Navy Ensign Sophia Schade performs a takedown during naval security forces training aboard the USS O’Kane in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 11, 2021.
Monday, August 23, 2021
Jungle School
An Army jungle school student works security during the Jungle Operations Training Course at East Range, Hawaii, Aug. 12, 2021. Senior leaders and soldiers attend the course to familiarize themselves with jungle operation tactics, techniques, and procedures.
Norfolk Departure
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford departs Naval Station Norfolk, Va., to transit to Newport News Shipyard, Va., for six months of modernization, maintenance, and repairs, Aug. 20, 2021.
Floating Down
U.S., British and Latvian soldiers parachute out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft over Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Grayling, Mich., Aug. 13, 2021. The service members conducted joint airborne training during Northern Strike 21, aimed at building readiness and interoperability with other units and multinational partners.
Swab Test
Air Force Staff Sgt. Tamia Lyles tests a patient for COVID-19 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 18, 2021.
Medicine Tray
A Navy Ensign pulls medicine for a patient during COVID-19 response operations in Lafayette, La., Aug. 19, 2021.
Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III’s Phone Call with Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit S. Sajjan
Aug. 22, 2021
Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby provided the following readout:
On August 22, 2021, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit S. Sajjan about ongoing operations in Afghanistan.
The two leaders underscored the critical importance of close, continuous coordination between the U.S. Department of Defense and the Canadian Department of National Defence to ensure the safe transit of American and Canadian personnel and citizens from Kabul.
Secretary Austin thanked Minister Sajjan for Canada’s leadership in accepting vulnerable Afghans nationals for resettlement.
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