View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks at U.S. Central Command Change of Command (as delivered) April 1, 2022 Good afternoon, CENTCOM! It is great to be here.  Being back in Tampa always feels like coming home. This wonderful community, the great weather, the fabulous fishing… And I’m honored to be back with the incredible men and women of this team.   We’ve got some distinguished guests with us this afternoon, as the Chairman has highlighted. Those distinguished guests obviously i ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General launches his Annual Report for 2021 • NATO defence and deterrence measures in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine Click here to view in your browser 1 April 2022 Update NATO Secretary General launches his Annual Report for 2021 On 31 March 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg launched his annual report ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing, March 31, 2022 March 31, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Hey guys, sorry I'm a little late. My goodness, the sarcasm is just dripping in here. I'd think it was a Friday. OK. A couple things to get to at the top here. I think today, you saw the Department released the 2021 On-Site Installation Evaluation Report. I want to remind that on his very first full day in office, Secretary Austin made a very strong commitment about sexual assault and ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing, March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Hello, everybody. Goyle, how you doing? Q: I'm good. MR. KIRBY: Good to -- good to see you. Great. A couple things at the top here. Early this morning, I think you all know, the secretary met with his German counterpart, the defense minister, Christine Lambrecht, to reaffirm the U.S.-German bilateral relationship. The two leaders discussed Russia's unprovoked and premeditated invasion ...Continue Reading

View Online DoD Officials Hold a Press Briefing on the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability Procurement March 30, 2022 DOD CIO JOHN SHERMAN: Good afternoon, everyone. John Sherman, DOD CIO here. It's good to have you on the call today. I want to provide you, as Russ indicated, with an update on the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability or JWCC procurement we have underway. Now, just by a little bit of background here, I last spoke with you all on this matter back on 6 July of last year when I was the acting CIO when we bot ...Continue Reading

• Meetings of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Brussels, 6-7 April 2022 - Media programme Click here to view in your browser Press Office 30 March 2022 Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Brussels, 6-7 April 2022 - Media programme A meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will take place at NATO ...Continue Reading

View Online Opening Remarks for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's Meeting With Germany's Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht March 30, 2022 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Well, good morning, Minister Lambrecht. It is great to see you again, and it's great to be able to welcome you to the Pentagon. I understand this is your first visit to the Pentagon, so, willkommen. GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER CHRISTINE LAMBRECHT: (inaudible). SEC. AUSTIN: I’m moved to hear that you're going to be visiting the -- the Tom ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing, March 29, 2022 March 29, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY:  Yeah, we were gone for a little while.  It's good to be back.  OK, a couple of things at the top.  So, if you just bear with me here.  I do want to take a couple of minutes right at the beginning of the briefing to talk about things in Ukraine.  There's been a lot of reporting today on withdrawals and Russian decisions and I think it's really important t ...Continue Reading

View Online Missile Defense Agency Officials Hold a News Briefing on President Biden's Fiscal 2023 Missile Defense Budget March 28, 2022 STAFF:  Good afternoon everyone.  Let's go ahead and get started.  Welcome to the briefing, the P.B.'23 briefing for the Missile Defense Agency. To my left is the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, Vice Admiral Jon Hill.  To his left is the Missile Defense Agency Comptroller, Ms. Dee Dee Martinez. Once the presentation is complete this afternoon we will have ...Continue Reading

• Launch of the NATO Secretary General's Annual Report for 2021 Click here to view in your browser Press Release 29 March 2022 PR (2022) 057 Launch of the NATO Secretary General's Annual Report for 2021 (hybrid) On Thursday 31 March 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will present his Annual Report for 2021, at NATO H ...Continue Reading