View Online Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery. (As Delivered) May 30, 2022 Mr. President, Dr. Biden, Vice President Harris, Mr. Emhoff, fellow members of the cabinet, General Milley and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, good afternoon.  To our distinguished guests, our service members, and my fellow veterans: thank you for letting us share this day with you. And to the Gold Star and surviving families here: ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing May 27, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Okay, just real quick at the top, in AFRICOM, the 17th iteration of Exercise Phoenix Express, a North African maritime exercise, is ongoing now in Tunisia and throughout the Mediterranean. It started on the 23rd; it goes all the way through the 3rd. This is one of three regional maritime exercises executed by U.S. Naval Forces Africa in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility, and it's meant to ...Continue Reading

• Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence Brussels, 15 – 16 June 2022 Click here to view in your browser Press Release 27 May 2022 PR (2022) 091 Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence Brussels, 15 – 16 June 2022 GENERAL A meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Defence Ministers will take place on Wednesday 15 J ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General at Davos: “freedom is more important than free trade” • Video: NATO multinational battlegroup in Romania gets to work Click here to view in your browser 27 May 2022 Update NATO Secretary General at Davos: “freedom is more important than free trade” In a keynote speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos on 24 May 20 ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General visits Spain Click here to view in your browser Press Release 27 May 2022 PR (2022) 090 NATO Secretary General visits Spain On 29-30 May 2022, NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to Spain to mark the 40th Anniversary of Spain’s accession to NATO. Mr. Stoltenberg will meet with the Pres ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing May 26, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY:  Hello, everybody. Six minutes. That's not too bad. This seems a little high. Yeah, there's the pencil mark for Kirby. That is -- what the heck, man? There we go. That's much better now I feel taller, and more in command. All right. Some -- bear with me here. We got quite a few things to top out today. And we'll get right to you after that. So, I think this morning, I think we issued a read out an ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing May 26, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY:  Hello, everybody. Six minutes. That's not too bad. This seems a little high. Yeah, there's the pencil mark for Kirby. That is -- what the heck, man? There we go. That's much better now I feel taller, and more in command. All right. Some -- bear with me here. We got quite a few things to top out today. And we'll get right to you after that. So, I think this morning, I think we issued a read out an ...Continue Reading

View Online Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks and U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) Commander General Tod Wolters Speak With Traveling Press at USEUCOM HQ, Stuttgart, Germany May 25, 2022 STAFF: Ma'am, good afternoon. Sir. So we will have a couple of opening statements from both Deputy Secretary Hicks and General Wolters followed by about 20 minutes or so of questions. We'll just go back and forth since there are only two reporters, all on the record. Ma'am, over to you. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE KATHLEEN ...Continue Reading

View Online Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) Commander General Stephen Townsend Speak With Traveling Press at USAFRICOM HQ, Stuttgart Germany May 25, 2022 DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE KATHLEEN HICKS: Great, so I'll kick off. So great to be here, and to be sitting aside General Townsend. And what I thought I would do at the very beginning here is just raise three general points relating to the discussions we had this morning on AFRICOM. First, we know the growing number ...Continue Reading

View Online Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks and Norwegian Ministry of Defence State Secretary Bent-Joacim Bentzen Conduct a Press Conference Aboard USS Porter in Oslo, Norway May 26, 2022 STAFF: Good morning everybody, I’m Lieutenant Colonel Meiners from DOD Public Affairs. This morning we're joined by State Secretary Bentzen and Deputy Secretary Hicks. We have 30 minutes this morning. State Secretary Bentzen will make some opening remarks, and then Dr. Hicks, and then we'll do Q&A. I'll call on folks, ...Continue Reading