IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today the Department of Defense provided to Congress the semiannual report “Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan” covering events during the period from Dec. 1, 2018, to May 31, 2019. The report was submitted in accordance with requirements in Section 1225 of the fiscal 2015 National Defense Authorization Act as amended by Sections [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman provided the following readout: Acting Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper met with Uzbekistan Minister of Defense Bahkodir Kurbanov today at the Pentagon to reaffirm the strategic security partnership between the United States and Uzbekistan. The leaders discussed a broad range of defense issues, including regional security concerns, [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman provided the following readout: Acting Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper met with Maj. Gen. Bahkodir Kurbanov, Minister of Defense for the Republic of Uzbekistan, today at the Pentagon to reaffirm the strategic security partnership between the United States and Uzbekistan. The leaders discussed a broad range of [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Acting Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper designated Mr. Robert D. Hogue as convening authority for matters related to the military commissions of United States v. Abd al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad al-Nashiri and United States v. Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al-Bahlul, effective July 5. In addition to Mr. Hogue’s appointment as convening authority [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman provided the following readout: Acting Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper met with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani today at the Pentagon to reaffirm the strategic security partnership between the United States and Qatar. The leaders discussed a broad range of defense issues, including [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Office of the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced today the following assignment: Army Command Sgt. Major Craig Bishop, currently assigned as the command sergeant major for 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, has been selected to replace Command Sgt. Major David J. Blake as [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Sgt. 1st Class. Elliott J. Robbins, 31, from Ogden, Utah, died June 30, 2019, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related incident. The incident is under investigation. Robbins was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 10th Special [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John C. Rood led a delegation of defense officials to Israel to co-chair the Defense Policy Advisory Group on June 30. The Israeli co-chair was Zohar Palti, the director of policy and political military affairs in the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Since 1999, the DPAG has been [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chief Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan R. Hoffman provided the following readout: Acting Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper met yesterday with German Minister of Defense Ursula Von der Leyen on the margins of the NATO Defense Ministerial. The leaders discussed defense spending and the NATO Readiness Initiative in advance of the NATO Defense Ministerial [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chief Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan R. Hoffman provided the following readout: Acting Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper met yesterday with French Minister of Defense Florence Parly on the margins of the NATO Defense Ministerial. The leaders discussed recent events in Iran, where an unmanned U.S. drone operating in international airspace was shot down [...]
