Early Bird Brief: April 11, 2024

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Today's Top 5:

Space Force lays out commercial partnerships plan to speed procurement

(C4ISRNET) The Space Force’s long-awaited commercial space strategy offers near-term action steps to improve the way it procures private-sector space capabilities, though it lacks detail on how the service plans to pay for them. Read More

Army pushes more safety training as helicopter crashes spike

(Army Times) The Army has ordered an aviation “safety stand up,” with additional aviation training across the force following a dozen mishaps that have resulted in 10 fatalities in only the first six months of the fiscal year. Read More

US Air Force issues $409 million award for long-sought Pacific airfield

(Defense News) The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract for an airfield on Tinian, a Pacific island military leaders consider crucial to their plans in the region. Read More

‘The very best of us’: One street’s lesson about service, belonging

(Military Times) Pulling onto Second Street in Silvis, Illinois, the whistles and churns of passing trains are an oddly rhythmic occurrence from the nearby rail yard. Read More

Unsupervised: Military child care centers slow to report abuse with little oversight

(Military.com) Kate and her husband Jeremy thought their youngest daughter Bella was just having a mild case of separation anxiety when they picked her up from her first day at the Ford Island Child Development Center near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Read More

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