Austin Conducts Meeting Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, right foreground, conducts meetings with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left foreground, at the NATO defense ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 21, 2021. NATO leaders are conducting their first in-person defense ministerial since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to chart the course for the alliance as it modernizes and adapts to a world dominated by strategic competition. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.41 MB) Photo By: Chad J. McNeeley, DOD VIRIN: 211021-D-TT977-0127.JPG Photo Gallery