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Today in DOD

Nov. 6, 2017
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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is traveling. Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. have no public or media events on their schedules. 
 
Air Force Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Croft, deputy commander, Air, Combined Joint Forces Land Component Commander (CJFLCC) - Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), briefs the media live via speakerphone briefing from Southwest Asia at 11 a.m. EST in the Defense Press Office (2D961), to provide an update on operations. Foreign journalists without a Pentagon building pass must plan on being escorted from the River Entrance Pedestrian Bridge only, or, if arriving at the Pentagon Metro Entrance Facility, must contact 703-697-5131 a minimum of one hour prior to your arrival. Please arrive no later than 45 minutes before the briefing if coming by Metro. U.S. journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the River Entrance Pedestrian Bridge or the Pentagon Metro Visitors Entrance only. If arriving by Metro, please contact 703-697-5131 a minimum of one hour prior to your arrival, and plan to arrive no later than 30 minutes before the event; have proof of affiliation and photo identification. Please call 703-697-5131 for escort into the building.
 
Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark Milley speaks at 11:30 a.m. EST and Army Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander, U.S. Army Cyber Command, speaks at 9 a.m. EST, at the International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon U.S.), at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, District of Columbia.
 
Army Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander, U.S. Army Cyber Command, speaks at 1 p.m. EST at the ISR & C2 Battle Management USA conference, at the Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland.