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Chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White and David L. Norquist, Defense Department's comptroller, brief reporters at the Pentagon, Dec. 7, 2017. DoD screenshot

Officials Announce First DoD-Wide Audit, Call for Budget Certainty The Defense Department is starting the first agency-wide financial audit in its history, Pentagon officials announced. The audit will examine every aspect of the department from personnel to real property to weapons to supplies to bases. Story | Transcript | Full Event Video | Special Report

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan meets with Udi Adam, the Israeli Defense Ministry's director general, at the Pentagon, Dec. 7, 2017, to discuss matters of mutual interest. DoD photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Jette Carr

Shanahan Meets With Israeli Defense Official Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan met with Udi Adam, the Israeli Defense Ministry's director general, at the Pentagon to discuss matters of mutual importance. Click for more photos. Story

Army Staff Sgt. Arturo Amaro guides a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle before the off-road portion of the master driver training course at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Nov. 8, 2017. Amaro is a master driver assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division’s 3rd Special Troops Battalion, Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade. Army photo by Spc. Elizabeth White

DoD Urges Congress to Pass FY18 Budget The Pentagon urged Congress to pass the Fiscal Year 2018 Defense Appropriations Bill before the current continuing resolution expires, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Robert Manning said, adding the men and women of the department deserve the certainty such a move would make. Story | Special Report

Soldiers practice bounding movements in Djibouti, Nov. 1, 2017. The soldiers are assigned to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa's East African Response Force. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erin Piazza

Military Not Only Solution to Terrorism in Africa, DoD Official Says A Defense Department official says U.S.-led efforts in Africa are vitally important as African nations confront complex and growing threats from multiple terrorist groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Story | Special Report

Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Ellen M. Lord, left, Army Secretary Mark T. Esper, center left, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition James F. Geurts, center right, and Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on acquisition reform at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Dec. 7, 2017. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank

Acquisitions Chief Details DoD Efforts to Speed, Reform Acquisition Processes The Defense Department is charging ahead in using new authorities to streamline, speed up and reform the acquisition system to ensure warfighters get what they need when they need it, the Pentagon's top acquisition official told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Story | Full Event Video | Related Story

Sailors fold an American flag during a double interment as part of a ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2017, to mark the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu. The U.S. military co-hosted the 76th commemoration to provide veterans, family members, service members and the community a chance to honor the sacrifices made by those who were present Dec. 7, 1941. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Randi Brown

Pearl Harbor Response Had No Shortage of Bravery, Pacific Fleet Commander Says Amid the chaos of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 76 years ago, there was no shortage of bravery, as sailors, soldiers, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen overcame shock, uncertainty and fear to find something greater within themselves, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said. Story | Full Event Video

Army Maj. Gen. James B. Jarrard, commander of Special Operations Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, provides assistant gunner support to a member of 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) 5310 Operation Detachment Bravo during counter Islamic State of Syria and Iraq operations in southern Syria, Nov. 22, 2017. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Connor

Pentagon Announces Troop Levels in Iraq, Syria The United States has about 5,200 troops in Iraq and 2,000 in Syria, and those numbers are trending down, Pentagon officials announced in compliance with Defense Secretary James N. Mattis’ direction to give the nation a better idea of the commitment of U.S. forces in the region. Story | Special Report

Air Force Maj. Gen. Ed Wilson, deputy principal cyber advisor to the secretary of defense, talks about the importance of sharing best practices on the international front for cybersecurity before 98 participants from 51 countries during the Program on Cyber Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Dec. 5, 2017. DoD photo by Karl-Heinz Wedhorn

Cyber Advisor Stresses Developing Human Capital to Counter Adversaries The scope, sophistication, pace and spread of today’s cyber threats is unmatched in history, the deputy principal cyber advisor to the secretary of defense said. Story | Special Report

U.S. Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, Southern Command commander speaks with members of Joint Task Force-Bravo during his visit to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 22, 2016. Tidd’s visit gave him the opportunity to gain a better understanding of JTF-Bravo’s mission set and to reach out and receive feedback from the men and women that serve to protect the United States from afar. (U.S. Air force photo by Senior Airman Westin Warburton/Released)

Caribbean Nations Must Evolve Networks to Face New Challenges, Tidd Says Networks are a fact of life in the world today and they are both the problem and the solution, U.S. Southern Command’s chief said at the Caribbean Nations Security Conference in Georgetown, Guyana. Story

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