Pentagon Press Briefings

Images of press briefings held at the Pentagon, featuring military officials addressing the media. The setting conveys a formal government atmosphere.

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.

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. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

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.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts the annual POW/MIA recognition ceremony at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken recognizes Dulles Operation Allies Welcome staff, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Robert J. Faucher delivers remarks on the Release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2021.

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Robert J. Faucher delivers remarks on the Release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2021.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley brief the media following a Ukrainian Defense Contact Group meeting in the Pentagon Briefing Room from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 23, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Michael J. McCord provide testimony at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2024 Department of Defense budget request, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2023.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III addresess the media during a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb. 15, 2023. While in Europe, Austin hosted the ninth Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Belgium and will visit local leaders and meet with U.S. and allied service members in Estonia and Germany.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley brief the media following a Ukrainian Defense Contact Group meeting in the Pentagon Briefing Room from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 23, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks participates in the Suicide Prevention recognition ceremony hosted by William Booth, Director, Defense Human Resources Activity, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 7, 2022.

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.

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Robert J. Faucher delivers remarks on the Release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2021.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder and Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (RUE) Laura Cooper conduct a joint press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2022.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder and Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (RUE) Laura Cooper conduct a joint press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper participate in the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Plenary Session with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi, India, on October 27, 2020.

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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LONDON (Aug. 18, 2022) - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday provides remarks during a dedication ceremony for the USS Osprey ship's bell held at the U.S. Embassy in London, England, Aug. 18.USS Osprey (AM 56) was a Raven-class minesweeper that hit enemy mines the night before the invasion of Normandy. Six members of the crew died; they were the first D-Day casualties.

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William A. LaPlante holds a press brief at the Pentagon, May 6, 2022.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley brief the media following a Ukrainian Defense Contact Group meeting in the Pentagon Briefing Room from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 23, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

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Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the media in the Pentagon Briefing Room, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo announces to the press that Steve Biegun will serve as the Special Representative to North Korea at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 23, 2018.

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin H. Kahl holds a press briefing about the latest security assistance package in support of Ukraine at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 24, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

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 Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2023.

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.

The 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James Amos, testifies at the Senate Armed Services Committee Posture Hearing in Washington, D.C., March 8, 2011.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts the annual POW/MIA recognition ceremony at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks during the U.S. Strategic Command change of command ceremony, Omaha, Neb., Dec. 9, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker hold a press briefing in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker hold a press briefing in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2022.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to shake hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on December 1, 2015, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, before a NATO Ministerial session focused on allied policy toward Afghanistan.

Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security (DS) Gregory B. Starr addresses family members of the DS fallen and other invited guests at the DS Memorial dedication ceremony, September 18, 2015, in Rosslyn, Virginia.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts the annual POW/MIA recognition ceremony at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022.

U.S. Central Command Chief Technology Officer Schuyler Moore and U.S. Army Sgt. Mickey Reeves, the winner of CENTCOMs 2022 Innovation Oasis, conduct a press briefing on artificial intelligence and unmanned systems at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

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.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers remarks at the change of command ceremony on Aug. 9, 2022. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael E. Langley assumed command of U.S. Africa Command in a ceremony at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

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Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense for the Department of the Air Forces fiscal year 2023 budget request, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2022.

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

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President Bush holds press conference to defend stance on Iraq

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, second from left, and U.S. Army General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, meet with leaders from across the world to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine during the Ukraine Security Consultative Group event at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 26, 2022. The United States continues to uphold the principles of democracy, territorial integrity, sovereignty, and respect for the international rules-based order.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts a trip-lateral meeting with Japanese Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi(left) and Republic of Korea(ROK) Minister of National DefenseLee Jong-Sup and at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, June 11, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

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Members of the press address Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2024.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, center right, speaks with Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo, chief of staff of the Indonesian Air Force, during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., May 20, 2022. Kendall and Prasetyo discussed partnership between their services.

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. 20, 2022.

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Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2023.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at the Toys for Tots ceremonial presentation, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 21, 2021.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participate in a joint press availability with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Republic of Korea Defense Minister Suh Wook, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on March 18, 2021.

