Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) wants an “open and honest” dialogue about the state of wounded warrior care and “growing requirements” facing military medics in the war on terror and the need to support the expansion of the Army and Marine Corps. There is another complicating factor, says the chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, “The military medical departments are being required to cut costs. They are being tasked to find ‘efficiencies’ in the system to the tune of $248 million in Fiscal 2008.” That’s not all. Snyder added, “They are further required to convert military medical positions to civilian ones, frequently reducing the overall number of medical professionals in the process.” He fears the Pentagon is asking too much.
The Air Force is moving forward with a new, algorithm-driven system to help U.S. Northern Command better detect airborne threats. NORTHCOM and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which are tasked with protecting the homeland from attack, depend on a slew of radars and other data systems to monitor U.S.…