Duty Status Reform Act:
Reps. Gil Cisneros (CA) and Jack Bergman (MI) introduced the bipartisan Duty Status Reform Act, with a companion bill introduced by Sens. Jerry Moran (KS) and Jacky Rosen (NV).
The Wall Street Journal
The U.S. can’t deter peer adversaries with a procurement system that is slow, costly and unable to keep pace with modern threats.
Air & Space Forces Magazine:
What Experts Will Watch as the Pentagon Implements Acquisition Reform
Fed Gov Today:
Rewriting the Rules of War: Inside the Pentagon’s Bold Plan to Fix Defense Acquisition—For Real This Time.
Rotary Club of Atlanta:
Arnold Punaro joins the Rotary Club of Atlanta to discuss national security decision making.
American Enterprise Institute:
“Why the U.S. Needs 200 B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers, Not 100”, an op-ed written by Mackenzie Eaglen.
Intelligence Community Efficiency and Effectiveness Act:
Legislation introduced by Senator Tom Cotton (AR) aimed to eliminate waste in the intelligence community.
Adjutant General Conference:
Speech delivered by Arnold Punaro to Adjutant General Conference.
Heritage Foundation:
A Strategy to Revitalize the Defense Industrial Base for the 21st Century
Atlantic Council:
To fund US military modernization, Congress needs to pass on-time annual defense budgets
Executive Order:
In this EO, the President seeks to modernize defense acquisition and spur innovation in the defense industrial base
Department of Defense:
This memo underscores a new layer of focus: ensuring we recognize, retain, and reward the people who are delivering the greatest mission impact.
RFPB: Update to the Secretary of Defense on Duty Status Reform
RFPB: Update to the Secretary of Defense on Duty Status Reform
Ticking Time Bombs of the Ever Shrinking Fighting Force:
Adapted from remarks made by Maj. Gen. Punaro at the launch of his second book, The Ever-Shrinking Fighting Force
DOGE for Defense:
The US military’s inability to address critical modernization and force-planning challenges has left it in decline relative to its competitors, shifting the global military balance against the United States.