Rakhel Frenkel, whose 16-year-old, dual-national son, Naftali, was one of three boys kidnapped and killed allegedly by Palestinians, addresses reporters from an Israeli Defense Force facility in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 23, 2014, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met nearby to discuss a possible cease-fire in fighting between Israel and Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip.

Mr. Derek Chollet, Counselor of the U.S. State Department, meets with North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command leadership at the commands headquarters on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Nov. 2, 2022. The leaders discussed Arctic regional security and areas for cooperation in support of the recently-released National Security Strategy and National Strategy for the Arctic Region.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter hold a �2+2� ministerial meeting with their Republic of Korea (ROK) counterparts, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se and Minister of National Defense Han Min-koo, on October 19, 2016, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond, left, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense for the Department of the Air Forces fiscal year 2023 budget request, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts the annual POW/MIA recognition ceremony at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Somali President Hassan Sheikh for a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar engage in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

Navy Vice Adm. John B. Mustin, chief of Navy Reserve and commander Navy Reserve Force, 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.

ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 17, 2015 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus delivers remarks at the 27th annual Surface Navy Association Symposium in Arlington, Va.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III holds a meeting with Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 18, 2022.

Representatives from government agencies attend the Defense Logistics Agency/Defense Security Cooperation Agency Foreign Military Sales summit Jan. 18 at DLAs headquarters on Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Agencies at the two-day event included DLA, DSCA, Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation, Army Security Assistance Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, DLA Troop Support, DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Distribution, DLA Disposition Services, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Finance Accounting Service and Office of the Secretary of Defense.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on April 1, 2019.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts British Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace, and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles during a trilateral defense ministerial meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

Inter-American Defense College Leadership hosts a hail and farewell ceremony on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Aug. 24, 2022. During the ceremony arriving team members were greeted and departing members received awards, parting gifts and shared a few words with fellow staff members, students and faculty.

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Chaplain (Col.) Daniel Burris (right), Ohio National Guard state chaplain, gives the invocation at the National Guard Association of the United States 144th General Conference & Exhibition Aug. 27, 2022, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The annual NGAUS conference was hosted in Ohio, with more than 5,000 members of the military, elected officials and industry representatives in attendance.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, provide testimony at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal 2023 defense budget request, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. April 5, 2022.

Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (RUE) Laura Cooper answers questions from the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Major General David Macghee, Director of Air and Space Operations, Headquarters ACC at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, offers his condolences on behalf of the Air Force to the families of airmen that were killed in the crash of two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters (not shown) on September 3, 1998. According to officials, the mid-air collision was caused by operator error and possible breakdown in crew coordination during close formation flying. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, fields questions from the pentagon press core during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Members of the press address Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2024.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Decio Rui Pialarissi, Brazilian federal revenue service agency chief to the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Aug. 3, 2022. During the visit, Mr. Pialarissi attended an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.

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Canada Minister of Defense Bill Blair and Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks attend the U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Change of Command ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Feb. 5, 2024. (DoD

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, left, speaks with Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo, chief of staff of the Indonesian Air Force, during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., May 20, 2022. Kendall and Prasetyo discussed partnership between their services.

Dr. Mark W. Fishback retired from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command as the deputy to the commanding general and senior U.S. Army civilian at the one-of-a-kind command after 43 years of combined uniformed and service civilian, Aug. 18. Fishback is a retired U.S. Marine Corps chief warrant officer 4 who was wounded twice and recognized for valor five times. U.S. Army photo by Marshall R. Mason.

Defense Innovation Board member Navy Adm. (retired) Michael Mullen attends a meeting of the board, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2022.

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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld holds a press conference at the Pentagon

TOKYO (Oct. 5, 2022) U.S. Space Force Gen. John W. Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, and his staff, right, speaks with Chief of Staff of the Japan Joint Staff, Gen. Koji Yamazaki, and his staff, left, during his visit to engage with senior officials from Japans Ministry of Defense, in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. Raymond reinforced the United States ironclad commitment to the U.S.-Japan alliance following a North Korean ballistic missile launch that passed over northern Japan on Oct. 4th.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks provides remarks during a September 11 Pentagon Staff Memorial Observance in the courtyard of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 13, 2022. Austin met with NATO defense leaders to discuss the implementation of decisions made at the Madrid Summit in June and steps the Alliance is taking to meet evolving security needs.

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