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Open Press Events

Press Events Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III

The secretary is traveling.

Secretary of Defense
Lloyd J. Austin III

The secretary is traveling.

Press Events Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks

The deputy secretary provides keynote remarks at 10:30 a.m. EDT at the online Defense News Conference. Register for the event at defensenews.com. Other conference speakers include Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. (8:35 a.m. EDT); Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday (9:30 a.m. EDT); Army Secretary Christine E. Wormuth and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville (11:07 a.m. EDT); and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Director Stefanie Tompkins and Defense Innovation Unit Director Mike Brown (11:57 a.m. EDT).

Deputy Secretary of Defense
Kathleen H. Hicks

The deputy secretary provides keynote remarks at 10:30 a.m. EDT at the online Defense News Conference. Register for the event at defensenews.com. Other conference speakers include Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. (8:35 a.m. EDT); Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday (9:30 a.m. EDT); Army Secretary Christine E. Wormuth and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville (11:07 a.m. EDT); and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Director Stefanie Tompkins and Defense Innovation Unit Director Mike Brown (11:57 a.m. EDT).

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

The chairman is traveling.

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

The chairman is traveling.

Press Events Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen.John E. Hyten  

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

Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force Gen.John E. Hyten  

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

Additional Open Press Events


The Department of the Army hosts an on-camera media roundtable with four survivors from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon at 9 a.m. EDT in the Pentagon Briefing Room, 2D972.  Mark Lewis, Roy Wallace, Dr. Gerry Kitzhaber, and retired Col. Marilyn Wills will share their personal stories and experiences from that day and how they have moved forward over the last 20 years. The roundtable will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

DoD Postings: September 8, 2021