Documents / FOIA release
This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (case 22-F-0249), dated May 16, 2023, collects public affairs material about the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG). It contains Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks' November 23, 2021 memo creating the AOIMSG and an executive council to succeed the Navy's UAP Task Force. It also holds press releases, briefing cards with talking points and answers, a spokesperson statement and news clips.
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* Request for Medical Assistance Teams to Michigan. Robin Erb, Bridge Michigan, and Dustin Walsh, Crain's, asked for confirmation that DoD Governor Whitmer has requested medical assistance teams for hospitals in Michigan. Explained the process by which the state would request assistance via FEMA, and informed them that such a request hasn't reached DoD yet. * DoD Civilian Vaccination Rate. Patricia Kime, Military.com, and Caitlin Doornbos, Stars & Stripes, requested the percentage of DoD civilians that are vaccinated. Informed reporters of the data on the Defense.gov/coronavirus and provided the approved statement: "The DoD federal employee compliance and vaccination data includes all civilian and active duty employees who have received vaccinations through DOD providers or self-reported that they had been vaccinated. As we continue to process the incoming data, DoD will provide further updates on DOD civilian vaccination rates. Being fully vaccinated is one of the surest ways to bolster our readiness and safely meet the readiness requirements that our national security depends on. We have and will continue to implement the vaccination requirement without disruptions to the critical work of the Department." ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF INTEREST * Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Strategic Studies. Mr. Randy "Church" Kee, Senior Advisor for Arctic Secu rity Affairs, conducted an on-t he-record int erview with Melody Schreiber, Arctic Today, on the progress of standing up t he Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, the Department of Defense's sixth and newest regional center. The interview focused on the mission of the center, how it supports the DoD and U.S. government, and the efforts to "build while doing" to quickly address national security needs. Publication will be the week of Nov. 29. Defense Press Operations ~)(6) I 3
FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 31 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.