Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael M. Gilday and Commandant of the Marine Corps David H. Berger participate in the keynote panel discussion at 11 a.m. EDT; Adm. Sam Paparo, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, provides the keynote address at 3:30 p.m. EDT; and other senior U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps officials speak throughout the day, at the virtual U.S Naval Institute and Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association thirty-first annual WEST Conference. Register at westconference.org.
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense on COVID-19 Max Rose, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Terry Adirim, and Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, director, Defense Health Agency, provide a COVID-19 update to the media in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2D972) at noon EDT. The briefing will be livestreamed on Defense.gov and broadcast on Channel 2 in the Pentagon.
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Douglas Bush; Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Frederick “Jay” Stefany; Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Darlene Costello; Army Lt. Gen. Eric C. Peterson, deputy chief of staff, G-8, Department of the Army; Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Mark Wise, deputy commandant for Aviation, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; and Read Adm. Andrew Loiselle, director, Air Warfare Division, N98, Department of the Navy, testify on Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force rotary wing aviation programs and planned modernization efforts in the fiscal 2022 budget request at 3 p.m. EDT at the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces hearing on fiscal 2022 rotary wing aviation budget request, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.