• NATO Secretary General calls on Allies to increase defence spending: to prevent war, NATO must spend more • Video: Freedom does not come for free Click here to view in your browser 13 December 2024 Update NATO Secretary General calls on Allies to increase defence spending: to prevent war, NATO must spend ...Continue Reading

View Online DOD_Media Round Table Academic Program Year (APY) 23-24 Service Academy Gender Relations Survey (SAGR) Report Dec. 12, 2024 MODERATOR: Good morning, everybody. Before we start the interview, I wanted to cover some ground rules. Today's briefing will be on the record and will cover details on the department's release of the Service Academy sexual assault report. We will be recording the interview and be publishing the transcript later today. We have several subject matter experts and department leaders here ...Continue Reading

View Online Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds a Press Briefing Dec. 11, 2024 DEPUTY PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY SABRINA SINGH: Ok. All right. Good afternoon, everyone. A few things at the top and then I'd be happy to take your questions. Secretary Austin returns home today from his historic 13th trip to the Indo-Pacific. Following the Reagan National Defense Forum last weekend, he traveled to Japan for his fourth official visit to build on historic progress made among our Japanese allies and US military ...Continue Reading

View Online Dr. Radha Plumb, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, Holds an Off-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing Dec. 11, 2024 CMDR ANDERSON: Good morning and thank you for being here. I'm Commander Jess Anderson and today we have Dr. Radha Plumb, the DOD's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer here to announce the formation of an AI rapid capability cell office. This is a 30 minute, off-camera, on-the-record engagement. Dr. Plumb will make her remarks and then we will open it up to questi ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III On-Camera, On-the-Record Engagement With Traveling Press at Yokota Air Base, Japan Dec. 11, 2024 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD AUSTIN: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Thanks for being here. It's great to be back in Japan. This is my fourth trip here as Secretary of Defense, and what we've achieved together with Japan over the past four years has been historic. Yesterday I met with Prime Minister Ishiba and Defense Minister Nakatani, and we took stock of how we're stre ...Continue Reading

On Thursday, 12 December 2024, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will deliver a speech followed by a conversation moderated by Dr. Rosa Balfour, Director of Carnegie Europe. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...Continue Reading

View Online Keynote Address, Fireside Chat, and Q&A With Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks on the Future Character of War, The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) London, the United Kingdom Dec. 10, 2024 MATTHEW SAVILL, RUSI DIRECTOR OF MILITARY SCIENCE: Well, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Thank you very much for coming along. It's my great honor and pleasure to welcome you here this morning, to hear from the Honorable Kathleen Hicks, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, who's going to talk about ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary Of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Holds an On-the-Record Press Gaggle Aboard the USS George Washington (CVN 73) in Japan Dec. 9, 2024 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD AUSTIN III: Once again, good afternoon everybody, and thanks for being here. This is my fourth trip to Japan as Secretary of Defense, and my 13th trip to the Indo Pacific. It's great to be back. Our two countries have gotten a lot done together over the past four years. Heard me describe some of those achievements thi ...Continue Reading

View Online Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds an Off-Camera, On-The-Record Press Briefing Dec. 9, 2024 DEPUTY PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY SABRINA SINGH:  All right, we will get started. Good morning, everyone. A few things at the top and then happy to take your questions. Secretary Austin arrived in Japan yesterday where he visited Fleet Activities Yokosuka to meet with sailors from the USS George Washington. Secretary Austin, thanked sailors for their service in support of the US military, ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General meets the President of Moldova Click here to view in your browser Press Release 9 December 2024 NATO Secretary General meets the President of Moldova On Tuesday, 10 December, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will receive the President of the Republic of Moldova, Ms Maia Sandu, at NATO Headquarters, in Brussels. Pre ...Continue Reading