• Visit to NATO by Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands Click here to view in your browser Press Release 11 November 2021 PR (2021) 161 Visit to NATO by Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands On Friday 12 November 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, Mr. Bá ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing Nov. 10, 2021 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: OK. Good afternoon. Just a couple of things at the top. I think you saw the secretary joined the first lady today at a Joining Forces event over at the White House, and he was honored to do that. Joining Forces, as you know, does a lot of wonderful things to try to help stitch together communities with the -- with the military and veteran community, particularly families not just to -- to improve thei ...Continue Reading

• Visit to NATO by the Head of Federal Department for Defence, Civil Protection and Sport of Switzerland Click here to view in your browser Press Release 10 November 2021 PR (2021) 160 Visit to NATO by the Head of Federal Department for Defence, Civil Protection and Sport of Switzerland On Friday 12 November 2021, the NATO Secretary ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds an Off-Camera Press Briefing Nov. 9, 2021 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY:  Good morning, everybody. OK, I think just off the -- right off the top, I would like to, on behalf of Secretary Austin, express his, as well as the department's, condolences and -- and -- and deep sympathies to the family of Senator Max Cleland, who I think you guys all saw passed away today.  We may have more to say on that later today, but lived a lifetime literally of public s ...Continue Reading

View Online Deputy Secretary Of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks Remarks At Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, on Climate Change as a National Security Challenge Nov. 8, 2021 ROY WILSON:  Thank you.  Well, good afternoon, everyone. First of all, let me just welcome everyone to this very important and very timely event with a conversation with the Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks, and we're very, very honored to host you.  This is the -- excuse me, the second person in command of the Depa ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing Nov. 8, 2021 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: OK, so just quickly, I think you're tracking that -- that Deputy Secretary Hicks is on -- on the road here this week for a short trip. She's in Detroit today, then she'll be heading to Quonset, Rhode Island, Groton, Connecticut later, where she'll be meeting with lawmakers, Defense Industrial Base partners and military leaders to deepen our relationships and discuss department priorities, to address fu ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing Nov. 5, 2021 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Good afternoon, everybody. (CROSSTALK) Oh, there we go. OK, just to note that the entire Department of Defense is thinking and -- and praying for the family of Colin Powell, his loved ones, his -- his friends and colleagues. I'm sure you all got a chance to see the terrific memorial service at the National Cathedral, and again, we -- we hold in great esteem and with great respect his long service in th ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General attends United Nations “COP26” Climate Change Conference • Why is Urban Operations Training important? Click here to view in your browser 5 November 2021 Update NATO Secretary General attends United Nations “COP26” Climate Change Conference On 2 November 2021, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in t ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby and Air Force Lt. Gen. Sami D. Said Hold a Press Briefing Nov. 3, 2021 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: OK, good afternoon, everybody. I am going to kick off today's briefing by inviting Lieutenant General Sami Said, the U.S. Air Force Inspector General, to come up and speak to you about his findings and recommendations with respect to the August 29th airstrike near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan. As you know, the General was tasked by Secretary o ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Welcomes Singaporean Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen to the Pentagon Nov. 3, 2021 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Well, Minister Ng, it's great to see you again. Welcome back to the Pentagon. It was great to see you in Singapore back in July. I really enjoyed my visit there, and so today, I'm happy to have a chance to reciprocate your kind hospitality. And since my visit to Singapore, our countries have held several high-level engagements. Vice President Bi ...Continue Reading