An official website of the United States Government 
Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov

.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock ( lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Today in DoD

Open Press Events

Press Events Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III

The secretary; Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request and Future Years Defense Program, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Secretary of Defense
Lloyd J. Austin III

The secretary; Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request and Future Years Defense Program, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

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 Air Force Gen.Charles Q. Brown, Jr.

The chairman, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request and Future Years Defense Program, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force Gen.Charles Q. Brown, Jr.

The chairman, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request and Future Years Defense Program, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

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

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

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

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

Additional Open Press Events


Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower & Reserve Affairs Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower & Reserve Affairs Franklin Parker, and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower & Reserve Affairs Alex Wagner (9:30 a.m. EDT); Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Margaret Palmieri (9:30 a.m. EDT); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community & Family Policy Patty Barron (1:45 p.m. EDT); Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy Dr. Laura Taylor-Kale (3 p.m. EDT); and other senior officials speak at the Association of Defense Communities 2024 National Summit, Arlington, Virginia.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin, 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 the Air Force and Space Force fiscal 2025 budget request, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Space Force Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, commander, U.S. Space Command (10:45 a.m. EDT); Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu (11:10 a.m. EDT); and other senior officials speak at the Space Foundation’s in-person and virtual Space Symposium, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Register at spacesymposium.org.

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro provides keynote remarks at noon EDT; and other senior officials speak throughout the day, at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space 2024, Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center, National Harbor, Maryland.

Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr. speaks at 1:30 p.m. EDT at an in-person and virtual Air & Space Forces Association "Air & Space Warfighters" event, Arlington, Virginia. Register at afa.org.

DoD Postings: April 9, 2024