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Recent briefings below
Recent Briefings
The Office of Personnel Management has officially finalized its historic rollback of federal layoff seniority protections, prioritizing performance scores across the civilian workforce. Meanwhile, eme…
Today on The Salt Air Dispatch: Federal oversight targets urban homelessness administration, new regulatory standards alter civilian workforce rules, and emergency aviation advisories follow a major e…
Southern California's coastal defenses are being tested through mid-week as Hurricane Marie extends a dangerous streak of 10-foot swells and flood advisories. In today's briefing, we are also dissecti…
A tactical shift in the Eastern Pacific is yielding results, as U.S. naval forces execute a second successful boarding and scuttling of a cartel supply vessel. Closer to home, Hurricane Marie is drivi…
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are escalating their oversight of defense contractors, issuing sweeping bipartisan subpoenas over a $27 billion health record project. We are also detailing a covert Chinese …
Emergency coastal preparations are rapidly escalating along Southern California harbors to defend against late-summer tropical swells. Also in today's briefing: federal consumer watchdogs sound the al…
An unexpected resignation from Army Secretary Dan Driscoll leaves a major leadership vacuum at the Pentagon right in the middle of sweeping acquisition reforms. Out on the West Coast, the Baja tropica…
Today on The Salt Air Dispatch, we are tracking a new tropical system heading toward Southern California, alongside formal leadership changes at the U.S. Coast Guard and a finalized state deal on util…
We're tracking a tactical shift in Pacific counter-narcotics operations, as U.S. forces target and destroy the floating refueling nodes that extend the operational range of smuggling cartels. Today's …
Pacific naval fleets are facing severe operational strains as deployments stretch into maintenance backlogs. We are also covering logistical hurdles for Orange County's local ballots and actionable cl…