Pentagon Briefings

Images of military officials conducting press briefings at the Pentagon, conveying military communications and updates.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder addresses members of the press during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2024.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing in the Pentagon Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2022.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing in the Pentagon Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2022.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2023.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2022.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the media in the Pentagon Briefing Room, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2022.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing in the Pentagon Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2022.

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Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2024.

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Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2024.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2022.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing in the Pentagon Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 27 2022.

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Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 1, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2024.

230110-N-TH560-0051 ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 10, 2023) - Force Master Chief Jason Knupp (left) of Naval Surface Force Atlantic and Force Master Chief Jason Dunn of Navy Installations Command take part in an enlisted roundtable at the Surface Navy Associations 35th National Symposium in Arlington, Va., Jan. 10. Top enlisted leaders from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard answered questions from audience members, in-person and virtual, regarding concerns affecting service members and their families; topics included pay and allowances, childcare support, and access to mental healthcare. The symposium brought together joint experts and decision-makers in the military, industry, and congress to discuss how the Surface Force is a critical element of national defense and security.

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Capt. Blake Novak, commander, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro, addresses the media during a visit to Suva, Fiji during Operation Blue Pacific, April 20, 2022. The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro visited the Port of Suva, Fiji Wednesday-Saturday, April 20-24, as part of Operation Blue Pacific. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn)

Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, delivers remarks during the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve 50th Anniversary Commemoration ceremony in the Pentagon Auditorium, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2022. ESGR is a Department of Defense program that was established in 1972 to promote cooperation and understanding between reserve component service members and their civilian employers and to assist in the resolution of conflicts arising from an employee's military commitment.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley answer questions during a press conference at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 12, 2022. Austin hosted the sixth meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group that brought together nearly 50 countries for continuing discussions on support to Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Michael J. McCord provide testimony at a Senate Armed Services Committee budget hearing, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., March 28, 2023.

Inter-American Defense College Staff, Faculty and Students welcome dignitaries and sponsors during a Class 62's orientation on Sept. 28, 2022. The event provides the students a chance to meet with their representatives regarding the upcoming school year and the challenges of completing a demanding Master's Degree curriculum while living with their families in a new country.

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CHIEF of Naval Operations ADM Frank B. Kelso II listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Pentagon regarding the Navy's investigation of the April 19, 1989, explosion aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). After a review of all available evidence concerning the cause of the blast, the Navy's official conclusion is that the exact cause cannot be determined.. Base: Arlington State: Virginia(VA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

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Lt. Gen. Dennis Luyt, commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, speaks with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., April 5, 2023.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark J. Schindler, the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, speaks with state legislators during Pennsylvania National Guard and Veterans Day at the state capitol.

Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Bert Tussing, director of Homeland Defense and Security Issues at United States Army War College, discuss the Guard's role in homeland defense at the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Commands inaugural Homeland Defense Awareness Symposium at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 14, 2022.

U.S. Air Force Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base commander, speaks during a Memorial Day ceremony, May 30, 2022, at Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. Local military and civilian leaders and community members participated in Memorial Day events in the greater Dayton area.

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Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense (SAC-D), during the National Guard and Reserve posture hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington June 7, 2022.

U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations, Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, presides over the Space Operations Command (SpOC) Change of Command ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, January 9th, 2023. Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, SpOCs first commander, handed the reins over Lt. Gen. David N. Miller, Jr.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2023.

Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 1, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Top U.S. Military officials appear in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill about conditions at Walter Re

Col. Michael Ansay, the 75th Innovation Command Autonomy Portfolio Lead, speaks to the attendees of his joint retirement ceremony at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Texas, Sept. 10. In his civilian career, Ansay, who retired from the Reserve after 39 years of service, is the U.S. Navy's Head of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Branch at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, working with autonomous underwater vehicles.

General William Sherlton, Commander of the United States Air Force Space Command, answers a question during testimony in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. The Senate hearing focused on assured access to space.

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond, meets with Chief of Staff Japan Air Self Defense Force Gen. Shunji Izutsu, during a bi-lat meeting at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Col. April 6, 2022.

