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Today in DOD

Today in DOD for Aug. 17, 2021

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Army Lt. Gen. John B. Morrison, deputy chief of staff, G-6, provides opening keynote remarks on multi-domain operations at 9 a.m. EDT; and other senior officials speak, at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) TechNet Augusta event. Register at afcea.org.

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby briefs the media in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2D972) at 10 a.m. EDT. The briefing will also be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, speaks at 2 p.m. EDT at a Center for Strategic and International Studies webcast on "Rethinking Homeland Defense: Global Integration, Domain Awareness, Information Dominance and Decision Superiority." Register at csis.org.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Paul Friedrichs, Joint Staff Surgeon (12:55 p.m. EDT), and other senior officials speak at the National Defense Industrial Association's CBRN Defense Conference and Exhibition, Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, 401 W. Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland.