By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – In line with President Biden’s direction, all eligible Department of Defense personnel and beneficiaries can now make an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccination, the Pentagon announced this week. Dr. Terry Adirim, acting assistant secretary
(Credit: Annemilgramtwitter.com / Former New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram is President Biden’s choice to lead the U.S. Drug Enformcement Agency (DEA) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Joe Biden has nominated Anne Milgram, a former New Jersey attorney general, and prosecutor to
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – A Department of Defense official said U.S. forces and their families will be separated from unvaccinated migrant children housed at a vacant dormitory at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas. The DOD last week
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – The Biden Pentagon said the Department of Defense will be ready to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to all eligible beneficiaries by May 1, in keeping with a White House announcement that on that date,
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Department of Defense Wednesday approved a request for assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant children at a vacant dormitory at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas. The move
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES At the direction of President Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III ordered a 90-Day Independent Review Commission (IRC) on Sexual Assault in the Military to take bold action to address sexual assault and harassment in the force.
(credit: Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic Times) National Guard troops on steps of Federal Court near Capital in Washington D.C. Mar. 4, 2021 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – Capital Police is requesting the Pentagon to extend the deployment of National Guard troops at
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES There are no current reports of U.S. servicemember injuries from this morning’s rocket attacks on the air base at Al Asad in Iraq, the Pentagon said. At least 10 rockets targeted an military base in western Iraq that
Satellite image, showing the damage to at least five structures at Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq in a series of precision missile strikes launched by Iran 8 January 2020 (wikipedia / © 2020 Planet Labs, Inc. cc-by-sa 4.0) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES At
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Just into office as President of the United States a little over a month, Joe Biden flexed the administration’s military muscle with a surprise airstrike on Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria. The Pentagon said the U.S. conducted retaliatory