The Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review (Updated)

Robert F. Hale, the Defense Department's comptroller; Christine E. Wormuth, deputy undersecretary for strategy, plans and force development; and Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay, Joint Staff director for force structure, resources and assessments, respond to questions from reporters about the department's fiscal year 2015 budget request at the Pentagon, March 4, 2014. Wormuth also discussed the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett

Quadrennial Defense Review Charts Strategy Evolution -- US Department of Defense

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4, 2014 – The 2014 version of the Quadrennial Defense Review takes the defense strategic guidance formulated in 2012 and evolves it through the future, a senior Pentagon official said.

Christine E. Wormuth, deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans and force development, said the congressionally mandated QDR is an opportunity for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to lay out his vision and for the department, to refine defense strategy and to tell how the Defense Department will adapt the joint force to support it.

“This QDR is an evolution in the defense strategy process we’ve had,” said Wormuth, who has been nominated to be undersecretary of defense for policy. “Having come out of Iraq and beginning the process of transitioning in Afghanistan, this QDR looks to the future and talks about how the strategy needs to evolve and how the department needs to rebalance in an era of fiscal restraint.”

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WNU Editor: The Quadrennial Defense Review is here. The Quadrennial Defense Review fact sheet is here.

The Pentagon Releases It's Quadrennial Defense Review

Robert F. Hale, the Defense Department's comptroller; Christine E. Wormuth, deputy undersecretary for strategy, plans and force development; and Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay, Joint Staff director for force structure, resources and assessments, respond to questions from reporters about the department's fiscal year 2015 budget request at the Pentagon, March 4, 2014. Wormuth also discussed the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett

Quadrennial Defense Review Charts Strategy Evolution -- US Department of Defense

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4, 2014 – The 2014 version of the Quadrennial Defense Review takes the defense strategic guidance formulated in 2012 and evolves it through the future, a senior Pentagon official said.

Christine E. Wormuth, deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans and force development, said the congressionally mandated QDR is an opportunity for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to lay out his vision and for the department, to refine defense strategy and to tell how the Defense Department will adapt the joint force to support it.

“This QDR is an evolution in the defense strategy process we’ve had,” said Wormuth, who has been nominated to be undersecretary of defense for policy. “Having come out of Iraq and beginning the process of transitioning in Afghanistan, this QDR looks to the future and talks about how the strategy needs to evolve and how the department needs to rebalance in an era of fiscal restraint.”

Read more ....

More News On The Pentagon Releasing It's Quadrennial Defense Review

QDR Emphasizes Cyber, Science and Technology -- Defense News
Pentagon’s QDR Proclaims Military Ready To Do It All -- Defense One
Military’s top general offers grim outlook on nation’s defense -- Star Telegram/McClatchy News
In new QDR, Pentagon highlights N. Korea's threat under its unpredictable regime -- Yonhap News Agency
House Armed Services Chairman Rejects Defense Review for First Time in History -- The Blaze

WNU Editor: The Quadrennial Defense Review is here. The Quadrennial Defense Review fact sheet is here.

We will be updating this post late Wednesday night.

Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review Is About To Begin

Secretary Of Defense Robert Gates

Gates's Next Lever To Reshape The Pentagon: QDR -- Christian Science Monitor

This week, the Defense Department will begin the Quadrennial Defense Review, a year-long study that should help the secretary put his stamp on the military.

Washington - Defense Secretary Robert Gates's bid to remake the Pentagon enters a new and crucial phase this week as the Defense Department begins a year-long review of its own strategy that will inform how it should spend billions of dollars and what its priorities should be.

The result is the Quadrennial Defense Review, and in addition to the Pentagon budget, the QDR is one of the most powerful tools at Secretary Gates's disposal to try to put the military on a new course. He has argued the Pentagon must get its head in the current fights in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of gazing at the strategic horizon – preparing for hypothetical threats, such as the one posed by China.

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My Comment:The Pentagon's budget and this Review will determine the direction and scope for American's military forces for the next few years. Expect everyone to now come out of the woodwork to provide their input on this matter.