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Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks to members of the Pentagon Press Corps during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Oct. 18, 2022.

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Air Force Gen. Tod D. Wolters, commander, U.S. European Command, and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, provides testimony at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on national security challenges and U.S. military activity in Europe, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Joyce, speaks during his assumption of command ceremony for the 62d Maintenance Group, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 5, 2022. The 62d MXG maintains, services and loads 48 assigned C-17 Globemaster III aircraft worth over $10 billion, in support of worldwide combat and humanitarian airlift and airdrop operations.

Lt. Gen. Shaun Q. Morris, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, speaks at the 88th Air Base Wing change of command ceremony July 7, 2022, in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. During the ceremony, Col. Christopher Meeker assumed command of 88 ABW and Wright-Patterson AFB.

Oregon Army National Guard Col. Stephen Schmidt delivers retirement remarks to those in attendance during his retirement ceremony on June 4, 2022 at Camp Withycombe, in Clackamas, Oregon. Schmidt served for over 30 years in the Oregon National Guard to include a deployment as the Regional Corps Assistance Group-South Personnel officer for the 205th Corps Afghan National Guard Army for Task Force Phoenix to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (National Guard photo by John Hughel, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)

CHIEF of Naval Operations ADM Frank B. Kelso II answers a reporter's questions during a press conference at the Pentagon regarding the Navy's investigation of the April 19, 1989, explosion aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). After a review of all available evidence concerning the cause of the blast, the Navy's official conclusion is that the exact cause cannot be determined.. Base: Arlington State: Virginia(VA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

WASHINGTON (June, 19 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. The hearing was held to receive testimony on the Joint Strike Fighter fiscal year 2014 budget request.

SHAPE, Belgium - SHAPE holds a change of command ceremony where incoming Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) General Christopher Cavoli assumes command from SACEUR General Tod D. Wolters. During the ceremony General Cavoli became the 20th SACEUR in a ceremony presided over by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. (NATO Photo by Adj. Frederic Rosaire)

Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 9, 2024.

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Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, director of Defense information Systems Agency, reacts to postive feeback after testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, subcommitee on cyber security, in Washington, D.C. March 29, 2023.

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Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2010. "Today's men and women volunteer to join or stay in the National Guard fully expecting to be deployed," McKinley said. "This shift in expectation is a central aspect of the National Guard shift to being a fully operational force and no longer merely a strategic reserve."

CMDR David P. Donohue, commander, states in a conference that no task at the shipyard is considered menial. Base: Norfolk Naval Shipyard State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific gives a speech during the closing ceremony of the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium, at Camp Kisarazu, Japan, June 16, 2022. This iteration of PALS brought senior leaders of allied and partnered militaries together to discuss amphibious force readiness, expeditionary advanced base operations, intermediate force capabilities, and ways to improve interoperability between partners within the Indo-Pacific region. A total of 18 participating delegations from Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, and North America participated in the symposium.

U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Jon Friedman, 114th Operations Group Commander, speaks during a Change of Command ceremony Feb. 1, 2023, Joe Foss Field, South Dakota. A change of command ceremony is a formal transfer of command, responsibilities, and authority from one commander to another.

Shot of US Army General William W. Crouch, Allied Land Forces Central Europe commander and new commander-in-chief of NATO-led Peace Implementation Forces (IFOR) during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Gen. Randy A. George, listens to a museum brief with members of the Indian Army inside the Memorial Amphitheatre at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Feb. 13, 2024. Army

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Sept. 8, 2022) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday delivers remarks during the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Change of Office ceremony held at Mahan Hall, United States Naval Academy, Sept. 8, 2022. MCPON James Honea relieved MCPON Russell Smith to become the 16th MCPON.

Col. Ronald Sloma, 419th Fighter Wing Commander, addresses attendees at the Outstanding Airmen of the Year banquet at Hill Air Force Base Utah Feb. 3, 2024 . The annual awards ceremony honors outstanding airmen and civilians from the 419th Fighter Wing. Air Force

Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force Gen. Park Inho speaks with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., April 6, 2022. Park and Brown discussed regional security and partnership between their services.

Chief Master Sgt. Julie Dieterlen, 512th Memorial Affairs Squadron superintendent, listens to the officiating officer during her retirement ceremony May 14, 2022, on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Dieterlen served in the U.S. Air Force for nearly 39 years.

Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, leads a prayer service held at the Navy Annex overlooking the Pentagon. President George W. Bush declared Sept. 14, 2001 a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance in the wake of suspected terrorist attacks on September 11th, which resulted in extensive loss of life and damage to the Pentagon and the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

230404-N-ED185-1052KEYPORT, Wash (April 4, 2023) U.S. Navy Cmdr. Darren Gerhardt, the commanding officer of the blue crew of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741), speaks during a change of command ceremony for the submarine. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Rowdy A. Garcia relieved Gerhardt as commanding officer of Maine.

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Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer testifies before the House Armed Services Committee Quality of Life Panel on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2024.

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2022.

Col. Ronald Sloma, 419th Fighter Wing Commander, addresses attendees at the Outstanding Airmen of the Year banquet at Hill Air Force Base Utah Feb. 3, 2024 . The annual awards ceremony honors outstanding airmen and civilians from the 419th Fighter Wing. Air Force

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Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin H. Kahl holds a press briefing about the latest security assistance package in support of Ukraine, the Pentagon Press Briefing Room, Washington, D.C., Aug. 8, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., speaks during a trilateral meeting with U.K. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff, and Gen. Stéphane Mille, French Air and Space Force Chief of Staff, at RAF Fairford, England, July 15, 2022.The meeting took place during the Royal International Air Tattoo where the U.S. Air Force demonstrated its commitment to its allies and partners and celebrated the Department of the Air Forces upcoming 75th birthday.

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CW3 Sherry D Mitchell and CSM Juan J Mitchell's celebrate retirement from the DC National Guard June 12, 2022, at the DC National Guard Armory after 70 years of combined service.

General David Petraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testify before Congress about the situation in Iraq

Lt. Gen. John S. Kolasheski, Commander of V Corps, provides remarks and unveils new features to the Eternal Heroes Monument in Normandy, France, June 2, 2022. Kolasheski provided remarks on the importance of the 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Divisions (Air Assault) liberation of Ravenoville in June of 1944.

US Air Force Brigadier General Craig Rasmussen, Commander of the 305TH Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire AFB, New Jersey conducts a press conference to announce the disappearance of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft, off the coast of Africa. The aircraft was reported missing on 13 September 1997. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Brig. Gen. Robert Hargens assumes command as assistant adjutant general of the Nebraska Air National Guard April 2, 2022, at the Nebraska National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters building.

Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond delivers a keynote address on the state of the Space Force during the 2022 Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 20, 2022.

Photo Cutlines: Gen. George Casey Jr., Army chief of staff, responds to questions from the media during a press conference at the Army National Guard Professional Education Center at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark., Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Casey was a featured speaker at the annual Army National Guard Senior Commanders Conference and spoke to the media on the state of the National Guard as well as challenges facing the Army as a whole in the future.

Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, recently attended a conference in Columbus, Ohio, featuring keynote speakers such as Hokanson, Gen. James McConville, chief of staff of the Army, and Gen. Charles Q. Brown, chief of the staff of the Air Force. For Whitehead, representing Guard enlisted at the conference, which was attended mostly by commissioned officers, was an inherent responsibility.

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 13, 2022.

Maj. Gen. Robert D. Harter attends a Month of the Military Child recognition ceremony given by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster at the South Carolina State House, Wednesday.

GEN. Colin Powell, Chairman Joint Chiefs of STAFF, addressing spectators and journalists at a special award ceremony preceding the Welcome Home celebration in honor of the coalition forces that served in Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Admiral Steven Poulin, vice commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, gives remarks during the vice commandant change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 31, 2022. Poulin is the 33rd vice commandant of the service.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles participate in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

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Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby speaks during a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Gen. Charles R. Hamilton, commanding general, U.S. Army Materiel Command, speaks with Cadets at the Stars and Stripes youth Mentoring Sessions during the 38th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) conference, Baltimore, Md., February 16, 2024. Army

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