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Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout:

Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout:

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh provided the following readout:

Pentagon Spokesman Lt. Col. Devin T. Robinson provided the following readout:

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today the launch of the DoD Housing Feedback System (DHFS), an initiative designed to enhance transparency and accountability in DoD privatized military housing. The new system allows active-duty Service members and their authorized dependents to submit feedback on their current leased unit, ensuring that their voices are heard and their concerns are addressed in a timely manner.

Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout:

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E)) and the Indiana National Guard will host the second 2024 Technology Readiness Experimentation event (T-REX 24-2) to mature and assess promising capability prototypes.

As the nation continues to fortify its alliances and partnerships in the space domain, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy has expressed profound appreciation for Dr. Vipin Narang's service as the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy.

In March 2024, AUKUS experts successfully deployed autonomous and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled sensing systems during the Resilient and Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Technology (RAAIT) trials as part of the AUKUS advanced capabilities line of effort, known as Pillar II.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks issued a statement on August 9, 2024, regarding the new Blast Overpressure Risk-Management Policy Memorandum. She emphasized the importance of health and wellbeing for Service members and civilian personnel to maintain the U.S. military's readiness and capability.

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today additional security assistance to address Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This marks the Biden Administration's sixty-third tranche of equipment provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. The Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, valued at approximately $125 million, aims to enhance Ukraine's capabilities in several key areas, including air defense, multi-mission radars to detect and counter enemy artillery, and anti-tank weapons.

The Navy will christen the future USNS Point Loma (EPF 15), the second of the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) Flight II configurations, during a 10:00 a.m. EDT ceremony on Saturday, August 10, in Mobile, Alabama.

Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout:

Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder provided the following readout:

The Department of Defense 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. Awarded through the Bilateral Academic Research Initiative (BARI)'s Social Science Program, the project, "Influence, Manipulation, and Information Threats as Adversarial Techniques: Events, Evolution, and Effects," is led by Professor Jacob Shapiro at Princeton University in the U.S. and Professor Martin Innes at Cardiff University in the U.K.