23 August 2024 Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomed Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh to the Pentagon today. The two officials discussed ongoing efforts to deepen the Major Defense Partnership between the United States...
08 August 2024 U.S.–U.K. Teams Receive Bilateral Academic Research Award to Investigate Adversary Social Influence and Information Campaigns The Department of Defense today announced the selection of a team of United States and United Kingdom academic researchers to investigate the growing threat that malign social influence campaigns pose to democracies...
06 August 2024 Fact Sheet: 2024 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) On August 6, 2024, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and their Australian counterparts, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Richard Marles and Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, met in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 34th...
04 August 2024 Navy Band South Korea Tour: Strengthening Partnerships through Music For the first time in its 99 years of service, the U.S. Navy Band performed in South Korea, connecting with the local community and celebrating the long-standing tradition of the wind band. The Navy Band presented five concerts throughout Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do and Seoul between July 13-20...
01 August 2024 Readout of U.S. – ROK Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Committee Plenary Session On July 30, 2024, the Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense held the 2024 U.S.-ROK Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Committee in Seoul...