Defense Writers Group
August 19, 2021
Moderator: Welcome everyone, especially in this incredibly busy news cycle. We’ll keep an eye out for late arrivals given the Pentagon press conference this morning and filing.
Welcome to our session of the Defense Writers Group. We are so honored to have Rear Admiral Bruce L. Gillingham, the Surgeon General of the United States Navy. I’m Thom Shanker, the Director of the Project for Media and National Security. And as many of you know, I conducted a poll early after I took over this job and one of the interesting findings was how many of you requested more of these sessions not only focusing on operations and policy, but more on health of the force and personnel matters. So Admiral, we are really honored that you are the first member in our expanded agenda program, sir.
RADM Gillingham: Thank you, Thom. It’s a pleasure to be here.
