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Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley's Meeting with President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani
December 17, 2020 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Cmdr. Sarah Flaherty provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley met this week with the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani in Kabul during a visit to the CENTCOM area of responsibility. ... MORE

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley’s Meeting with Taliban Representatives
December 17, 2020 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Cmdr. Sarah Flaherty provided the following readout: In coordination with the Department of State and the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation (SRAR), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley and SRAR negotiators met with Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar as part of the military channel established in the U.S.-Taliban agreement... MORE

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley’s Meeting with Saudi Arabia Chief of General Staff Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwayli
December 17, 2020 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Cmdr. Sarah Flaherty provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley met with Saudi Arabia Chief of General Staff Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwayli this week in Riyadh during a trip to the CENTCOM area of responsibility. ... MORE

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley’s Meeting with Qatari Armed Forces Chief of Staff H E Lieutenant General Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem
December 17, 2020 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Cmdr. Sarah Flaherty provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley met with Qatari Armed Forces Chief of Staff H E Lieutenant General Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem this week in Qatar during a trip to the CENTCOM area of responsibility. ... MORE

Chairman Discusses Future Defense Budgets
December 3, 2020 — Army Gen. Mark A. Milley is a realist, and he sees future defense budgets, at best, remaining flat or possibly going down significantly in the years ahead.The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff... MORE

Milley Makes Case for U.S. Military Keeping Up With Global, Technology Changes
December 2, 2020 — The geopolitical world has changed mightily over a generation, but that is nothing compared with the changes in technology, and the U.S. military must keep pace to defend the nation, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today... MORE

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley's Phone Call with Canadian Armed Forces Chief of Defence Gen. Jonathan Vance
December 1, 2020 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Dave Butler provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley spoke yesterday with Canadian Armed Forces Chief of Defence Gen. Jonathan Vance by telephone. ... MORE

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley’s Phone Call with United Kingdom’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Sir Nicholas Carter
November 20, 2020 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Dave Butler provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley spoke with United Kingdom’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Sir Nicholas Carter today by phone. ... MORE

Bold Quest Event Builds Interoperable Fires for Tomorrow
November 19, 2020 — Despite coronavirus, the Joint Staff's Bold Quest event at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, allowed the services and partners to demonstrate and assess U.S. and coalition interoperability. ... MORE

CJCS Hosts ROK, Japanese Counterparts for Virtual Discussion
November 18, 2020 — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley hosted a trilateral video teleconference with Chairman of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Won In-Choul and Japanese Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Gen. Koji Yamazaki today... MORE