• NATO enhancing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance force with additional capabilities • Outboxing our opponents – NATO’s battlegroup in Estonia Click here to view in your browser 26 July 2024 Update NATO enhancing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ...Continue Reading

View OnlineSecretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles "CQ" Brown Jr Hold a Press ConferenceJuly 25, 2024PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY MAJOR GENERAL PATRICK RYDER: Thank you, everyone, for being here today. It's my pleasure to introduce Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General CQ Brown Jr.The secretary and the chairman will deliver opening remarks and then have time to take a few questions. Please note that I will ...Continue Reading

View OnlinePentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press BriefingJuly 23, 2024SECRETARY MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER: All right, well, good afternoon, everyone. I think it's Tuesday. All right, just a few things on the top here and then I'll get right to your questions. As we announced yesterday, Secretary Austin will depart this Friday for a trip to both Japan and the Philippines. This will be his 11th visit to the Indo-Pacific region as Secretary of Defense.In Tokyo, the Secretary will participate in the 2024 ...Continue Reading

View OnlineDeputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Arctic and Global Resilience Announce the 2024 Department of Defense Arctic StrategyJuly 22, 2024DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE KATHLEEN HICKS:  …Good afternoon everyone. So it's a big pleasure to be with you here today to talk about the Department of Defense's new Arctic strategy, which Secretary Austin recently signed. Let me begin by expressing my gratitude to Deputy Assistant Secretary ...Continue Reading

View OnlinePentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an Off-Camera Press BriefingJuly 22, 2024MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER: Hey. Good morning, everybody. I hope you had a good weekend, a slow news weekend. So just a few things here and then I'll get right to your questions. So over the weekend, you saw us issue a readout highlighting that Secretary Austin spoke with the Israeli Minister of Defense on Saturday about Israel in response to the Houthi attack that occurred on July 19th in Tel Aviv, that killed an Israeli ...Continue Reading

View OnlineDefense Officials Hold a News Briefing Via Teleconference on Humanitarian Assistance To GazaJuly 17, 2024DEPUTY PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY SABRINA SINGH: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. This is Sabrina Singh, deputy Pentagon press secretary, and I'll be facilitating today's phone briefing. As a reminder, this briefing is on the record, and I will call on as many folks as possible in the time that we have today. But to ensure that as many people as possible have the chance to as ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General at the European Political Community: the transatlantic Alliance is the cornerstone for European security • NATO Leaders take major decisions to make our Alliance stronger Click here to view in your browser 19 July 2024 Update NATO Secretary General at the European Political Communit ...Continue Reading

View OnlineDeputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds a Press BriefingJuly 18, 2024DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY SABRINA SINGH: Hello. Good afternoon. All right, just a few things here at the top, and then happy to jump in and take your questions.Yesterday, the Secretary of the Navy exonerated 258 Black sailors who were unjustly court martialed in the wake of the devastating explosion at the Port of Chicago Naval Magazine in California, which killed 320 sailors on July 17, 1944. After a thorough review of the case and ...Continue Reading

On Thursday, 18 July 2024, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, will participate in a meeting of the European Political Community (EPC), at the Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...Continue Reading

View OnlinePentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press BriefingJuly 16, 2024MAJ. GEN. PAT RYDER: All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Just a couple of things at the top. Then I'll get right to your questions. Yesterday Secretary Austin welcomed Singapore Minister of Defense Ng to the Pentagon for a bilateral meeting, during which they reaffirmed the longstanding defense partnership between the United States and Singapore.The two leaders discussed opportunities to expand bilateral force posture cooperation ...Continue Reading