March 18, 2021 SEAC: DOD Will 'Move Fast' Against Extremism After Completion of Stand Downs The services must complete a military-wide stand down to conduct training on and discussion of extremism in the ranks with every service member by April 1, a task assigned in early February by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III.
April 9, 2020 Top DOD Officials Discuss COVID-19 in Virtual Town Hall Meeting Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper; Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramón "CZ" Colón-López answered questions about COVID-19 during a virtual global town hall at the Pentagon.