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Today in DoD

Open Press Events

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter observes training and conducts troop talks at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.  Video will be posted on the Defense Video & Imagery Distributions System Hub later in the evening at www.dvidshub.net.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work has no public or media events on his schedule.  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. is traveling.

Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Army Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III, commander, Joint Special Operations Command, provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing to consider their nominations to be, respectively, commander, U.S. Central Command, and commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, at 10 a.m. EST, SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia. 

Surgeon General of the Army Lt. Gen. Nadja West, Surgeon General of the Navy Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faisson III, Surgeon General of the Air Force Lt. Gen. Mark A. Ediger, and Chris Miller, program executive officer of the Defense Healthcare Management Systems, provide testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on the fiscal year 2017 budget request for the Defense Health Program at 10:30 a.m. EST, SD-192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

DoD Postings: March 9, 2016