U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division await the green light to jump into Indonesia from a C-17 flying from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Exercise Garuda Shield 21 on August 4, 2021.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division await the green light to jump into Indonesia from a C-17 flying from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Exercise Garuda Shield 21 on August 4, 2021. U.S. Army / Sgt. Catessa Palone

The Army Brief: Deadly attack at Pentagon; Afghans arrive in U.S.; Teleworking tips; and more...

Welcome to The Army Brief, a weekly look at the news and ideas shaping the service's future. 

Pentagon officer mourned. George Gonzalez, a Pentagon Police Officer and Army veteran, was killed Tuesday on the Pentagon bus platform by a 27-year-old man from Georgia, the FBI tweeted. Gonzalez's family said in a statement that he "loved his country, his family, and the Yankees."

First Afghans reach U.S. The first group of Afghan interpreters seeking to relocate to the United States arrived at Fort Lee in Virginia, Defense One reports. More than 2,000 interpreters and their families who have nearly completed their paperwork are still waiting for their flight to the U.S.

Wifi safety. With people leaving their homes to work and travel after more than a year of teleworking, the NSA is warning national security employees to protect their computer data by avoiding public wifi, Defense One reports. If public wifi can't be avoided, they recommend using a corporate-provided virtual private network, or VPN. 

Sign up to get The Army Brief every Friday morning from Caitlin M. KenneyDefense One's military services reporter. On this day in 2011, an Army Chinook helicopter was hit by an RPG in Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, many of them Navy SEALs. The attack was the deadliest helicopter crash in U.S. Special Operations history. 


From Defense One

‘How Does One Process Defeat?’ // Eliot A. Cohen: A letter to a civilian who deployed to Afghanistan.

Pentagon Police Officer Dead, Several Other People Injured, After Attack at Metro Entrance/strong> // Tara Copp: Shooting raises new questions about whether the public transit point just outside the military’s headquarters can ever be fully secured.

AI Gives ‘Days of Advanced’ Warning in Recent NORTHCOM Networked Warfare Experiment // Patrick Tucker: A new test of information dominance concepts shows how rapid data sharing can accelerate warfare.