By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a DOD-wide “stand down” to discuss the problem of extremism in the ranks, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today. The January 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capital ripped open raw the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has directed a “zero-based review” of all Defense Department advisory committees, according to a DOD memo. General Austin directed all members of the committees to resign from the committees by Feb. 16, according
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is departing the Central Command area of responsibility in the Persian Gulf and moving into the U.S. Indo-Pacific region, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced Tuesday. The carrier is homeported in Bremerton, Washington.
(credit: UKMOD / British Defense Minister Ben Wallace visits the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), where UK soldiers prepare for global operations during East Africa visit Jan. 21-23, 2021. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF REPORT British Defense Minister Ben Wallace travelled to East African nations of
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Jack Eaton, the oldest living Tomb Sentinel, died in December at the age of 101. Corporal Eaton passed away from COVID-19 induced pneumonia, according to his family. Eaton was known as the oldest known living sentinel that guarded
(credit: UN Somalia) Violent extremists have carried out bombings in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on various occasions. Pictured here is the aftermath of a car bomb attack on the city’s Banadir Beach hotel in August 2016. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS
(credit: africom.mil) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Africa Command forces completed the first engagement into Somalia since the successful repositioning of U.S. forces under Joint Task Force – Quartz on January 30. This engagement continues the long-standing partnership between U.S. and Somali
(credit: Wikipedia) The alleged scheme entailed traders misappropriating material, nonpublic information and to use that information to engage in fraudulent, pre-arranged trades in natural gas futures contracts By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A former natural gas trader pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with a Michigan National Guardsman during a visit to the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2021. (credit: DOD) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Sometimes a personal visit from the top dawg at the Pentagon
The entrance to Camp 1 in Guantanamo Bay’s Camp Delta. (Wikipedia Kathleen T. Rhem) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Pentagon announced over the weekend it is halting a controversial plan to offer coronavirus vaccinations to detainees at Guantánamo Bay after it caused