Military Justice Code’s First Update in 30 Years
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Pentagon proposes the first changes to Military Justice in 30 years, adding transparency, reports Stars and Stripes, two years after then-DefSec Chuck Hagel ordered a comprehensive review of the military justice system after persistent sexual assault controversies.
US Secret Service reiterates, absolutely no guns at GOP Convention, UPI reports out of a weekend of online petitions asking Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich to eliminate the service’s “gun free zone” inside the convention venue.
In the last year the US sold $33 billion in weapons to Gulf countries, reports Fortune. This year CIA-armed militias are shooting at Pentagon-armed ones in Syria, reports The Chicago Tribune, “a fairly new phenomenon,” says the top Democratic on the House Intelligence Committee, “It is part of the three-dimensional chess that is the Syrian battlefield,” says Rep. Adam Schiff of CA.
Defense News reports, the Strategic Capabilities Office looks for industry feedback on re-purposing existing technologies to plug short term capability gaps. Army Times quotes Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley complaining about the convoluted, slow and expensive acquisitions process, “We’re not figuring out the next lunar landing. This is a pistol. Two years to test? At $17 million?” You give me $17 million on a credit card, and I’ll call Cabela’s tonight, and I’ll outfit every soldier, sailor, airman and Marine with a pistol for $17 million. And I’ll get a discount on a bulk buy.”
The Justice Department charged seven Iranians with cyber crimes for hacking into US infrastructure systems, financial institutions and other organizations, reports Defense Systems
Many veterans with PTSD and combat-related depression take part in recreational activities to relieve tension, Retired Army medic Robin Krauth found relief in Lego bricks, reports Military Times.
The US Air Force announces the A-10 retirement, planned to begin in fiscal year 2018 reports The Aviationist.
Shoddy pipes trip up one of Navy’s top shipbuilding programs, reports Navy Times.
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is being awarded a $75,320,272 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for up to 1,075,200 man-hours of technical and engineering services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Combat Integration and Identification Systems Division, as well as the governments of Japan and Australia. Services to be provided include system integration, installation testing and evaluation, in-service engineering, logistics, repair and validation, training, laboratory maintenance, quality assurance, and technical management. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Maryland (80 percent); and various ship/shore locations within the U.S. and outside of the U.S. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2020. No funds are being obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are placed. This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($69,294,896; 92 percent); and the governments of Australia ($564,533; 0.75 percent); and Japan ($188,178; 0.25 percent), under the Foreign Military Sales program, and Lockheed Martin Corp. via a commercial services agreement ($5,272,665; 7 percent). This contract was competitively procured via an electronic request for proposals and three proposals were received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00421-16-D-0002)
