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Today in DOD

Today in DOD for Sept. 7, 2022

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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall participates in a fireside chat at 8:05 a.m. EDT; Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William LaPlante provides keynote remarks at 9:30 a.m. EDT; Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith participates in a fireside chat at 11:45 a.m. EDT; Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl provides keynote remarks at 3 p.m. EDT; and other senior officials speak, at the in-person and virtual Defense News Conference 2022 at the Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, Alexandria, Virginia. Register at conference.defensenews.com.

Air Force Lt. Gen. James C. Slife, commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, speaks at 8:30 a.m. EDT at an in-person and virtual Air & Space Forces Association "Warfighters in Action" fireside chat in Arlington, Virginia. Register at afa.org.

Department of Defense Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity and Chief Information Security Officer David McKeown (9:25 a.m. EDT); and Defense Digital Service Director Katie Savage and Defense Information Systems Agency Deputy Director Christopher Barnhurst (11:30 a.m. EDT) participate in panel discussions; and National Security Agency Deputy Director George Barnes (1:25 p.m. EDT); and Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, deputy commander, U.S. Cyber Command (4:45 p.m. EDT), participate in fireside chats, at the 13th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville provides keynote remarks at 11:05 a.m. EDT; Army Lt. Gen. Scott McKean, deputy commanding general, Army Futures Command, speaks at 11:45 a.m. EDT; and other Army officials participate at Defense One's virtual "State of Defense" series. Register at defenseone.com.

Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle and U.S Army Medical Command Sgt. Maj. Diamond D. Hough speak at an Association of the U.S. Army "Noon Report" webinar on "Pivot to Readiness with Army Medicine." Register at ausa.org.