Sean Parnell: “You don't want to be making these decisions in the middle of a global multi-front conflict. We have to have a plan.”

The site errors on the Defense Casualty Analysis System were due to a temporary data disruption

Power is combat now. Without electricity, you lose communications, water, logistics, assembly lines and just basic military command structures.

The next conflict will likely be fought on multiple fronts. Look at the geopolitics behind any major war. When that happens, global supply chains will break.

The entire Department is unified behind the Secretary’s vision and will continue working to put our warfighters and America first.