On the first day of hurricane season, Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Struikman’s job included aiming one of the satellite dishes his team would use if civilian authorities call for help.
In its mark of the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill, the House Armed Services Committee’s cyber, innovative technologies and information systems subcommittee says it wants to know what capabilities will be delivered to the warfighter, when they’ll be delivered and how much they’ll cost.
For two decades, the 150 members of Joint Task Force-Civil Support have been the Department of Defense’s command and control unit for chemical, nuclear, biological or radiological attacks. “Our job is to support, not to take charge.”