Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration John P. Stenbit briefs Pentagon reporters on June 13, 2003, about the Department of Defense's adoption of the next-generation Internet protocol known as Ipv6. The new protocol will facilitate integration of the essential elements of the Department's Global Information Grid, which are its sensors, weapons, platforms, information and people. Deployment of Ipv6 will keep the warfighter secure and connected in a fast-moving battlespace.