Thurman Passes Command to Scaparrotti in Multi-Flag Ceremony. Korean and American service members proudly carried the three flags signifying the change  ...
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Military readiness must be bolstered, Defense Department leaders told the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee today. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the senators that sequestration gutted military r...
The Goldwater-Nichols DOD Reorganization Act of 1986 identifies the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the senior ranking member of the Armed Forces. As such, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military adviser to the President. He may seek the advice of ...
ARLINGTON, Va. , April 14, 2016 — GENERAL JOSEPH F. DUNFORD JR.: Hey, thanks very much. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. And you expect me to say it, but it’s an absolute honor for my wife Ellyn and I to join you here this evening on such a special night. And the first thing I want...
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, the third Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, introduces his sister to the Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Joe Gainey, the first Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, and recently retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, the seco...
WASHINGTON, October 14, 2014 — Military leaders from 22 nations and other key U.S. military leaders gathered today at Joint Base Andrews for the latest in a series of coalition meetings to achieve deeper consensus on the nature of the threat posed by ISIL, integration of air and groun...
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his German counterpart met here today, with the refugee crisis in Europe a focus of the discussions. After today's talks with Gen. Volker Wieker, the chief of staff of the German armed forces, U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey noted that th...
JERUSALEM, October 18, 2015 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed a full range of threats in the Middle East with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials today. The fact that Israel is the site of Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford’s first fore...
