The week ahead

Highlights from the week ahead include an appearance by Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Paul Selva and a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on a controversial Defense Department task force and its operations in Afghanistan.

Tuesday

Vice Adm. James Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, will speak at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Link: bit.ly/1K0hQHU

James Geurts, the acquisition executive for U.S. Special Operations Command, is scheduled to speak at the Atlantic Council.

Link: bit.ly/1ZKjdad

Wednesday

Defense Secretary Ash Carter travels to Paris to meet with foreign defense ministers on countering the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

The Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee holds a hearing on the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations-Afghanistan.

Link: 1.usa.gov/23cp0od

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks at an Association of United States Army event in Arlington, VA.

Link: bit.ly/1NiBO0C

Thursday

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Paul Selva speaks at the Brookings Institute on the future of warfighting technology.

Link: http://brook.gs/1ZKfdXk

Adm. Mike Rogers, chief of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, speaks at the Atlantic Council:

Link: http://bit.ly/235iqzQ

The Senate Armed Services Committee meets to consider the nomination of Eric Fanning for Army secretary.

Link: 1.usa.gov/1RRiH65

The Defense Business Board is scheduled to meet.

Link: 1.usa.gov/1PobJPb

Friday:

U.S. Strategic Command chief Adm. Cecil Haney speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Link: http://bit.ly/22ewI0O