The National Defense Strategy provides a clear road map for the Department of Defense to meet the challenges posed by a re-emergence of long-term strategic competition with China and Russia. The National Defense Strategy acknowledges an increasingly complex global security environment, characterized by overt challenges to the free and open international order.

The Defense Department is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services and the State Department to provide support in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.

Using the resources of the federal government and the U.S. private sector, Operation Warp Speed will accelerate the testing, supply, development, and distribution of safe and effective vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to counter COVID-19 by January 2021.

The Defense Department's Artificial Intelligence Strategy directs DOD to accelerate the adoption of AI and the creation of a force fit for the times.

The Defense Department remembers and honors those Americans who were prisoners of war and those who served and never returned home.

Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist paid tribute to prisoners of war and service members missing in action during a Pentagon ceremony marking POW/MIA Recognition Day, saying Americans should keep POWs and MIAs in their hearts every day.

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper assured sailors aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean that aircraft carriers will continue to play a pivotal role in the nation's defense strategy.

Members of three Connecticut National Guard squadrons combined with the 103rd Medical Group to conduct key readiness training while protecting the health of participants.

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