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The CNA Military Advisory Board (MAB) is an American defense advisory group composed of retired three-star and four-star generals and admirals from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps that studies pressing issues of the day to assess their impact on America's national security.
Field activities are DoD agencies which "perform a supply or service activity common to more than one military department". [1] Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA) Defense Media Activity (DMA) Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA) Department of Defense Education Activity (DOD EA)
In a 30 January 2021 memo, newly confirmed president Biden's Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered a "zero-based" review of all the Pentagon advisory boards, and fired all members of the Pentagon advisory boards who are appointed by the DoD effective 16 February 2021. That included all members of the Defense Policy Board. [8]
The Secretary of Defense-empowered cross-functional team concept was established under Section 911 of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. The provision was included in response to Congressional and Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessments which found that, while the Department of Defense maintains military forces with unparalleled capabilities, the department "continues to ...
The President of the United States is, according to the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Federal Government. The Secretary of Defense is the "Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense", and is vested with statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 113) to lead the Department and all of its component ...
On April 30, 1999, Congress designated National Military Appreciation Month as a month-long observance. [7] [8] Congress chose May because many military related observances such as Memorial Day and Loyalty Day are celebrated and observed on that date. Congress recognized the month after a unanimous vote of 93–0 in April of that year.
By 2024, the Institute had served 200,000 military service members, veterans, and their families through their programs. [22] [4] In 2020, Syracuse University Graduated Over 200 Military-Connected Students. [23] In November 2021, IVMF was renamed to honor a $30 million gift from SU trustee Daniel D’Aniello. [24]
the Department of Defense portal for information on the Transition Assistance Program; JKO, the DoD-sponsored, Joint Staff training portal providing distributed learning access to Web-based joint courses; a joint VA/DoD web portal that provides resources and self-service capabilities to veterans, service members, and their families; DoDI 1332.35