Rounding up the big themes from the Reagan Defense Forum [VIDEO]

RNDF 2024 — Every year, the defense community performs a magic trick: lifting the Pentagon up from Virginia and transporting it to the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., for the annual Reagan National Defense Forum.

Ok, maybe the Pentagon stays physically still, but it sure does feel like a majority of the key players from DoD, Congress and industry decamp for the weekend to California. The result: Some of the best, and often times more honest, conversations around defense and national security issues.

The Breaking Defense team was on hand for this year’s event, and you can read all our coverage (with more to come) by clicking here. And if you click above, you can watch a roundup video featuring Breaking Defense Editor in Chief Aaron Mehta and OSD/Army reporter Ashley Roque, set against a lovely sunset. (Hey, if we have to fly across the country, we may as well make it look interesting, right?)