High-Level Defense Meetings

Images of high-level officials engaged in discussions at meetings, featuring military uniforms, formal settings, and a serious tone.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grli_-Radman in Munich, Germany on February 14, 2020.
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grli_-Radman in Munich, Germany on February 14, 2020.
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., left, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Jay Raymond testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense for the Department of the Air Forces fiscal year 2023 budget request, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2022.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 13, 2022. Austin met with NATO defense leaders to discuss the implementation of decisions made at the Madrid Summit in June and steps the Alliance is taking to meet evolving security needs.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi during a bilateral meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)
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Members of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce gather for a photo with Colonel Michael J. Fitzgerald, commanding officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Albany, and Major General Keith D. Reventlow, commanding general, Marine Corps Logistics Command (LOGCOM), during their 18th annual meeting with Marine Corps leadership in Washington D.C. on September 15, 2022. The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce met with Marine Corps leadership and the Georgia congressional delegation to discuss how current and future MCLB Albany and LOGCOM initiatives align with the global force posture. The visit further reinforces the value of MCLB Albany and LOGCOM to members of Congress and explores ways the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, local community and members of Congress can support the needs of the base and its tenant commands.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov at the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 12, 2022. This is the the sixth such meeting of defense leaders from around the world since Russias unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
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Dr. Artis Pabriks, left, minister of defense and deputy prime minister of Latvia, poses with Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall after a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., March 30, 2022. Pabriks and Kendall discussed NATO partnership and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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VICTORIA, Seychelles (Feb. 26, 2024) U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles Henry V. Jardine provides remarks during the opening ceremony for exercise Cutlass Express 2024 (CE 24). Cutlass Express 2024, conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa and sponsored by U.S. Africa Command, increases the readiness of U.S. forces; enhances maritime domain awareness and collaboration among participating nations; and strengthens the capability of partner nations to combat piracy and counter illicit trafficking and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. (U.S Navy
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry admires a painting by a Colorado artist that U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel presented him before a meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on May 6, 2013, showing a Swift boat in Vietnam. Secretary Hagel, a fellow Vietnam veteran, found it in the Pentagon art collection and thought of Secretary Kerry, who commanded a Swift boat in Vietnam. It will soon be displayed at the State Department.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participate in a joint press availability with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Republic of Korea Defense Minister Suh Wook, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on March 18, 2021.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - PHOTOS OF BRIGADIER GENERAL JACK KELLY AND CHINESE DELEGATION
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031220-F-0981H-001. Base: Coalition Provisional Authority State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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070313-M-0948M-036. Base: Camp Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION
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030907-A-9144B-124. Base: Kabul State: Kabul Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks hosts South Korean Vice Minister of National Defense Shin Beom-chul at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)
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U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander and Air Vice Marshal Paul Godfrey, United Kingdom space command commander, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and United Kingdom in Colorado Springs, Colo. Apr 6, 2022. The Memorandum of Understanding sets out the intention to exchange public space situational information between the U.S. and U.K. These agreements foster openness, predictability of space operations, and transparency for space domain awareness.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers the keynote remarks at the 2022 Halifax International Security Forum, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nov. 19, 2022. The Forum is centered on the efforts to build a more resilient security architecture in concert with Allies and partners across the Indo-Pacific and Europe.(DoD photos by Chad J. McNeeley)
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930119-D-9880W-019. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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(R-L) Annalena Baerbock, Bundesaussenministerin, trifft Jens Stoltenberg, NATO-Generalsekretaer, zum bilateralen Gespraech im Auswaertigen Amt in Berlin, 09.11.2023
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and UNMISS Special Representative Hilde Johnson look at a map on May 2, 2014, showing United Nations force deployments around Juba, South Sudan, amid the country�s civil war.
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More than 70 leaders from military training centers across Europe discussed ways to further enhance multinational training during the annual Conference of European Training Centers (CETC) 23 at the NATO Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) in Bydgoszcz, Poland, March 29, 2023. This years CETC is co-hosted by 7th Army Training Command and NATOs JFTC, and is meant to provide an opportunity for leaders from various nations to discuss modern strategies and innovations, reinforce bonds, and improve training across the joint-force across in Europe.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo poses for a photo with the Marine Security Guard Detachment of U.S. Embassy Seoul in Seoul, Republic of Korea on October 8, 2018.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram engage in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022.
