Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley held a briefing to discuss a number of topics. Both gave an update on the Afghanistan withdrawal, including announcing…
1,198 viewsDefense Department Spokesman John Kirby briefed reporters at the Pentagon. Topics included efforts to identify overseas locations to relocate Afghan translators and other nationals who have…
148 viewsDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley met General Scott Miller at Joint Base Andrews upon his return home from Afghanistan, where he relinquished his…
597 viewsDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit traveled to Afghanistan as the U.S. faced a May 1 deadline to withdraw troops. After meeting with senior Afghan officials and…
441 viewsDefense Department officials in charge of the coronavirus response briefed reporters on the state of vaccinations in the military and the FEMA request for active military to assist in the distribution…
4,879 viewsActing Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced the U.S. would reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 in each country by January 15, 2021. The acting secretary,…
8,008 viewsDuring remarks at ceremony at Fort Bragg, Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said reducing forces in Afghanistan and Iraq would be done “in a manner that protects our fighting men and…
5,500 viewsSecretary of Defense Mark Esper and British counterpart Ben Wallace spoke to reporters at the Pentagon. Topics included the Pentagon’s response to the coronavirus and peace efforts in…
261 viewsDefense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley held a news conference two days after the U.S. and Taliban signed an agreement to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan.…
1,666 viewsDefense Secretary Mark Esper and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg delivered remarks in Kabul, Afghanistan. The remarks came amid a deal-signing in Qatar between the U.S. and the…
38 viewsDefense Secretary Mark Esper, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, and Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg delivered remarks in Kabul. The remarks came amid a deal-signing in Qatar between…
52 viewsDefense Secretary Mark Esper, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met in Kabul, Afghanistan. The meeting came amid a deal-signing in Qatar between the…
64 viewsDefense Secretary Esper greeted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Kabul, Afghanistan. The meeting came amid a deal-signing in Qatar between the…
45 viewsDefense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley held a year-end news conference at the Pentagon. Topics discussed included the 2020 National Defense Authorization…
1,307 viewsDefense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford held a news conference at the Pentagon. Among the issues addressed included the National Defense…
1,542 viewsSpeaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said, “There will be no unilateral troop reduction” in Afghanistan. He also backed the NATO alliance…
246 viewsDefense Secretary James Mattis spoke to reporters during an unannounced visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, to help advance peace talks. He said victory in Afghanistan should be political…
616 viewsMarine Corps Lieutenant General Frank McKenzie and Dana White spoke to reporters about new Defense Department accounting and reporting procedures to more accurately reflect the number of…
513 viewsWhile on a military plane en route to Jordan, Defense Secretary James Mattis took questions from reporters about the situation in Afghanistan. He confirmed that President Trump had made a…
498 viewsDefense Secretary James Mattis spoke to reporters following a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghan in Kabul about an attack on Afghan soldiers inside a mosque. In his comments Secretary…
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