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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tours the USS Thomas Hudner during a visit to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 25, 2025.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth participates in a morning physical training session hosted by troops assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 11, 2025.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Feb. 7, 2025.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with troops assigned to the Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 3, 2025.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pay respects at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2024.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies 21st Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, June 2, 2024.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in the coin toss at the beginning of the annual Army-Navy football game in Boston, Dec. 9, 2023.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III conducts holiday video calls to deployed service members from the Pentagon, Nov. 22, 2023.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Morgan Freeman for a private screening and conversation about Freeman’s documentary on the 761st Tank Battalion at the Pentagon, Aug. 2, 2023.
Members of the Pentagon Honor Guard march across a parade field during a ceremony to welcome Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to the Pentagon, May 3, 2023.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with soldiers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s 7th Army Training Command supporting combined arms training of Ukrainian armed forces battalions in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Feb. 17, 2023. The first Ukrainian battalion completed training on the M2 Bradley fighting vehicle, representing the continuation of a worldwide effort led by the U.S. and supported by more than 50 nations to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s brutal and unprovoked war.
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, right, speaks to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley during the annual Army-Navy football game, in Philadelphia., Dec. 10, 2022
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III conducts holiday video calls to deployed service members during a return flight to the United States following a weeklong trip to Southeast Asia, Nov. 23, 2022.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III pays respects to fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Aug. 31, 2022.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III shakes hands with Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brian Allen during a visit with service members stationed at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, June 12, 2022. Austin was in Singapore to participate in meetings with Indo-Pacific leaders at the Shangri-La Dialogue.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with service members at Sembawang Naval Base, Singapore, June 12, 2022. Austin was in Singapore to participate in meetings with Indo-Pacific leaders at the Shangri-La Dialogue.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with U.S. Military Academy cadets at the annual Army-Navy football game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Dec. 11, 2021.
Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hollyanne Milley and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III participate in a wreath-laying ceremony as part of the 68th National Veterans Day Observance at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Nov. 11, 2021.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with soldiers during a visit to Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Oct. 20, 2021.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in a news briefing with Georgian Minister of Defense Juansher Burchuladze in Tbilisi, Georgia, Oct. 18, 2021.