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Dunford Praises Service Members for Handling of Guantanamo Mission
March 10, 2016 — After a visit here this week, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. said he is proud of the way the men and women of Joint Task Force Guantanamo are carrying out their detainee operations... MORE

Dunford Salutes Florida-Based Anti-Drug Interagency Task Force
March 9, 2016 — When a watch stander for the Joint Interagency Task Force South here directs an aircraft or ship to stop a craft carrying cocaine, that person gets to ring the bell in the joint operations... MORE

Counter-ISIL Operations Aim to Isolate Raqqa
March 9, 2016 — Coalition operations continue to isolate the Syrian city of Raqqa, the so-called capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here... MORE

Dunford Arrives in Miami for Southern Command Visit
March 8, 2016 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived here last night ahead of meetings with the leaders of U.S. Southern Command.Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. will meet with newly installed... MORE

Chairman Discusses State of Middle East With Israeli Leaders
March 4, 2016 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff finished two days of meetings with U.S. and Israeli defense leaders today.Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. met with Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, the chief... MORE

Dunford Says Afghans Applying Security Lessons Learned in 2015
March 4, 2016 — While the highlight of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s visit to Afghanistan was the change of command in Kabul, he also took advantage of the visit to check on operations in the eastern... MORE

Dunford Praises Campbell’s Leadership in Afghanistan
March 2, 2016 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff presented the Defense Distinguished Service Medal to Army Gen. John F. Campbell here today, saying that Campbell has made a “tremendous difference” to... MORE

Dunford Arrives in Kabul for Change of Command, Consultations with Afghans
March 2, 2016 — Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. arrived here today to attend the change of command ceremony for U.S. Forces Afghanistan and NATO’s Resolute Support Mission.Dunford, the chairman of the Joint... MORE

Dunford: Counter-ISIL Shaping Operations Have Begun in Mosul
February 29, 2016 — Operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have begun in Mosul, Iraq, and the United States will increase support to Iraqi forces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today... MORE

Fiscal '17 Budget Request Starts to Fund Defense Needs, Chairman Says
February 25, 2016 — The fiscal year 2017 defense budget request is a good start -- but only a start -- toward maintaining a military capable of fighting and winning today’s wars and producing a military capable of... MORE