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Today in DOD

Feb. 25, 2016
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Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr.  have no public or media events on their schedules.  Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work is traveling.
 
Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson, and Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 Army Lt. Gen. Gustave F. Perna provide testimony to the House Armed Services Committee on the Army 2017 operation and maintenance budget request and readiness posture at 8 a.m. EST,  2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.
 
Joint Staff Surgeon General Maj. Gen. Joseph Caravalho, Army Deputy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Terry Moulton, and navy Deputy Surgeon General Brig. Gen. Robert Tenhet provide testimony to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel on ensuring medical readiness in the future at 9:30 a.m. EST, 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.
 
The senior enlisted service members of the services, Army Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Dailey; Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Stevens; Marine Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green; and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James A. Cody, provide testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies on quality of life in the military, at 9:30 a.m. EST, 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.
 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy and Army Chief of Engineers LT. Gen. Thomas Bostick provide testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies on the Army Corps of Engineers budget at 9:30 a.m. EST,  2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia.
 
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson, and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller provide remarks on maritime strategy for a new era of naval challenges at the Brookings Institution Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence event at 10 a.m. EST, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, District of Columbia.