TAMPA, Fla. –(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015.   Earlier today, U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube sites were compromised for approximately 30 minutes. These sites reside on commercial, non-Defense Department servers and both sites have been temporarily taken offline while we look into the incident further. CENTCOM’s operational military networks were not[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2015. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Good afternoon, everybody. And happy Friday to you. I do have some announcements here at the top today, so just bear with me. I want to start with an announcement by Secretary Hagel about our new POW/MIA agency. I think you all[Read More…]

Chicago –(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2015.  Chicago Vincent E. Rangel credits young draftee soldiers he trained and led in Vietnam, men he called “the living example of American initiative and resourcefulness”, for making him a better leader. Rangel was honored at a ceremony last evening with the Abraham Lincoln Veteran Champion Award,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 8, 2015. The Department of Defense announced today the consolidation of some U.S. infrastructure in Europe, including the return of 15 sites to their host nations. These actions, taken as part of the European Infrastructure Consolidation (EIC) process, will save the U.S. government approximately $500 million annually. The[Read More…]

Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby briefs reporters on a range of Defense Department issues at the Pentagon, Jan. 6, 2015.  DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 6, 2015 KIRBY: Good afternoon everybody. My New Year’s gift to you is no opening[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2014.   The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Asim Thabit Abdullah Al-Khalaqi, Muhammad Ali Husayn Khanayna, Sabri Muhammad Ibrahim Al Qurashi, Adel Al-Hakeemy, and Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Lufti from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Kazakhstan. As directed by the president’s Jan. 22, 2009,[Read More…]

CFPB Backs Department of Defense Proposal to Broaden the Rules for Greater Protections WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–December 29, 2014.  Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report highlighting how loopholes in the current Military Lending Act rules are racking up costs for servicemembers. According to the report, these gaps[Read More…]

HAWAII—(ENEWSPF)—December 28, 2014. Today’s ceremony in Kabul marks a milestone for our country. For more than 13 years, ever since nearly 3,000 innocent lives were taken from us on 9/11, our nation has been at war in Afghanistan. Now, thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our men and women in[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 28, 2014. At the end of this year, as our Afghan partners assume responsibility for the security of their country, the United States officially concludes Operation Enduring Freedom. Our combat mission in Afghanistan, which began in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, will come to an[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 28, 2014. Today, the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea, the Ministry of Defense of Japan, and the Department of Defense of the United States of America finalized a trilateral information sharing arrangement concerning the nuclear and missile threats posed by North Korea. This arrangement[Read More…]