Washington Examiner: At the Pentagon, Esper and Milley adapt to Trump’s intuitive and impulsive style
Things are getting back to normal at the Pentagon, the new normal that is — a world in which no military plan or policy survives its first contact with the president.
During the first two years of Trump's presidency, the Pentagon, under Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, progressively stepped back from the time-honored tradition of conducting regular public briefings by an official representative to inform the press, and by extension the American public, how and why U.S. forces were engaged in dangerous, deadly missions around the world.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 8, 2019
US military ops in Syria getting complicated for Washington -- AFP
US envoy to Syria says Trump administration didn't do enough to prevent Turkish invasion: report -- The Hill
Pentagon: Revenue from Syria oil fields going to Kurdish-led forces -- The Hill
USAF Sees No Widespread Safety Issues with F-16s Despite Recent Crashes -- Air Force Magazine
Keel laid for U.S. Navy's first Arleigh Burke Flight III destroyer -- UPI
The Navy's Secretive And Revolutionary Program To Project False Fleets From Drone Swarms -- Warzone/The Drive
Air Force tests ATHENA laser weapon against multiple drones -- UPI
How the US military has quietly built up a facial recognition database with more than 7.4MILLION identities - including active American and Allied troops as well as terrorists -- Daily Signal
The Army Must Prepare for the Next Great-Power Competition -- National Interest
US Army plans for a new network are in danger as the service faces an extended continuing resolution amid hang-ups in Congress -- Business Insider
Fewer airmen, fewer bombs and delayed F-15s: Goldfein outlines effects of continuing resolution -- Defense News
Army Creates Super Detailed Skull X-Rays in Search for a Better Military Helmet -- Popular Mechanics
High-Ranking Dog Provides Key Training For Military's Medical Students -- NPR
Why Are We Rebuilding the ‘Nuclear Sponge’? -- National Interest
False alarm: 1979 NORAD scare was one of several nuclear close calls -- UPI
Chinese Surveillance Tech Could Be Watching the U.S. Military -- Popular Mechanics
Reports: U.S. demand for $5B South Korea burden sharing extends to Mideast -- UPI
The Decline of America’s Military, and Why It Matters -- Katrina Trinko, Daily signal
New book documents the Marines of Anbar and the brutal fight for the Haditha Triad -- Marine Times
More money, more missions: German defense minister unveils her plan for the Bundeswehr -- Defense News
Germany Remains Tepid on NATO 2-Percent Goal -- Spiegel Online
Five European navies rally around Cold War-era ‘Channel Committee’ -- Defense News
Austrian army colonel charged with spying for Russia -- DW
Norway Flies With B-52s Above Arctic; IOC For Their F-35s -- Breaking Defense
How Russia could force a nuclear war in the Baltics -- Bloomberg
Our mid-range missiles don’t pose threat to Washington...UNLESS it moves its missiles ‘too close’ – top Chinese diplomat -- RT
Israeli PM appoints new defence minister, boosting Likud party -- AFP
No F-35 Required: These 5 Weapons Show Why Fighting Israel's Military Is A Losing Battle -- Robert Farley, National Interest
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