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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

NATO Military Committee Will Lay Groundwork for Warsaw Summit
May 18, 2016 — Czech Gen. Petr Pavel, the chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, laid out an ambitious agenda for the 175th meeting of the committee here today.Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the... MORE

Dunford, Chinese Military Leader Speak via Video Teleconference
May 13, 2016 — At the request of the Chinese army, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke yesterday via video teleconference with Gen. Fang Fenghui, chief of the Chinese joint... MORE

Chairman’s Enlisted Advisor Cites Gap Between Home-Station, Combat Cultures
May 6, 2016 — The American military does a great job giving noncommissioned officers and petty officers responsibility and authority in combat zones, but doesn’t do as well back home, the senior enlisted advisor to... MORE

Dunford: U.S. Working With Libya to Assess Possible Needs in Counter-ISIL Fight
May 3, 2016 — The United States is working with the interim Libyan government to see what help it might need in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff... MORE

U.S. Troops Should Not Be Sent Into Fair Fights, Dunford Says
April 27, 2016 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff repeated to the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee what has become a mantra to him: he doesn’t believe the United States should ever send American... MORE

Dunford Explores Ways to Better-Integrate Counter-Extremism Efforts
April 26, 2016 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met with British Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Sir Nicholas Houghton and other defense leaders in London yesterday to look at broadening efforts against the... MORE