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The Senate voted 89-1 Thursday to confirm Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff at the U.S. Army and a 2019 Wash100 winner, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He will succeed U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, a previous Wash100 winner, on Oct. 1.

The full Senate is expected next week to confirm Mark Esper, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2019 Wash100 winner, as the next secretary of the Department of Defense after the upper chamber’s Armed Services Committee approved by a voice vote his nomination Thursday, Reuters reported.

Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on the U.S. Army’s procurement and modernization plans as discussed by military officials at recent congressional hearings. Army Secretary Mark Esper and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, both 2019 Wash100 winners, appeared Tuesday before the House Armed Services Committee to discuss the service branch’s …

President Donald Trump intends to nominate Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff at the U.S. Army and a two-time Wash100 winner, as the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Defense.gov reported Saturday. Milley, who assumed his current role in August 2015, would become the 20th JCS leader and succeed U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph …

The fate of the Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program remains uncertain, as members of Congress debated its battlefield communications performance. Senators were divided on “whether to accelerate or do away with the program,” reported C4ISR, as concern has spread about the slow pace of the WIN-T program. Army Chief of Staff Gen. …

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and his four military aides were among the first individuals to perform first aid and rescue operation when a passenger vehicle collided with a mass transit bus on the night of Oct. 12 in southeast Washington, D.C., ABC News reported Thursday. Luis Martinez writes Milley …