Daily Report

Feb. 16, 2017

Retired EOD Airman to Receive Silver Star

Retired MSgt. Kristopher Parker will be honored with a Silver Star for his actions on May 21, 2014, in Afghanistan. Parker is one of eight airmen whose awards were upgraded in January after a DOD-wide review of medals given during...

The Fight Ahead in Western Mosul

ISIS has had to rely on inaccurate mortar and rocket attacks in Mosul, along with commercial drones ferrying weapons across the Euphrates River to hit Iraqi forces that are preparing to liberate the western half of the city still held...

Hack the Pentagon Exercise Finds Internal Cyber Weaknesses

The most recent iteration of the “Hack the Pentagon” program, which ended on Feb. 7, found numerous weaknesses in an internal DOD system for the first time, Bloomberg reported. California-based Synack Inc. was paid $4 million to conduct three years...