Pentagon press secretary Singh delivers the latest on the U.S. military around the world

Earlier today, Secretary Austin participated in the fifth North American Defense Ministerial virtually, hosted by Mexico’s secretary of the Navy, Admiral Jose Rafael Ojeda Duran, in Mexico City, and attended by Mexico’s secretary of national defense, General Luis Cresce- — Crescencio Sandoval, and Canada’s minister of national defense, Bill Blair, to discuss opportunities to strengthen North American defense cooperation. The NADM chairs — cochairs discussed deepening regional defense cooperation, developing a continental threat assessment, fortifying cyber defense and supporting trilateral — trilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster response and strengthening climate security and resilience. Secretary Austin and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts reaffirmed the importance of the North American defense relationship, and Secretary Austin agreed to host the sixth NADM in 2025. We will have a readout later today on defense.gov.

Switching gears, U.S. Northern Command will conduct Arctic Edge 2024 from February 23rd to March 11th in various locations throughout Alaska. This joint and combined multi-domain exercise will focus on operating in extreme cold and high-altitude environments and will include NORTHCOM Headquarters, Special Operations Command North and Marine Forces North, along with participation from international allies and interagency representatives. State and local partners, including the Alaska National Guard, Alaska state and local law enforcement, Alaska native tribes, corporations and communities will also participate.

Arctic Edge is an annual defense exercise designed to demonstrate that our forces are engaged, postured and ready to assure, deter and defend the U.S. and Canada in an increasingly-complex Arctic security environment.

In other news, Large Scale Global Exercise 2024, a series of all-domain, U.S. military exercises executed alongside allies and partners around the globe begins this month and will run through June. LSGE ’24 is a global exercise coordinated this year by U.S. European Command in collaboration with participating DOD combatant commands. It’ll incorporate military personnel from the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force and demonstrate joint and multinational military cooperation. LSGE ’24 is comprom- — is comprised of multiple exercises designed to strengthen agility and interoperability with allies and partners. Collectively, these activities will highlight America’s robust presence and capabilities alongside allies, partners and fellow U.S. combatant commands. Of the multiple events associated with LSGE ’24, 11 are set to take place in the EUCOM Area of Responsibility. The remaining events will be executed by participating U.S. combatant commands.

This series of exercises is distinct, but complementary to NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024. LSGE ’24 is global and focuses on agility and interoperability for U.S.-led activities. No nation can confront today’s challenges alone, and this — this exercise is how we a- — affirm our commitment to global security.

In other news, earlier today, acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Ms. Sasha Baker departed for travel to the United Kingdom. She is scheduled to co-chair the third U.S.-UK Strategic Policy Dialogue alongside U.K. Ministry of Defense Director General Security Policy Mr. Paul Wyatt on Friday.

The two leaders are slated to discuss a wide range of defense and security issues that focus on aligning U.S. and U.K. geographic and thematic priorities in the Euroatlantic, Middle East, and Indo-Pacific regions. A readout from Ms. Baker’s travel will be made available on Defense.gov later.

And finally, I want to take a moment to emphasize the critical national security importance of Congress pass — passing our budget and the impacts for the Compacts of Free Association. These are important agreements with our longstanding partners in the Pacific Islands region, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

For more on this briefing, including questions from the press, please visit:
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3684734/deputy-pentagon-press-secretary-sabrina-singh-holds-a-press-briefing/
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