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News Army Leaders Provide Update of Guard Activities in Washington
Release General Officer Assignments
Contract Contracts For Jan. 25, 2021
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News Army Leaders Provide Update of Guard Activities in Washington
News Biden Administration Overturns Transgender Exclusion Policy
News DOD Uses 3D-Printing to Create N95 Respirators
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Release General Officer Assignments
Release Statement by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Transgender Service in the Military
Release Readout of Defense Secretary Austin's Call With South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook
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Transcript Senior DOD Officials Brief Reporters on Inauguration Activities
Transcript Press Gaggle With Acting Secretary Miller En Route to Washington, D.C.
Transcript Senior Defense Leaders Brief on Trusted Capital Digital Marketplace
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Speech Acting Defense Secretary Remarks to Conference of the Defense Ministers of the Americas
Speech Acting Defense Secretary Miller Announcement on Afghanistan, Iraq Troop Levels
Speech Acting Defense Secretary Miller Remarks at the Grand Opening of the National Museum of the United States Army
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Publication Memorandum on Countering Sexual Assault and Harassment – Initial Tasking
Publication Day One Message to the Force From Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
Publication COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Installation Status Update, January 21, 2021
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Contract Contracts For Jan. 25, 2021
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A helicopter flies next to a rainbow while carrying a vehicle.
Rainbow Ride
Rainbow Ride
Three Marine Corps recruits float on their backs in a pool.
Qualification Course
Qualification Course
An airman speaks into a radio while kneeling in snow in front of a tree line.
Noble Defender
Noble Defender
An airman reaches into a bin for supplies while another service member stands nearby holding a bag.
Giving Gear
Giving Gear
A sailor uses binoculars while standing on a ship at sea.
Seeing Sailor
Seeing Sailor
A person wearing personal protective equipment sits at a table and writes on a piece of paper.
Antigen Samples
Antigen Samples
A guardsman wearing a face mask reaches into the driver's side window of a vehicle while another guardsman wearing a face mask writes on a clipboard.
Vaccine Prep
Vaccine Prep
A male sailor wearing a face mask drops a syringe into a plastic container; behind him, a female sailor wearing a face takes syringes from a box.
COVID-19 Vaccine
COVID-19 Vaccine
U.S. and Lithuanian soldiers shown in silhouette fire mortars at night and are illuminated by an orange light.
Mortar Mission
Mortar Mission
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Law enforcement will take the lead and be the force of choice should it be necessary for keeping the peace and allowing for peaceful protests in Washington, D.C., the acting Army secretary said.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order overturning the previous administration's ban on the service of transgender individuals in the military.
The Defense Department has played an integral role in the ramped-up effort to produce N95 respirators for health care and frontline workers across the nation.
Army Pfc. Jose F. Valdez volunteered to hold off 200 Germans so his fellow soldiers could escape an onslaught during World War II. That heroism cost him his life, but earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor. 
Threats by Russia and China to deny U.S. access and capability in space make the Space Force critical to national security, said the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III arrived at the Pentagon today and hit the ground running, greeting the senior staff and then immediately heading into meetings on combating coronavirus.
Expectations are high that artificial intelligence will be a game changer for the military — and it is, in fact, one of the Defense Department's top priorities.
A device patented by Army researchers at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland is being commercialized as a tool in the study of COVID-19.