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A multinational panel comprising warfighters who have served at least one term in the Middle East spoke about challenges with a candidness not often heard in discussions about today's conflicts. While the topics of the Joint Warfighting Conference generally focus on technology and intelligence, these troops spoke about culture, language, information sharing and the training of local troops.

Security is the lifeblood of Defense Department operations, and the department is making strides to improve connectivity and to keep pace with technology. But can such a far-reaching organization relax its protocol even slightly and still trust that rules will be followed? Will the people involved buy in to the new culture and make it work? Tell us your thoughts, give us your suggestions.

Ernest Reith, deputy director of the InnoVision department, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has been named to joint duty status as associate executive assistant director o

Rear Adm. Charles W. Martoglio, USN, has been nominated for assignment as chief of staff, U.S. European Command, Germany.

Thales Communications Incorporated, Clarksburg, Maryland, has appointed Michael Sheehan as chief executive officer and president.

Thomas L. Allen has been assigned as deputy director for force management, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Fogarty, USA, has been assigned as commanding general/commandant, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

It happens to everyone. You carefully devise a password that only you can understand or remember, complete with random strings, mixed capitals and a smattering of numerals and special characters. But the catch is that you have a different version for every single site you log into. And with more and more sites asking you to log in, that's more and more passwords.