DefenceTalkUnited States Acting Secretary of the Navy (SecNav) Thomas B. Modly resigned from office on the morning of April 7th, 2020, after his mishandling of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (abbreviated TR) aircraft carrier situation led to mass outrage from active-duty Sailors, former Navy officers, Members of Congress and the public alike. On Monday, Acting SecNav […]https://www.defencetalk.com/troubled-waters-75087/

DefenceTalkU.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY: If you told Lt. Col. Rob Marshall leadership starts at the top, he’d take you literally. Part mountaineer, part special operations pilot, he’s spent a lot of time living his life at high altitudes. Marshall is by no means the casual adventurer, he’s a world-class mountaineer, having led climbs of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usafa-educator-develops-program-based-on-mountaineering-special-ops-background-71373/

DefenceTalk“Five, 10, 15, 20 years from now, you’ll be executing our future strategy to meet complex problems we have around the world,” said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno. The general spoke Feb. 26, to an audience of 84 captains from around the Army, as part of the three-day Solarium 2015 conference at the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/solarium-2015-developing-agile-adaptive-leaders-63340/

DefenceTalkNominations for active-duty line officers interested in the financial management leadership program, or FMLP, are due to the Air Force Personnel Center by Feb. 15, 2014, AFPC officials said Dec. 18. The FMLP is a four-year program that provides non-finance officers the opportunity to gain leadership experience as comptroller squadron commanders, said Capt. Thomas Cook, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/financial-management-leadership-program-open-to-eligible-officers-49964/