"These days, the supply lines are in the battlefield," said Sharon E. Burke, the assistant secretary of defense for operational efficiency plans and programs.
On May 18, Fort Bliss soldiers will demonstrate the use of solar panels for small patrol bases, efficient batteries and other technologies to an audience that will include the assistant secretary of defense for operational energy.
Mr. Fritz, 38, works at the Pentagon as the deputy director for policy in the office of the assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs, which oversees improvements in the use of energy by the Defense Department.
"It's a signal that Congress is willing to be practical on the issue," said Sharon Burke, a senior adviser at the liberal-leaning think tank New America and former assistant secretary of defense for operational energy under President Barack Obama.
The Defense Department is waking up to the enormous burden placed on it by its energy use, and is beginning to search for ways to release the military from "the tether of fuel," said Sharon Burke, assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs.
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Asked about specific incidents, and whether the US was involved in the targeting process for operations that killed civilians, defense officials cited operational security.
While most of the core government departments — State, Treasury, Justice and Defense — are still operational, others like Homeland Security, which takes the bulk of the government's cybersecurity responsibilities, are suffering the most.
A U.S. missile defense site is operational in Romania while another is under construction in Poland.
