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 by Staff Writers London (AFP) June 5, 2019
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he decided to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military because they take a "massive amounts of drugs". Trump told Britain's ITV television in a wide-ranging interview that the military had strict rules regulating the use of prescription drugs. "They take massive amounts of drugs, they have to, and you are not allowed to take drugs, you are in the military, you are not allowed to take any drugs," Trump said. "And they have to, after the operation they have to, they have no choice." The ban went into force in April following a protracted legal battle that went all the way to the US Supreme Court. The Pentagon says the restrictions are not a blanket ban. But they do bar an overwhelming majority of people who identify as transgender from enlisting. The policies could also impact currently serving personnel. "We have a great military and I want to keep it that way," Trump told ITV. "And maybe they'd be phenomenal. I think they'd probably would be, but again you have very strict rules and regulations on prescription drugs and all these different things and they blow out of the water." Trump concludes a three-day state visit to Britain on Wednesday by attending a 75th anniversary commemoration of D-Day in the south England city of Portsmouth. zak/wdb
Making DoD's Vast Logistics Enterprise More Resilient Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2019 The Department of Defense (DoD)'s Joint Logistics Enterprise, which spans both supply chain and logistics operations, provides the means to muster, transport, and sustain military power anywhere in the world at a high level of readiness. To operate successfully in an increasingly contested global security environment, however, the logistics enterprise needs to change how it operates. In particular, the enterprise needs to overcome its reliance on thousands of disparate legacy information systems, ... read more
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