View Online Marine Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall Briefs Media on Joint All Domain Command and Control March 18, 2022 LIEUTENANT GENERAL DENNIS CRALL: Look, I really appreciate the opportunity to explain just briefly where we are in the story on the department's efforts to deliver a true Joint All Domain Command and Control capability, and rather than spending a long time in an opener I really prefer to get to your questions to leave us plenty of time to give the best answer I can based on where we are in this journey. So what ...Continue Reading

View Online CENTCOM Commander Gen. Frank McKenzie Holds a Press Briefing, March 18, 2022 March 18, 2022 STAFF: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us today. I'm Major Rob Lodewick. I'm the Defense Press Operations desk officer for the Middle East, and I'll be facilitating this morning's briefing. Today we are joined by the commander of United States Central Command, General Frank McKenzie. General McKenzie is no stranger to this podium, nor to most of you. But he is joining us today from his head ...Continue Reading

• Secretary General: NATO is responding to this crisis with speed and unity • NATO Secretary General with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, 16 March 2022 Click here to view in your browser 18 March 2022 Update Secretary General: NATO is responding to this crisis with speed and unity NATO Defence Ministers met on 16 March 2022 to a ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Slovakia Minister of Defense Jaroslav Nad' Hold A Press Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia, March 17, 2022 March 17, 2022 STAFF (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming at this special occasion, because this is 20 years since the last visit of the Secretary of Defense. So, what it actually means for Slovakia, that will be discussed by Minister Nad', the Slovak Minister of Defense, and of course we will also hear the comments ...Continue Reading

• The NATO Secretary General to visit Germany Click here to view in your browser Press Release 16 March 2022 PR (2022) 060 The NATO Secretary General to visit Germany On Thursday, 17 March 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Berlin, Germany. Mr. Stoltenberg will meet with the Chancellor of Germany, ...Continue Reading

View Online Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing, March 15, 2022 March 15, 2022 DEFENSE OFFICIAL (STAFF):  It's official.  Ma'am, if you could introduce yourself, and then they can go around and introduce themselves real quickly and then we can get to business. SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL:  Okay, my name's (EDITED).  I am the new (EDITED).  I've been on the job for three and a half weeks since I was sworn in and confirmed just almost four weeks ago.  And it's a privilege, I'm e ...Continue Reading

• UPDATED Media programme - Extraordinary meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence Click here to view in your browser Press Office 15 March 2022 Extraordinary meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence UPDATED Media programme A meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Defence Ministers will take place on Wednesday 16 March 2022. Ministers will meet ...Continue Reading

View Online Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks' Virtual Remarks at South by Southwest Kickoff (SxSW) at the Army Software Factory (As Delivered) March 12, 2022 Hello, I’m Deputy Secretary of Defense, Dr. Kathleen Hicks.  It is great to be joining the South by South West Kickoff at the Army Software Factory and Austin Community College. Thank you to everyone who made today possible.   Last year I had the chance to travel to Texas and see the dynamic and innovative ecosystem that is thrivin ...Continue Reading

View Online Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing, March 11, 2022 March 11, 2022 SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Okay, good morning, everybody. So let me just go over changes, and if I don't mention it here, you can basically assume that the -- the situation is -- is unchanged. We have continued to see, over the last 24 hours, some, you know, additional Russian advances. They are moving their forces -- they -- they are -- they haven't advanced any closer to Ukraine -- I'm sorry. I'll try this again. They -- the ...Continue Reading

• The Secretary General underlines the importance of Turkey’s contributions to NATO • French troops from the NATO Response Force deploy to Romania Click here to view in your browser 11 March 2022 Update The Secretary General underlines the importance of Turkey’s contributions to NATO NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with President ...Continue Reading