Army Maj. Gen. Clement S. Coward, acting executive director, Office of Force Resiliency for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and Defense Suicide Prevention Office Director Dr. Karin Orvis, will provide an on-the-record, off-camera briefing on the Calendar Year 2020 Annual Suicide Report in the Pentagon Briefing Room.
An embargoed copy of their briefing slides and the Secretary of Defense statement on the Annual Suicide Report are available upon request.
If you would like an embargoed copy, please reply to the Defense Press Operations Personnel & Readiness team at osd.pentagon.pa.list.dpo-PR@mail.mil. By asking for a copy, you are agreeing to the following embargo rules:
- The slides and statement are under embargo until the start of the briefing.
- You must confirm the embargoed slides against the remarks in the press briefing when quoting or paraphrasing.
- You may not share them with others.
Please send an email to the DPO Personnel & Readiness team if you agree and we will provide the remarks at 10:15 a.m. EDT
If you plan to have a question please call in by 10:55 a.m. so we can inform them that you will have a question.
Due to COVID social distancing concerns, there will be 20 chairs for reporters in the room. The seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Only one seat per news organization is authorized.
Media wishing to participate by phone should contact the OSD Public Affairs Duty Officer at osd.pa.dutyofficer@mail.mil.