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Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, SPD, bids farewell to the 20 or so soldiers of the Lithuanian brigade pre-commando at BER Airport. Here during a press statement. The pre-commando is set to grow to a deployment force of around 150 members of the German Armed Forces by the fourth quarter of 2024. The army brigade will be reorganised in Lithuania with the name Panzerbrigade 45. Following the official commissioning of the brigade in 2025, the other forces will be deployed starting in 2025. The Lithuanian brigade should be operational by the end of 2027. Berlin, 08.04.2024
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in NATO Session 1: Arms Control, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, in Riga, Latvia, on November 30, 2021.
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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks at the 2022 Air and Space Forces Associations Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2022. The ASC Conference is a professional development seminar that offers the opportunity for Department of Defense personnel to participate in forums, speeches and workshops.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Somali President Hassan Sheikh for a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022.
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221018-N-FK318-1121WASHINGTON NAVY YARD (Oct. 18, 2022) Navy Museum Development Foundation (NMDF) Board President Al Konetzni, U.S. Navy vice admiral (retired), Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) Director Samuel J. Cox, U.S. Navy rear admiral (retired), pose for a group photo at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy (NMUSN) during an event celebrating the Navys 247th birthday. During the ceremony Del Toro announced the U.S. Navys preferred location for a new NMUSN, which would be on land adjacent to the Washington Navy Yard that would be acquired either through a land exchange or direct purchase. This would allow the museum to offer the general public unfettered access to U.S. Navy history and heritage.
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The honorable Robert P. Finn, US Ambassador to Afghanistan, shares words of encouragement with attendees at the opening ceremony for the Afghan Veterinary Complex reestablished by the Coalition Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force and the Ministry of Agriculture, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and fellow foreign ministers participate in the NATO plenary session at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2019.
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10/08/2013. Madrid. Spain. Ministry of Defence. Interview with the Minister of Defense Pedro de Morenes y Alvarez de Eulate. Photo: De San Bernardo. archdc of San Bernardo.
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Madrid, 05/09/2024. Inauguration of the Historical Archive of the Navy "Juan Sebastián Elcano" by the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, the Chief of the Defense Staff (Jemad), Admiral Teodoro Estebhan López Calderón, and the Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy (AJEMA), Antonio Piñeiro Sánchez. Photo: Tania Sieira. ARCHDC.
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Ms. Zoja Bazarnic, the U.S. Consulate Milan, Political-Economic Section Chief, addresses members of the Province of Pordenone and Udine, Italian military regional command, U.S. Consulate Milan Political-Economic, U.S. Airmen stationed at Aviano Airbase, U.S. Ljubljana Office of Defense Cooperation, Slovenian Delegation, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa and the 173rd Airborne Brigade, during the Sustainable Training Area Management Workshop, Udine, Italy, September 20, 2022. Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive, respectively. The network includes both terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas. The event dialogue was designed to increase and improve a developing relationship between military and civilian representatives.
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Gen. James Rainey, Commanding General, U.S. Army Futures Command, serves as the keynote speaker Mar. 29 at the AUSA Global Force Symposium. His topic was transforming the Army for war-winning future readiness.
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Dott. Pierpaolo Zanchetta, from Department of Environmental Protection Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, addresses members of the Province of Pordenone and Udine, Italian military regional command, U.S. Consulate Milan Political-Economic, U.S. Airmen stationed at Aviano Airbase, U.S. Ljubljana Office of Defense Cooperation, Slovenian Delegation, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa and the 173rd Airborne Brigade, during the Sustainable Training Area Management Workshop, Udine, Italy, September 20, 2022. Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive, respectively. The network includes both terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas. The event dialogue was designed to increase and improve a developing relationship between military and civilian representatives.
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FRA - POLITICS - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI AND FLORENCE PARLY VISIT MANAGEMENT GENERAL ARMAMENT. On Monday, October 2nd, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State for Digital, and Florence Parly, Minister of Armed Forces, visit the Directorate General of Armaments - Information Management (DGA - MI) in Bruz.FRA - POLITIQUE - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI ET FLORENCE PARLY VISITENT LA DIRECTION GENERALE DE L'ARMEMENT. Le Lundi 2 Octobre, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secrétaire d'Etat chargé du Numérique, et Florence Parly, Ministre des Armées, visitent la Direction Générale de l'Armement - Maîtrise de lInformation ( DGA - MI ) à Bruz en Ille-et-vilaine.