US industry maintains some 86 percent of America’s critical defense infrastructure. (The rest is government-owned.) To make certain defense companies secure that industrial base, as charged by President Bush, the Pentagon is conducting assessments to find where security needs beefing up, noted Paul McHale, DOD’s assistant secretary for homeland defense, in a speech Tuesday. That would be OK, except defense officials apparently are working from a list of key assets prepared before the end of the Cold War, and the industrial landscape has changed a bit. Good news for governors who may still be reeling from recent BRAC decisions: DOD plans to share its review of facilities by state with appropriate governors.
A pair of Air Force generals are set to receive third stars and take over new commands. The Pentagon announced a new slate of nominations May 25. President Joe Biden nominated Maj. Gen. Stacey T. Hawkins to become a lieutenant general and the new commander of the Air Force Sustainment…