused National Guard units into the active-duty Space Force. The move would effect 14 units, including seven in Colorado, based in Colorado Springs, Denver and Greeley. The units work in specialized areas, such as missile warning and electromagnetic warfare.…
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Colorado Springs mayor, others urge Pentagon to reverse Space Command decision
Local leaders including Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers inked a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, overturning a January Trump administration decision to uproot it and send its 1,400 troops to Alabama. Decrying the Alabama move as too costly and motivated by politics, Suthers was…