Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. are traveling.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work hosts an honor cordon welcoming His Excellency Jukka Juusti, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Defense for the Republic of Finland, and His Excellency Jan Salestrand, state secretary to the minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Sweden, to the Pentagon at 4 p.m. EDT on the steps of the River Entrance. All journalists desiring to cover the cordon must obtain a wristband from security screening. Journalists without a Pentagon facility access card must go through security screening at the base of the River Entrance Pedestrian Bridge, and will be escorted to the cordon from there. Security screening will begin at approximately 3:20 p.m. EDT; have proof of affiliation and two forms of photo identification. Journalists with a Pentagon facility access card, and whom have entered the building prior to 3 p.m. EDT, may go through security screening at the River Entrance to obtain their wristband. All journalists wishing to cover the honor cordon, including those with a Pentagon facility access card, must be in place no later than 3:45 p.m. EDT. Once security screening has been initiated at the base of the bridge, all journalists entering the building via the bridge for any reason, including those with a Pentagon facility access card not covering the honor cordon, must undergo security screening. Please call 703-697-5131 with any questions.
Vice Adm. Thomas J. Moore, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, provides remarks on the Navy's maintenance challenge at 10 a.m. EDT, at the Center for Strategic & International Studies' Maritime Security Dialogue, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, District of Columbia. His remarks will be streamed live on the CSIS webpage.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel, vice director, Defense Information Systems Agency, provides remarks at 12:20 p.m. EDT at the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association 16th annual Army IT Day, at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel, 8661 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Virginia.