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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 has no public or media events on her schedule.

Deputy Secretary of Defense
Kathleen H. Hicks

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

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

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Press Events Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm.Christopher W. Grady 

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Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Navy Adm.Christopher W. Grady 

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Additional Open Press Events


Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday, and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Committee posture hearing, SD-106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., and Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman provide testimony at 10 a.m. EDT at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on Air Force and Space Force fiscal 2024 budget requests, SD-192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Jedidiah P. Royal; Navy Adm. John C. Aquilino, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; and Army Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, commander, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, provide testimony at 10:30 a.m. EDT at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. military posture and national security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.  The hearing will also be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander, U.S. Space Command (10:45 a.m. EDT); Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Dr. John F. Plumb (11:45 a.m. EDT); National Reconnaissance Office Director Dr. Christopher Scolese (12:30 p.m. EDT); and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu (1:25 p.m. EDT), speak at The Space Foundation's in-person and virtual National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Register at spacesymposium.org

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment Meredith Berger; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics Vice Adm. Ricky Williamson; and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Edward D. Banta, deputy commandant, Installations and Logistics, provide testimony at 2 p.m. EDT at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on the fiscal 2024 budget request for Navy and Marine Corps military construction and housing, 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.   

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Douglas R. Bush; Army Gen. James E. Rainey, commanding general, U.S. Army Futures Command; and Army Force Development Director Maj. Gen. Michelle A. Schmidt provide testimony at 2:30 p.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland hearing on Army modernization in review of the fiscal 2024 defense authorization request and the Future Years Defense Program, SR-232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Missile Defense John D. Hill; Navy Vice Adm. Jon A. Hill, director, Missile Defense Agency; Army Lt. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, commanding general, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; and Space Force Maj. Gen. David N. Miller Jr., director of operations, U.S. Space Command, provide testimony at 3 p.m. EDT at a House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Defense's fiscal 2024 budget request for missile defense and defeat programs, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will also be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Andrew P. Hunter; and Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr. provide testimony at 3:30 p.m. EDT at a House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee hearing on Air Force projection forces aviation programs and capabilities related to the fiscal 2024 budget request, 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.   

Navy Adm. James F. Caldwell Jr., deputy administrator for Office of Nuclear Reactors, National Nuclear Security Administration; Air Force Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, commander, Air Force Global Strike Command; and Navy Strategic Systems Programs Director Vice Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe Jr. provide testimony at 4:45 p.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing on Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities and Department of Defense nuclear programs in review of the fiscal 2024 defense authorization request and the Future Years Defense Program, SR-222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

DoD Postings: April 18, 2023