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Coalition Has Momentum to End ISIL's Hold in Iraq, Syria, Dunford Says
September 23, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2016... MORE

Defense University Aims to Produce Visionary Senior Leaders
August 24, 2016 — After 15 years of war, senior military leaders might be excused if they think attending to their professional military education will be a break for them.Except it’s not.That’s what Marine Corps Gen... MORE

Dunford Details Implications of Today’s Threats on Tomorrow’s Strategy
August 23, 2016 — National security leaders must be able to confront today’s threats, and they must develop and maintain the personnel, strategies and equipment needed for an ever more uncertain world, the chairman of... MORE

Dunford Lists Ways to Measure Counter-ISIL Success
July 25, 2016 — Territory, resources and foreign fighters are the measurements the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will use to measure progress against the “physical caliphate” that the Islamic State of Iraq... MORE

Transnational Threats Need Transnational Solutions, Dunford Says at U.N.
June 18, 2016 — Transnational threats require transnational solutions, and the United Nations Peacekeeping Force is a key component of preserving stability, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at the U.N... MORE

Dunford to NDU Grads: Embrace Change and Innovation
June 9, 2016 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told graduates of the National Defense University at Fort McNair here today that the military must embrace change and innovation in this most turbulent time... MORE

Chairman Meets USS Alaska Sub Crew During Kings Bay Visit
May 20, 2016 — “I hope we don’t ever need them, but if we do, these guys are ready,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said after meeting with sailors from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS... MORE

Dunford Arrives in Georgia to Visit Submarine Sailors
May 20, 2016 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he is visiting sailors here to further his education about the U.S. military’s most important strategic deterrence mission.Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford... MORE

Dunford: U.S. Troops in Iraq Reinforce Success, Bolster Iraqi Actions
May 19, 2016 — People who say U.S. troop increases in Iraq are a “band-aid approach” or an incremental effort are missing the point, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. The U.S. troops going to... MORE

NATO Chiefs Discuss Range of Issues at Military Committee Meeting
May 19, 2016 — NATO’s chiefs of defense agreed that a flexible conditions-based plan is best for the alliance’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, Gen. Petr Pavel of the Czech army, the chairman of the... MORE