#SecDef

Oriana Pawlyk

Oriana0214

RT @laraseligman: Joint Staff spox on POTUS testing+ for Covid: "There’s been no change to our alert levels. The US military stands ready to defend our country and its citizens.

David B. Larter

DavidLarter

Never thought I'd hear Esper reference Mahan in a speech, but here we are. Perhaps it was a reading assignment from Robert O'Brien.But on to a wee thread about this

Sean Patrick Hughes

seanphughes99

1-I've been asked a bunch. So here's my take on Capt #Crozier 's firing. Disclaimer: Within my year group and the ones immediately following me at Annapolis , there are

Mike Hankins

Hankinstien

28 years ago today, the US military removed the ban on women in combat aviation, allowing women to become combat pilots. The decision was a culmination of activism, internal and

ProPublica

propublica

On Friday, @secdef announced new measures Friday intended to address growing concerns about extremists in the DOD & armed forces. @ProPublica has been covering this issue for years. (THREAD)https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/13805

Perry World House

perryworldhouse

We're now starting coverage of today's conversation on the future of defense policy with former U.S. SecDef Chuck Hagel and @trudyrubin, following an introduction from @PennBiden's @mikercarpenter. Follow this thread

Stephen Tankel

StephenTankel

1/11 The 2018 NDS prioritized strategic competition, but DoD is still struggling to turn the page on counterterrorism. I’ve got a new paper out with @CNASdc on the need to

Ryan Goodman

rgoodlaw

Why were entries in this Dept of Defense timeline not included in the DoD timeline presented to public and to Congress?#CapitolRiots"previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use"(@LisaMascaro

Ryan Goodman

rgoodlaw

I just published:"Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin, While Taking No Action Against Russia Arming Taliban"Relying on interviews with several former Trump administration officials who spoke to me

Mars

MarsAscendant

Chain of command (CoC). This seems to be misunderstood by a lot of people and ignored by others. It is also why the "military" did not move faster to intervene

Steph

covertress

Alien Threat File Number 44022 As early as the late 40's, Forrestal's people in the Navy were aware of multiple alien species who posed a threat to the US.

Dan Lamothe

DanLamothe

The Pentagon plans to dispatch the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds in a multi-city effort to "champion national unity" amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to defense officials

XVIII Airborne Corps

18airbornecorps

1 of 10:Earlier today we explained that the XVIII Airborne Corps was alerted for a possible invasion of Cuba in the frenzied first four days of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Garrett M. Graff

vermontgmg

THREAD: So let's consider how laughable the idea of Chad Wolf, aka @DHS_Wolf, as a Senate-confirmed DHS secretary should be—compared to the resumes and experience of his predecessors:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/12982965

Eric Garland

ericgarland

BOUNTYGATE GETS WORSE: Trump received intelligence about the Russians arming the Taliban to kill American troops in *2017.*Trump's response? Push to give Putin classified intelligence - for *years.* From @rgoodlaw:https://www.justsecuri

Chief on the Border

AnnoyedHRguy

So...as an AG officer and self-professed nerd and comic-aficionado, I’ve thought about this in fairly excruciating detail and here’s what I THINK would be done using the context of current