Air Force Security Forces in US Air Forces in Europe have totally revamped the command’s regional training program, known as “Creek Defender,” run by the 768th Security Forces Squadron at Sembach AB, Germany. Taking direct feedback from security forces members who had deployed to Southwest Asia operations, the squadron created more than 40 new lesson plans—taking the Defender from instruction-based to one that focuses on how to counteract insurgent threats, reports USAF journalist MSgt. John Lasky.
As the Pentagon looks to deter China in the coming years, officials need to find ways to make new technologies and existing systems work together to build capacity, said former Defense Department policy chief Michèle Flournoy. In particular, Flournoy—a top defense analyst who served as undersecretary of defense for policy…