View OnlinePentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press BriefingFeb. 15, 2024MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER:  All right, well, good afternoon, everyone.  Thanks very much for your patience today.  Just a few things to talk about at the top and then we'll get right to your questions.Per our announcement earlier this morning, Secretary Austin returned to work at the Pentagon today following his recent hospitalization.  The Secretary is glad to be back in the ...Continue Reading

View OnlineAssistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment Brendan Owens Holds an Off-Camera, On-The-Record Media Roundtable on the Department's Resilient & Healthy Defense Communities StrategyFeb. 15, 2024STAFF: All right, well, good morning, everybody. I hope you can hear me. My name is Jeff Jurgensen. I know some of you. I work in OSD Press Operations. Appreciate your all RSVPing and joining us this morning for what is a very important day for the department and the announcement of a very ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General to attend the Munich Security Conference Click here to view in your browser Press Release 15 February 2024 NATO Secretary General to attend the Munich Security Conference On 16 and 17 February 2024, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, will attend the Munich Security Conference (MSC), together with the D ...Continue Reading

View OnlineDeputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds a Press BriefingFeb. 13, 2024DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY SABRINA SINGH:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Just a few things here at the top and then I'd be happy to take your questions.Secretary Austin is still at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and is in good condition.  Deputy Secretary Hicks continues to retain the functions and duties of the Secretary of Defense at this time.  However, we anticipate Secre ...Continue Reading

View OnlinePentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press BriefingFeb. 12, 2024MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER:  All right, good afternoon, everyone.  Just a couple things at the top, then we'll get right to your questions. First up, Secretary Austin currently remains hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and is in good condition.  Per the statements we released yesterday, Secretary Austin was transported by a security detail at approximately 2:20 ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General chairs meeting of National Security Advisers, addresses preparations for Washington Summit • Video: Steadfast Defender 2024: The Voyage Begins Click here to view in your browser 9 February 2024 Update NATO Secretary General chairs meeting of National Security Advisers, addresses pre ...Continue Reading

View OnlineChief of the National Guard Bureau Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief Tony L. Whitehead Hold a Press BriefingFeb. 8, 2024STAFF: Welcome and thank you all for coming. Today we're here with the chief of the National Guard Bureau, Gen. Dan Hokanson, and senior enlisted adviser to Gen. Hokanson, SEA Tony Whitehead, to discuss the National Guard's accomplishments in 2023 and its priorities for 2024.I'm Lt. Col. Caitlin Brown, National Guard Bureau Public Affairs, and I'll be mode ...Continue Reading

View OnlinePentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press BriefingFeb. 8, 2024MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER:  All right, good afternoon, everyone.  I have quite a bit to pass along today, so appreciate your patience then we'll get right to your questions.First let me start off by offering the Department's deepest condolences to the families of our five U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16 Third Marine Aircraft Wing who died in a h ...Continue Reading

• Media programme - Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence - Brussels, 15 February 2024 Click here to view in your browser Press Office 8 February 2024 Media programme - Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence - Brussels, 15 February 2024 Allied Defence Ministers will meet at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 15 February 2024. The meeting will be ...Continue Reading

• UPDATE - Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence – Brussels, 15 February 2024 Click here to view in your browser Press Release 7 February 2024 UPDATE - Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence – Brussels, 15 February 2024 GENERAL Allied Defence Ministers will meet at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on  ...Continue Reading