The Pentagon announced today that TSgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr., 35, of Florence, Ky., died Dec. 15 from wounds he received from an improvised explosive device that detonated in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Campbell had deployed from Air Force Reserve Command’s 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill. (For more read this Scott release posted Dec. 17)
House Armed Services Committee members are launching a task force to dig into defense supply chain issues, the panel said March 4. Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) will co-chair the group as it looks at threats to and vulnerabilities in the defense industrial base. Pentagon officials, lawmakers,…