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Document: Pentagon FY 2018 Sexual Assault Report

The following is the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military that was released on May 2, 2019

From the report

  • About 1 in 3 Service members who indicated an experience of sexual assault chose to report it to a DoD authority, roughly the same rate as in 2016 and more than quadruple the reporting rate from ten years ago.
  • The Department has made progress in reducing sexual assault rates among men and has been sustaining this progress.
  • Sexual...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/02/document-pentagon-fy-2018-sexual-assault-report

Trump Leaves Door Open for Future North Korea Summit

Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA in Singapore Summit on June 12, 2018. White House Photo

President Donald Trump declared sanctions against North Korea because of its remaining missile and nuclear weapons testing programs but didn’t rule out a future third summit try at negotiations with Kim Jong Un.

“I think that sanctions right now are at a level that’s a fair level,” he said Thursday as he met with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in at...

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/12/trump-leaves-door-open-for-future-north-korea-summit

Report to Congress on Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi

The following is the Congressional Research Service Insight report, The February Trump-Kim Hanoi Summit

From the report

On February 27 and 28, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met in Hanoi to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, as well as the establishment of a new relationship between the two countries. The two leaders had held one prior summit, in Singapore, in June 2018. The Hanoi summit ended earlier than scheduled, with the cancelation of both a...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/07/report-congress-trump-kim-summit-hanoi

Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test & Evaluation 2018 Annual Report

The following is the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) 2017 annual report. It was released in late January 2019.

From the Report

The freedom and security of our nation depends on the lethality and readiness of our military. Our warfighters must be prepared for combat, equipped with secure, credible weapon systems, and trained to employ those systems effectively and decisively. As the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), I ensure that our weapon systems...

https://news.usni.org/2019/02/04/pentagons-director-operational-test-evaluation-2018-annual-report

Pentagon 2019 Missile Defense Review

The following is the 2019 Missile Defense Review issued by the Pentagon on Jan. 17.

From the Preface

Over the course of the past half-century, the armed services of the United States have made material contributions to international stability and global prosperity. While the costs and burden of that role were not insignificant, the benefits in terms of peace and prosperity have been enormous, both for ourselves and all who share our values and ideals.

Yet, we must remind ourselves that our...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/17/pentagon-2019-missile-defense-review

President Trump Rolls Out New Missile Defense Plan

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An SM-3 Block 1B interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) during a Missile Defense Agency test and successfully intercepted a complex short-range ballistic missile target off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. DoD

President Donald Trump said his expanded, space-based missile defense program’s goal is to detect and destroy any incoming missile fired by “hostile powers or by mistake” at the United States or its allies.

Speaking at the Pentagon...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/17/president-trump-rolls-new-missile-defense-plan

Jim Mattis’ Farewell Message to the Pentagon

The following is Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis’ Dec. 31, 2018 farewell message to the Department of Defense.

MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES
SUBJECT: Farewell Message

On February 1, 1865, President Lincoln sent to General Ulysses S. Grant a one sentence telegram. It read: “Let nothing which is transpiring, change, hinder, or delay your military movements, or plans.”

Our Department’s leadership, civilian and military, remains in the best possible hands. I am confident that each...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/31/mattis-farewell-message

Document: SECDEF Mattis’ Resignation Letter

The following is the text of Secretary of Defense Jim Maitts’ letter of resignation.

Dear Mr. President:
December 20, 2018

I have been privileged to serve as our country’s 26th Secretary of Defense which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women of the Department in defense of our citizens and our ideals.

I am proud of the progress that has been made over the past two years on some of the key goals articulated in our National Defense Strategy: putting the Department on a more sound...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/20/document-secdef-mattis-resignation-letter

DoD Official: U.S. Needs to Develop New Counters to Future Hypersonic Missiles

Russian Zircon Missile Concept

Existing radars don’t provide the almost-split-second warning needed to keep Guam, carrier strike groups in the Pacific and Kadena Air Base in Okinawa from being held hostage to a future hypersonic attack, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer said this week.

Protecting ships and bases from the hypersonic missile threat is key to the future of U.S. missile defense, Michael Griffin, the under secretary for research and engineering, said while speaking at the Center...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/16/dod-official-u-s-needs-develop-new-counters-future-hypersonic-missiles

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