Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the news media at the Pentagon, September 27, 2022. Transcript Yeah, good afternoon, everybody a few items pass along and then we’ll get right to your questions. Uh So tomorrow Secretary Austin will depart to California and Hawaii and in California, he’ll meet with sailors […]

Navy boot camp graduation from Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, September 23, 2022 Transcript Yeah. Yeah, this one. Yeah. Mhm. As the parade of graduates approaches, we salute the states and territories whose sons and daughters will graduate today. Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia Connecticut Massachusetts Marilyn south Carolina, new Hampshire Virginia New York […]

September 19, 2022: A congregation of 2,000 people – including world leaders and royalty – were at Westminster Abbey for the Queen’s state funeral. Delivering the sermon, the Archbishop of Canterbury told mourners the “grief” felt around the world over the Queen’s death “arises from her abundant life and loving service”.

The Senate Committee on Armed Services hears testimony from Stephanie P. Miller, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military personnel policy, and military leaders in manpower and personnel on recruiting and retention efforts across the Defense Department, September 21, 2022. Transcript On the current state of military personnel recruiting and retention in the Department of […]

Where Were You? A few weeks ago, RJ and I were in line at 4:45 one Monday morning at Space Center Houston for the Artemis I launch watch party (yeah, we’re still waiting to watch that launch, but that’s a story for another day). You know I’ve been a space nerd since I was knee-high […]