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“We are on a war footing” Pentagon brass’s blunt message for the Emerald Coast:

Banner promoting readiness with the text 'WE ARE ON A WAR FOOTING', a man in a suit on the right, and logos for Niceville Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Defense in the corner.

When Dale Marks, Assistant Secretary of War for Energy, Installations, and Environment, spoke to the Niceville-Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce, he delivered a blunt message: Northwest Florida is on the front line of America’s industrial “arsenal of freedom,” and time is now the nation’s most dangerous adversary. Marks, who is also Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, credited his time on the Emerald Coast with shaping his view of defense, stating, “The military does not operate in a vacuum… We operate within the strength of our host communities”.

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