Global Posture Review Still On Track, Pentagon Spokesman Says

The Defense Department has launched a program called National Security Innovation Capital to stimulate and access hardware technology innovation in the private sector.

The Guadalcanal campaign in 1942 captured strategic islands from the Japanese and kept vital lines of communications open for Allies in the Pacific.  Marine Corps Maj. Kenneth Bailey played a key role by leading the defense of a crucial airfield, and earned himself the Medal of Honor.

An ''instant city'' has been created at Ramstein Air Base Germany for Afghan evacuees who are headed to the United States for permanent relocation. More instant cities have been created at other military locations.

Americans must remember what happened on this date 20 years ago and rededicate themselves to defending the idea of America, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said at a Pentagon ceremony honoring those killed in the terror attack on the Pentagon.

President Joe Biden said unity in America is the nation’s greatest strength – reflected by a coming-together of U.S. citizens in the days and months that followed the greatest attack on U.S. soil by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.

Sailors from the USS Arlington, USS New York and USS Somerset, as well as others, attended an observance at the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, for the heroes of United Flight 93, which crashed at 10:03 a.m., Sept. 11, 2001.

At a 9/11 memorial event at the Pentagon, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said she remembers the resiliency of Americans following the attacks.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosted Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana at the Pentagon.

Two decades ago, Air Force Lt. Gen. Marc H. Sasseville, now the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, was a lieutenant colonel with the D.C. Air National Guard. When aircraft hit the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, the nation went on alert — and so did he.

Survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon shared their recollections during webinars with college students and Department of Defense Education Activity high school students.