• Media programme - Extraordinary Summit of NATO Heads of State and Government Click here to view in your browser Press Office 22 March 2022 Extraordinary Summit of NATO Heads of State and Government Media programme A meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Heads of State and Government will take place on Thursday 24 March 2022. The meet ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing March 21, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY:  All right, a couple of things to hit at the top here if you’ll just bear with me.  Today all of us here in the department want to remember and honor four U.S.  Marines who were tragically killed in a training flight crash South of Bodo in Norway, where they were supporting exercise Cold Response 2022. Captain Matthew J.  Tomkiewicz of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Captain Ross Reynolds of ...Continue Reading

View Online Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing March 21, 2022 SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Hey, good morning, everybody. Get started here.  Not a whole lot of changes to talk about today, certainly not on the ground. By our count now, the Russians have launched more than 1,100 missiles. The only thing that I would say that's different since the last time we had a chance to talk is that we have seen some increased naval activity in the northern Black Sea. The Russians have a little bit more than a doz ...Continue Reading

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