June 2024
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks; Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Hon. Ashish Vazirani (PTDO); Division Director for Operations in the Information Environment Rear Admiral Mike Brown; and Unity Deployment Manager for the 70th Operations Support Squadron Sgt Koko Kakumu present remarks at the 13th Annual LBGTQI+ Pride Ceremony in the Pentagon.
June 2023
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Hon. Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr; Chief Operations Officer for the U.S. Space Force, Lt Gen DeAnna Burt; Executive Director for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue - U.S., Mr. Dixon Osborne, and Deputy Program Manager at NAVAIR, CDR Emily Shilling will present remarks at the 12th Annual LBGTQ+ Pride Ceremony in the Pentagon.
2023 Photo gallery
June 2022
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks; Assistant Secretary of Readiness, Shawn Skelly; Deputy Secretary of the Air Force, Gina Ortiz Jones; and Deputy Chief of Acquisition Policies and Procedures, LtCol Bree Fram will present remarks at the 11th Annual LBGTQ+ Pride Ceremony in the Pentagon.
2022 Photo Gallery
Joint Forces Color Guard
Rudy Coots, DoD Pride Chair
National Anthem by Master Sergeant Matthew Heil
Invocation by Chaplain Nathan Solomon
Honorable Shawn Skelly, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness
Honorable Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense
SMSgt David Smith
Lt Col Bree Fram, Deputy Chief, Acquisition Policies and Processes Division, U.S. Space Force
Capt John Cloutier
Honorable Gina Ortiz Jones, Under Secretary of the Air Force
U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" Brass Qunitet
June 2021
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Major General Leah Lauderback (Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, U.S. Space Force), and LT Kristopher Moore (Surface Warfare Officer, U.S. Navy) provided remarks at the 10th Annual LGBT Pride event at the Pentagon.
2021 Photo Gallery
June 2019
Mr. Wayne Monteith (Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration), Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senator for Illinois), and Mr. Stuart Milk (Co-founder and President, Harvey Milk Foundation), provide remarks at the 8th Annual LGBT Pride event at the Pentagon.
June 2018
Representative Anthony Brown, Major Jamie Henry and Leadership Award winners, LCDR Blake Dremann and Honorable Doug Wilson, provide remarks at the 7th Annual LGBT Pride event at the Pentagon.
Ms. Dawn Tallman performs the National Anthem.
June 2017
Representative Mark Takano, Tony Kurta, performing the duties of under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, and Air Force Maj. Gen. Patricia A. Rose, mobilization assistant to the deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection, provide remarks at the 6th Annual LGBT Pride event at the Pentagon.
June 2016
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus delivers remarks during an LGBT Pride Month ceremony at the Pentagon to recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service members and civilians for their service to the DoD mission and the country.
June 2015
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter keynoted, followed by family panel discussing LGBT service prior to the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT).
June 2014
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work delivers the keynote address, followed by a panel discussion on families.
June 2013
Secretary Hagel, Valerie Jarrett, and Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning, the most senior openly gay appointee in the Department of Defense, speaks at the Defense Department Pride event recognizing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender pride within the Department of Defense,
June 2012
Jeh Johnson spoke to Defense Department personnel at the Pentagon’s first celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride month following the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy. He was followed by a panel on the subject “The Value of Open Service and Diversity."
