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Open Press Events

Press Events Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III

The secretary participates in a keynote conversation at 10 a.m. EST at a Defense One "Outlook 2022" digital event. Register at defenseone.com. The Defense One event also includes a 10:40 a.m. EST interview with Army Maj. Gen. Joel B. Vowell, commanding general, U.S. Army Japan.

Secretary of Defense
Lloyd J. Austin III

The secretary participates in a keynote conversation at 10 a.m. EST at a Defense One "Outlook 2022" digital event. Register at defenseone.com. The Defense One event also includes a 10:40 a.m. EST interview with Army Maj. Gen. Joel B. Vowell, commanding general, U.S. Army Japan.

Press Events Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks

The deputy secretary has no public or media events on her schedule.

Deputy Secretary of Defense
Kathleen H. Hicks

The deputy secretary has no public or media events on her schedule.

Press Events Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen.Mark A. Milley  

The chairman has no public or media events on his schedule.

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army Gen.Mark A. Milley  

The chairman has no public or media events on his schedule.

Additional Open Press Events


Army Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, Army surgeon general and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command, provides opening remarks at 8:15 a.m. EST; Army Lt. Gen. Gary M. Brito, deputy chief of staff, G-1, provides keynote remarks at 8:45 a.m. EST; and other Army officials participate, at an Association of the U.S. Army in-person event ("Holistic Health and the Soldier: An Army Medical Hot Topic"), 2425 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism Milancy D. Harris provides testimony at 9:30 a.m. EST at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security hearing on examining the worldwide threat of al Qaeda, ISIS, and other foreign terrorist organizations, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Department of Defense Chief Data Officer David Spirk provides opening keynote remarks at 1:05 p.m. EST at a virtual Federal Computer Week (FCW)/Oracle workshop on "Data-Driven Government: Doing it Right." Register at fcw.com.

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro provides keynote remarks at 12:40 p.m. EST at a commemorative event in Hawaii on the 80th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.  The ceremony will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Sklenka, deputy commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, joins a panel discussion at 3:30 p.m. EST at a virtual Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) event ("80 Years Later - Are We Ready to Defend the Pacific?"). The event will be livestreamed on MDAA's YouTube channel.

DoD Postings: December 7, 2021