The quarterly reports, now removed and stripped of Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan statistics, were a way to provide some transparency into the number of forces involved in fighting ISIS and the Taliban.
New guidance from the U.S. Air Force hits pause on public affairs while the entire enterprise is retrained — and could have a long-term impact on how the service shares information.
By Valerie Insinna, David B. Larter and Aaron Mehta
In the wake of press reports about ground units that could not deploy, aircraft that could not fly and ships that were wearing out, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis cautioned military leaders about publicly telegraphing readiness shortfalls.
VA Secretary David Shulkin has not used any private planes for travel so far, but is vowing to make details of his official government trips public to increase department transparency.