Defense
In a significant indication of where the Army anticipates it will be deployed over coming years, and what it will be doing there, the service is planning to relocate some of its vast overseas stores of combat equipment and alter the contents of other warehouse stocks to reflect the changing nature of the mission after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. – New York Times
The Army has started a behind-the-scenes campaign to defend its homegrown battlefield intelligence system against critics in the field and in Congress. – Washington Times
A Pentagon-sponsored report to Congress outlines the U.S. military’s new pivot to Asia and calls for adding attack submarines and Marines based throughout the Pacific to head off a future war with China. – Washington Free Beacon
Increasingly concerned that time is running out for the U.S. Congress to avoid $500 billion in automatic defense cuts, the Pentagon is assessing all options, including the possible implications of a one-year, $100 billion government-wide, “mini-sequester” deficit-reduction deal, Defense Department and industry sources said. – Defense News
On July 20, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent the Pentagon’s latest Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review (QRMR) to the Senate and House Armed Services committees for review. – Defense News
The $1 trillion in spending cuts under sequestration are emerging as a major issue in congressional races and the presidential campaign, as both parties think they have a winning hand heading into November. – DEFCON Hill
A trip Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and other GOP senators planned for Monday and Tuesday to highlight the impact of looming defense cuts has raised questions about Senate rules and propriety. – DEFCON Hill
The War
Drones are not only revolutionizing American warfare but are also changing in profound ways the lives of the people who fly them. – New York Times
