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Immediate Release

Backgrounder on Implementation Memo Guidance for Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness Today, May 15, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. EDT

Media Colleagues,
 
A senior defense official will hold an off-camera, on-background press briefing today, May 15, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, via Zoom.  The Department will discuss the memo regarding implementation guidance for Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness. For an embargoed copy of the memo, please respond to OSD.pa.dutyofficer@mail.mil with "I agree to the embargo" by 10 a.m. EDT.
 
The embargo will lift after the on-background press briefing today.