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Open Press Events

Press Events Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III

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

Secretary of Defense
Lloyd J. Austin III

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

Press Events Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks

The deputy secretary delivers keynote remarks and participates in an opening fireside chat at 8:20 a.m. EDT; Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu participates in a fireside chat at 9 a.m. EDT; Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William LaPlante joins service acquisition chiefs in a "State of Defense Acquisition Panel" at 3:15 p.m. EDT; and other senior Department of Defense officials speak at the National Defense Industrial Association's 2024 Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

Deputy Secretary of Defense
Kathleen H. Hicks

The deputy secretary delivers keynote remarks and participates in an opening fireside chat at 8:20 a.m. EDT; Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu participates in a fireside chat at 9 a.m. EDT; Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William LaPlante joins service acquisition chiefs in a "State of Defense Acquisition Panel" at 3:15 p.m. EDT; and other senior Department of Defense officials speak at the National Defense Industrial Association's 2024 Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

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

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

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

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

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

Navy Vice Adm. George M. Wikoff, commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command; commander, Fifth Fleet; and commander, Combined Maritime Forces, speaks at 10 a.m. EDT at a virtual Center for Strategic and International Studies/U.S. Naval Institute event on "Preserving the Free Flow of Commerce in the Red Sea and Beyond." Register at csis.org.

DoD Postings: August 7, 2024