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NDIA Names Former DepSecDef Norquist as New President, CEO
The National Defense Industrial Association announced March 31 that former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist will be the association’s next president and CEO effective May 1. “David's exemplary experience and stellar reputation make him the ideal leader for...

National Defense Industrial Association gets new chief
The National Defense Industrial Association has named former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist its new president and chief executive, the trade group announced Thursday. NDIA’s chairman, retired Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro, praised Norquist’s 30 years of...
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The Battle for Hill 593: Major General Arnold Punaro [Podcast]
Arnold Punaro is the chief executive officer of The Punaro Group. He consults for a broad array of Fortune 100 companies and has been recognized by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential individuals in U.S. Defense. Listen...

Pentagon Rolls Out Defense Strategy Amid War in Europe
The Biden administration is briefing lawmakers on the classified version of the National Defense Strategy, four people familiar with the effort told Foreign Policy, in a bid to provide additional justification for the increased $773 billion defense allocation in the...

Ukraine conflict a boon for defense industry
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a boon for American defense contractors, which are in line to profit from increased Western military spending to bolster Kyiv’s forces and adapt to instability in the region. “There’s an old saying: ‘A high tide raises all ships.’ So I...

Wasteful Spending, a Shrinking Force and the Marine Corps’s Big Bet
The Marines may be “the only branch adapting fast for the future” (“U.S. Defense After Ukraine,” Review & Outlook, March 8), but what future and how wisely? The military’s poor record of predicting the next war urges maintaining flexibility. This has long been a...
Gen. Punaro on impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict: Freedoms in the West are at risk
Ret. two-star Marine Corps Gen. Arnold Punaro discusses President Vladimir Putin's 'reckless' actions in Ukraine, countries importing Russian oil and Taiwan's fate as Chinese aggression grows. Watch...

Congress approved a big increase in defense spending. The Pentagon has yet to see the money
In late December, Congress wrote a big IOU to the Pentagon, authorizing an additional $25 billion over the bare-bones defense budget proposed by the Biden administration for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. But so far, the Pentagon has yet to see a penny of...

Virtual Event | Is the American Military Fading into Irrelevance?
Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Dan Patt and Major General Arnold L. Punaro, USMC (Ret.) for a discussion on the challenges facing the U.S. military. With rising costs, a sclerotic bureaucracy, and an absence of clear priorities, the combat...
Putin is a ‘wreckless individual’: Gen. Punaro
The Punaro Group CEO Gen. Arnold Punaro reacts to Russia-Ukraine conflict on 'Mornings with Maria.' Read more: https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6297874288001#sp=show-clips