Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 29, 2014. This morning, Secretary Hagel signed an order that validated a recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to place all U.S. military service members returning from Ebola response efforts in West Africa into a 21-day controlled monitoring regimen. This order will apply to all military services[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2014. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Good afternoon, everybody. Let me start out with a few comments here. The first thing I want to address is the safety of the military personnel responding to the Ebola crisis. The joint chiefs have made a recommendation to Secretary Hagel that[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2014 The Department of Defense announced today the reclassification of a previously reported death of a Marine in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Cpl. Jordan L. Spears, 21, of Memphis, Indiana, was lost at sea Oct. 1 while conducting flight operations in the North Arabian Gulf. He[Read More…]

Illinois’ 108th Sustainment Brigade Returns from Deployment CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2014.  Governor Pat Quinn yesterday welcomed home more than 200 Illinois Army National Guard soldiers who served in Kuwait. The soldiers are all members of the 108th Sustainment Brigade, and were deployed overseas for approximately 10 months. Homecoming ceremonies for[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 26, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Cmdr. Christopher E. Kalafut, 49, of Oceanside, California, died Oct. 24, in Doha, Qatar, of a non-combat related incident at Al Udeid Air Base. The incident is under investigation.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Lance Cpl. Sean P. Neal, 19, of Riverside, California, died Oct. 23, in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related incident. The incident is under investigation. He was assigned to[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2014. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s been a long week. I don’t have an opening statement for you. I’ll spare you that. I’ll just go right to questions. Bob? Q: Admiral, I was going to ask you about some of the comments that General[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and South Korean Minister of National Defense Han Min-koo met today here for the 46th Security Consultative Meeting. At the meeting, they agreed to implement South Korea’s proposal for a conditions-based approach to transferring wartime control of allied forces, known as[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby provided the following readout:  Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel spoke via telephone with the Iraqi Minister of Defense Khaled al Obeidi today. Secretary Hagel congratulated the newly-appointed Defense Minister and underscored his support for the Minister’s counterterrorism pursuits. Secretary[Read More…]