DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Budget

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George Little, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Pentagon Press Secretary

On Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. EST, we hosted a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable with Pentagon Press Secretary George Little and DoD Spokesman Capt. John Kirby. During the roundtable they discussed major budget decisions for the FY2013 Defense Budget stemming from the Defense Strategic Guidance.

Joining us on the call were Chuck Simmins, of America’s North Shore Journal; Dale Kissinger, of Military Avenue; Andrew Lubin, of Leatherneck Magazine; Gail Harris, of the Foreign Policy Blog; Sandra Erwin, of National Defense Magazine; John McCandless, of Navy Log Blog; John Doyle, of 4GWar; Thom Goering, of Navy Cyberspace; and Walter Pincus, of the Washington Post.

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Bloggers Roundtable: The Defense Strategic Guidance with Dr. George Little and Captain John Kirby

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable, DoD News by on January 5, 2012 at 11:55 am {one comment}

On January 5, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. EST, DoDLive  hosted a Bloggers Roundtable with Pentagon Press Secretary, Dr. George Little and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Operations, Capt. John Kirby. They discussed the Defense Strategic Guidance announced by President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey that morning. The team provided a summary of the strategy and took questions from bloggers.

Participating on the call were: Dr. Andrew Lubin from Leatherneck Magazine; Christopher Radin from the The Long War Journal; Gail Harris from Foreign Policy Blog; Chuck Simmins from North Shore Journal; John Doyle from 4G War Blog; and Walter Pincus from the Washington Post.

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Bloggers Roundtable: Adaptive Vehicle Make Programs at Darpa

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable, DoD News by on December 1, 2011 at 12:47 pm {2 comments}

On Monday, December 5, at 11:00 a.m. EST a DODLive Bloggers Roundtable was held with Mr. Paul Eremenko, program manager, and Lt. Col. Nathan Wiedenman, deputy program manager,  of the Adaptive Vehicle Make portfolio of programs at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA.

They discussed how DARPA is pioneering new methods for the design and manufacturing of defense systems  in order to compress the development timetable by a factor of at least five.

Additionally, they also discussed how the agency is seeking to expand the pool of innovation through crowdsourcing and collaboration.

The bloggers participating in the roundtable were: Phyllis Zimbler Miller with The Mrs. Lieutenant blog, Chuck Simmins with The Northshore Journal , Michael Hoffman with Defense News, Sean Gallagher with ARS Ttechnica, and John M. Doyle with 4G War.

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Army General Describes Iraq Drawdown Progress

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable, DoD News by on November 28, 2011 at 2:48 pm {no comments}

By Bradley Cantor
Emerging Media, Defense Media Activity

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2011 – U.S. forces and equipment are expected to leave Iraq by Dec. 31, Army Brig. Gen. Bradley A. Becker said during a Nov. 22 “DOD Live” Bloggers Roundtable.

Becker is the deputy commanding general for U.S. Division Center, Baghdad. He is responsible for oversight, support and sustainment for U.S. forces participating in Operation New Dawn.

According to Becker, the drawdown of U.S. forces and equipment from Iraq is being accomplished in accordance with agreements made between the United States and Iraq.

The amount of equipment and property that had accumulated on U.S. bases in Iraq over the years has been significant, Becker said. At the height of coalition operations in 2007 and 2008, he said, there were 505 bases and 165,000 service members in Iraq.

As of this month, Becker said, seven bases remain to be transferred to Iraqi authority and less than 20,000 U.S. soldiers remain in Iraq.

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Bloggers Roundtable: Iraq Base Transitions

Filed under Bloggers Roundtable, DoD News by on November 21, 2011 at 3:07 pm {no comments}

Brigadier General Bradley A. Becker, U.S. Army

On November 22nd, 2011, the DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable welcomed U.S. Army Brig. Gen.  Bradley Becker, Deputy Commanding General (Support) for United States Division – Center, Baghdad, Iraq. Brig. Gen. Becker answered questions about the final base transitions. The conversation was an update to the BRT that Maj. Gen. Spoehr gave in September. This will likely be the last BRT from Iraq before the final transition.

Joining us on the roundtable were: Michelle Cowell -  Military Matters,  Edwin Mora -  CNS News,  Michael Hoffman -  Defense News, Chuck Simmins -  North Shore Journal, Jen Judson – Inside the Army,  Dale Kissinger -  Military Avenue,  Amy McCullough -  Air-Force Magazine and Gail Harris -  Foreign Policy Blog.

Listen to the roundtable here.

 

Read the transcript here.

 

 

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