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Today in DOD

Today in DOD for Jan. 12, 2022

Jan. 11, 2022
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Space Development Agency Director Dr. Derek M. Tournear speaks at 9 a.m. EST at the virtual Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Shriever Spacepower Forum. Register at mitchellaerospacepower.org.

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David H. Berger, Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond, and Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Joseph M. Martin provide testimony at 10 a.m. EST at a virtual House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on the impact of continuing resolutions on the Department of Defense and services. The hearing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael L. Connor; and Army Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, provide testimony on proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022 before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment at 10 a.m. EST; and the Senate  Committee on Environment and Public Works at 3 p.m. EST.

Navy Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, provides keynote remarks at 10 a.m. EST at the in-person and virtual Surface Navy Association National Symposium at Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. Register at navysnaevents.org/national-symposium/.

Army Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, director, Joint Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office, Department of the Army, speaks at 1 p.m. EST at a Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance virtual roundtable on "Saving Lives and Winning the Cost Curve: Defeating Drones and UAS." Register at missiledefenseadvocacy.org.

Army Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, director for hypersonics, directed energy, space and rapid acquisition, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, speaks at 2 p.m. EST at a Center for Strategic and International Studies webcast on emerging technologies and long-range strike. Register at csis.org.