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Chairman: Sequestration Cuts Would Require Strategy Change
January 11, 2015 — Unless Congress changes the Budget Control Act, which now requires a return to sequestration-level spending cuts in 2016, the military will need to change its strategy, the chairman of the Joint... MORE

Sony Hacking Shows Need for Cyber Laws, Dempsey Says
January 11, 2015 — The recent hacking of Sony Pictures that the U.S. government has blamed on North Korea demonstrates a need for new cyber legislation that he has helped to champion for two years, the chairman of the... MORE

Dempsey hosts Israel's Lt. Gen. Gantz for Talks at Pentagon
January 8, 2015 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff hosted the Israel Defense Forces chief of the General Staff at the Pentagon today for talks on regional security and bilateral cooperation.U.S. Army Gen... MORE

Battaglia Praises Military Medical System at Military Bowl Festivities
December 28, 2014 — Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, praised military medicine yesterday during festivities for the 2014 Military Bowl... MORE

Senior leaders meet with wounded troops at CFI
December 23, 2014 — Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr. and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald visited with wounded service members at the Center for the Intrepid Dec. 19.The... MORE

Thanking Service Members One Cupcake at a Time
December 23, 2014 — Pink is not a color normally associated with a C-17 Globemaster 3.Yet there was the workhorse of the Air Force’s transport fleet on the flightline at Joint Base Andrews with two full pallets of pink... MORE

Thousands Gather to Honor Fallen Veterans for Wreaths Across America Day
December 13, 2014 — Amid crisp air and the aroma of pine needles, thousands gathered to lay remembrance wreaths on veterans’ headstones here to mark National Wreaths Across America Day, and in doing so drew one of the... MORE

USO Performers Thank Thousands of Troops During Tour
December 12, 2014 — “Don’t be sad it’s over. Be glad it happened,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the performers of the USO holiday tour that ended here Dec. 10.Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and his wife,... MORE

MDW Sergeant Audie Murphy Club Honors Battaglia, Wife
December 11, 2014 — Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Lisa, were honored here today by the Military District of Washington’s... MORE

Gen. Dempsey, celebrities visit Airmen during USO holiday tour
December 9, 2014 — Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited here during a USO holiday troop visit Dec. 8.The general, joined by singers, actors, sports icons and a comedian, is on his... MORE