Brandi Vincent

Brandi Vincent is a Senior Reporter at DefenseScoop, where she reports on disruptive technologies and associated policies impacting Pentagon and military personnel. Prior to joining SNG, she produced a documentary and worked as a journalist at Nextgov, Snapchat and NBC Network. Brandi grew up in Louisiana and received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland. She was named Best New Journalist at the 2024 Defence Media Awards.

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‘Rapper Bot’ hit the Pentagon in at least 3 cyberattacks

Cyber

A Sea Cadet from Advanced Training Command New England applies a tourniquet to a mannequin as part of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Course June 30, 2025. TCCC is developed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency (DHA) Joint Trauma System (JTS) to teach evidence-based, life-saving techniques and strategies for providing the best trauma care on the battlefield. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Sydney Wall)

Defense Health Agency offers voluntary buyouts as part of workforce reduction effort

Tech

Stephen Feinberg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Feinberg orders major shakeup in Pentagon’s AI enterprise

AI

Attendees gather for a Permanent Change of Station Joint Task Force Industry Day panel discussion near Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Aug. 12, 2025. The event brought together transportation industry partners, military leaders, and logistics experts to exchange ideas on improving the Department of Defense’s Household Goods Relocation Program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keira Rossman)

Industry spotlights tech gaps as DOD puzzles out new PCS plan for moving military families

Tech

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DOD: Despite privacy concerns, new Instagram location tracker ‘poses minimal risk’ to personnel

Tech

Cathy Lucas, grandniece of World War II pilot 1st Lt. Herbert Tennyson, holds a photo of Herbert and his wife, Jean Tennyson, in Wichita, Kansas, June 27, 2025. The plane Tennyson flew was shot down off the coast of Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944, and was not located until 2017 by Project Recover, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency partner organization. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)

How digitization is delivering real-world impacts at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

AI

Air Force Gen. Randall Reed, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, visits the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, June 5, 2025. Reed visited several U.S., allied, and commercial installations in the Pacific to strengthen relationships, increasing logistics capacity and cooperation, and discuss the importance of preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (DoD photo by Jonathan Stefanko)

Transportation Command could see expanded contested logistics responsibilities next year

Tech

A report from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is seen as US President Donald Trump holds a meeting with his Cabinet, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, of April 30, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Spox: Inside the Pentagon, DOGE ‘is not going to stop’ anytime soon

Tech

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Pentagon approves 55,000 deferred resignations as workforce reduction pursuits continue to evolve

Tech