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Today in DOD

Feb. 6, 2018
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Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis and Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan have no public or media events on their schedules. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. is traveling.

Department of Defense Principal Deputy Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, Army Inspector General Lt. Gen. David E. Quantock, Naval Inspector General Vice Adm. Herman Shelanski, Air Force Inspector General Lt. Gen. Stayce D. Harris, and Marine Corps Inspector General Brig. Gen. David A. Ottignon (Panel 1); and Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, and Marine Corps Assistant Commandant Gen. Glenn M. Walters (Panel 2), testify at 9 a.m. EST on senior leader misconduct at a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia. The hearing will also be streamed live on www.defense.gov/live.

Army Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, director, Office of Business Transformation, Office of the Under Secretary of the Army (9:15 a.m. EST); Mary J. Miller, performing the duties of assistant secretary of defense for research and engineering (9:45 a.m. EST); and other senior defense officials speak at the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International conference, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland.

Air Force Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker, commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force - Afghanistan, and commander, NATO Air Command - Afghanistan, briefs the media by video at 11 a.m. EST in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2E973), to provide an update on operations. Both U.S. and foreign journalists without a Pentagon building pass must contact 703-697-5131 a minimum of one hour before their arrival.  Plan on being escorted from the River Entrance Pedestrian Bridge or the Pentagon Metro Entrance Facility only.  Please arrive no later than 45 minutes before the briefing; have proof of affiliation and photo identification.  Please call 703-697-5131 for escort into the building. The briefing will also be streamed live on www.defense.gov/live.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security Kenneth P. Rapuano; and U.S. Special Operations Command Deputy Commander Marine Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Osterman, testify at 2:30 p.m. EST at a Senate Armed Service Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing on the Department of Defense's role in countering weapons of mass destruction, Room SR-232A, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson, Lt. Gen. John M. Murray, Lt. Gen. Paul A. Ostrowski, and Maj. Gen. Robert M. Dyess Jr. testify at 3:30 p.m. EST at a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland hearing on Army modernization, Room SR-222, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.