Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, June 21, 2019. Transcript [Announcer] Military music at Navy Band Great Lakes has a long, rich history. The first musician, a bugler, arrived in 1908 to the then-new Naval Training Center, and the band was officially established in 1911 when the first recruits arrived […]

Attributable to Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command “A U.S. Navy RQ-4 was flying over the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz on a surveillance mission in international airspace in the vicinity of recent IRGC maritime attacks when it was shot down by an IRGC surface to air missile […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remarks at the release of the 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report, at the Department of State. Transcript [Narrator] Report Heroes. (applause) Good morning! And welcome to the Department of State. My name is John Richmond and I am delighted that you all are here for the rollout of this year’s […]

Pentagon Spokesperson briefs reporters at the Pentagon concerning a U.S. drone shot down by Iranian weapons, June 20, 2019. Transcript Hey, good afternoon everybody. Thanks for joining us on short notice. We just want to get some information out to you guys. So, what we’re gonna do is we have Lieutenant General Joseph Guastella who […]

Robert Salesses, deputy assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense integration and defense support of civil authorities, testifies on the deployment of troops to the U.S.-Mexican border at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington, June 20, 2019. Transcript Good morning. I’d like to start by welcoming our witnesses who are here today to […]