Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter met with Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak to discuss progress in the Afghan national security forces and other issues.

The Defense Department is working to break down credentialing barriers for service members and veterans preparing to enter the civilian workforce, a DOD official told the audience gathered for the National Credentialing Summit.

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently told ROTC cadets at Tuskegee University in Alabama, that they are the next generation that will lead the military forward, and he spoke of the importance of the issue of trust.