Refer a friend, get a new ribbon. Rear Adm. Dan Cheever will become the next Naval Air Forces commander, and Rear Adm. James P. Downey will head NAVSEA. “We need to be able to use a scalpel and not a meat ax,” said Harlan Ullman, the defense consultant credited with coining "shock and awe." The measure advanced out of a key Senate committee for the first time. Lawmakers are eyeing NORAD's capabilities after a suspected Chinese spy balloon and other objects pierced North America's airspace. The chief of the National Guard Bureau talks training and deployments. A slate of Pentagon nominations may not advance this year amid Capitol Hill opposition. And if they don't, the process restarts. VA officials and veterans advocates have warned that many veterans may be taken advantage of by lawyers filing suits related to water contamination there. At least 92 veterans will be part of the 118th Congress next year. Only 91 veterans were elected to House and Senate seats in 2020. Load More