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Today in DOD

Today in DOD for Sept. 20, 2021

Sept. 17, 2021
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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall (11:05 a.m. EDT); Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1:15 p.m. EDT); and other senior Air Force officials speak at the Air Force Association's in-person and virtual 2021 Air, Space & Cyber Conference, National Harbor, Maryland. Register at afa.org.

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Virginia S. Penrod joins a virtual panel discussion at noon EDT at a Center for a New American Security special event 10 years after the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Register at cnas.org.

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby briefs the media in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2D972) at 2:30 p.m. EDT.  The briefing will also be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.