EVENT:
Please join us on Wednesday, September 23, for a telephonic press briefing with U.S. Air Forces Major General Derek France, U.S. Army Europe Brigadier General Gregory “Greg” Brady, Polish Air Force Major General Ireneusz Starzynski and Polish Air Force Major General Dariusz Malinowski. The speakers will discuss Astral Knight 2020, a joint and multinational exercise taking place from September 17-25. The speakers will take questions from participating journalists.
Astral Knight will involve Airmen and Soldiers from the United States and service members from the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Swedish armed forces. The exercise is an integrated air and missile defense exercise where training will focus on conducting integrated air and missile defense of various terrains in the Baltic region.
DETAILS:
Date: Wednesday, September 23
Time: 15:30 (Brussels) | 9:30 (Washington, DC) | 14:30 (London)
Language: English
Ground Rules: ON THE RECORD
Dial-in Info: To be provided upon RSVP
RSVP: Please RSVP by clicking https://www.eventbrite.com/e/telephonic-press-briefing-on-exercise-astral-knight-2020-tickets-121708680941
LOGISTICS:
- Participants should join the conference 15 minutes early.
- The operator will ask for your name, press affiliation, and location.
- U.S. Major General France and Polish Major General Starzynski will give brief opening remarks, and then the moderator will open the floor to questions.
- Participants will be instructed to push the “1” and “0” buttons on their phones to enter the question queue. You may also submit questions in advance via email to TheBrusselsHub@state.gov.
- If you experience technical difficulties during the call, you may email TheBrusselsHub@state.gov to alert the moderator to any issues.