The D Brief: COCOM consolidations?; DOD rehiring fired civs; Militarized border zone mulled; Defining cognitive warfare; And a bit more.

Trump officials are planning major changes atop the U.S. military as part of their goal to shrink the federal government, CNN and NBC News reported Wednesday. Ideas include halting an expansion of US Forces Japan, and combining several combatant commands—Northern and Southern Command into one, as well as combining European and Africa Commands to one location in Germany. “Consolidating [those cocoms] could save the Pentagon about $330 million over five years,” according to