Lt. Gen Michael Loh, Director of the Air National Guard; and Chief Master Sgt. Maurice Williams, Command Chief Master Sergeant of the Air National Guard; preside over this year’s Air National Guard Outstanding Airman of the Year Recognition Ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, August 19, 2021. Transcript Welcome To the 2021. Focus on the […]

U.S. Marines board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to departing for Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Allies Refuge August 18, 2021, from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The Department of Defense is committed to supporting the U.S. State Department in the departure of U.S. and allied […]

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief the media at the Pentagon, August 18, 2021. Transcript Mhm Okay, good afternoon everybody. And it will start in just a few minutes late. Uh we are time constrained today. So um I’ll pass […]

Department of State Daily Press Briefing – August 18, 2021 Transcript Good afternoon. As you can see we have a special guest with us today. I’m very pleased to have Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman here with us to uh speak about Afghanistan. She’ll offer some words at the top and then take a couple questions […]

Enduring When You Feel Like Quitting Over the past few months of cycling, I’ve learned a valuable lesson: Go as far from the house as I can before my legs feel like jelly and only then turn around and head home. On the way back, there are several times I want to quit—just pull off […]