National Defense

If You Did Space Ops, You Could Become a ‘Legacy Guardian’

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Before the Space Force was founded in December 2019, Airmen ruled the heavens, at least as far as most military space activities were concerned. For decades tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of Airmen controlled and acquired satellites, managed communications and intelligence, and performed other space missions. Air Force Space Command claimed more than 26,000…

New STRATCOM center to oversee major informational operations from Offutt AFB

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BELLEVUE, Neb. (WOWT) - Officials at Offutt Air Force Base announced Wednesday that a new organization that will oversee key grids needed to maintain national security.  U.S. Strategic Command, known as STRATCOM, is the Defense Department’s leading command responsible for operating missile defense and maintaining a global information grid. There, the Electromagnetic Spectrum…

Dearth of jamming gear follows years of ‘autopilot,’ says Rep. Bacon

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The U.S. military is failing to speedily develop and deploy electronic warfare equipment amid a global competition for electromagnetic spectrum supremacy, according to a congressman who served in the Air Force for more than two decades. After years of putting electronic warfare on “autopilot,” troops’ ability to now jam and spoof and spy from afar has “withered,” said Rep. Don…

Bacon Praises House Passage of the 2024 NDAA

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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) joined his House colleagues last week in voting for H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a bi-partisan majority of 219 to 210. “For the 63rd consecutive year, the House of Representatives has passed bi-partisan legislation providing for the…

Iran seeks explanation from Baghdad and Erbil over proposed US air defence system

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Iran on Monday requested the Iraqi federal government in Baghdad as well as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil to explain efforts by the US Congress to provide air defence systems to the Iraqi Kurdistan region. The House Armed Services Committee last week passed an amendment by Republican Congressman Don Bacon supporting the transfer of air defence…

Defense Committee Unanimously Adopts 32 of Bacon’s Amendments

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Danielle Jensen Defense Committee Unanimously Adopts 32 of Bacon’s Amendments Washington, D.C. – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02), member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), voted Thursday morning in favor of advancing H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act…

House Lawmakers Propose NDAA Measure to Boost Nuclear Weapon Cybersecurity

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Reps. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif.; Don Bacon, R-Neb.; and Mike Gallagher, R-Wis. have proposed including a bipartisan measure in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that aims to safeguard nuclear weapons systems from cyberattacks. The proposed language would establish a new working group within the Department of Defense to inventory nuclear weapon systems that are potentially…

Lawmakers eyeing even more boosts to junior enlisted pay

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In the last two weeks, House lawmakers have proposed huge increases to junior enlisted pay, monthly bonuses for those servicemembers to help deal with inflation, and new reforms to boost housing and assistance stipends to ensure their families don’t face financial struggles. But even more proposals for those troops may be on the way in months to come. Read more here.