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Today in DoD

Open Press Events

Press Events Secretary of Defense HON Pete Hegseth

The secretary and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2026 budget request and the Future Years Defense Program, SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The testimony will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon. 

Secretary of Defense
HON Pete Hegseth

The secretary and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2026 budget request and the Future Years Defense Program, SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The testimony will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon. 

Press Events Deputy Secretary of Defense HON Steve Feinberg

The deputy secretary has no public or media events on his schedule.

Deputy Secretary of Defense
HON Steve Feinberg

The deputy secretary has no public or media events on his schedule.

Press Events Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen.Dan Caine 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2026 budget request and the Future Years Defense Program, SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The testimony will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon. 

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force Gen.Dan Caine 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony at 9:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2026 budget request and the Future Years Defense Program, SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The testimony will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon. 

Press Events Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm.Christopher W. Grady 

The vice chairman has no public or media events on his schedule.

Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Navy Adm.Christopher W. Grady 

The vice chairman has no public or media events on his schedule.

Additional Open Press Events

Secretary of the Army the Honorable Daniel P. Driscoll and Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Gen. Randy A. George, USA, testify at 10:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Defense Subcommittee, hearing on the fiscal 2026 budget request for the Army, Dirksen Senate Office Building 192, Washington, D.C.

Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Africa Gen. Christopher T. Donahue provides opening remarks at 4:00 a.m. EDT (9:00 a.m. BST) at the Royal United Service Institute Land Warfare Conference 2025, London, United Kingdom. (More information at my.rusi.org)

DoD Postings: June 18, 2025