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Advisory
Immediate Release

Secretary Esper Travels to Naval Air Station Pensacola and USSOUTHCOM

Jan. 21, 2020

Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper embarks Wednesday, Jan. 22 to visit Naval Air Station Pensacola and United States Southern Command in Doral, Florida.

At Naval Air Station Pensacola, Secretary Esper will visit with first responders involved in the Dec. 6 shooting, where three U.S. service members were killed.

Secretary Esper will also visit U.S. Southern Command, where he will meet with leadership and participate in a town hall with several hundred SOUTHCOM troops, families, and civilians.