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Today in DOD

Today in DOD for March 5, 2020

March 4, 2020
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Army Lt. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, commanding general,  U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (8:15 a.m. EST); Army Lt. Gen. James H. Dickinson, deputy commander, U.S. Space Command (8:45 a.m. EST);  Dr. Mark Lewis, director, defense research and engineering for modernization, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering (9:50 a.m. EST); Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. Jon A. Hill (2 p.m. EST); and other senior officials speak at an Association of the U.S. Army Hot Topic event on Army space and integrated air and missile defense, Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan Conference & Event Center, 2425 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Thomas McCaffery, Defense Health Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, Defense Healthcare Management Systems Program Executive Officer Bill Tinston, Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, Navy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, and Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg provide testimony at 9 a.m. EST on the Defense Health Program to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia. The hearing will also be streamed live on Defense.gov.

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday, and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David H. Berger provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EST on the posture of the Navy in review of the fiscal 2021 defense authorization request and the future years defense program to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Room SD-G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Dr. Bruce Jette; Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition James F. Geurts; Army Gen. John M. Murray, commanding general, Army Futures Command; Army Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. James F. Pasquarette, G-8; and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Eric M. Smith, commanding general, Marine Corps Combat Development Command; and deputy commandant for combat development and integration, provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EST on the fiscal 2021 Army and Marine Corps ground modernization programs to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.

Army Brig. Gen. Michael J. Talley, commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) and Fort Detrick; Army Col. Wendy Sammons-Jackson, director of USAMRDC's Military Infectious Diseases Research Program; Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Center for Infectious Disease Research Director Dr. Nelson Michael; and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Director of Emerging Infectious Diseases Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad, hold an on-camera press briefing at 2:30 p.m. EST in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2D972) to discuss their effort in supporting the whole of government approach to investigate and develop vaccine candidates against COVID-19.