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Nov. 19, 2020

Bold Quest Event Builds Interoperable Fires for Tomorrow

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. 

Nov. 18, 2020

CJCS Hosts ROK, Japanese Counterparts for Virtual Discussion

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.

Nov. 12, 2020

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley’s Phone Call with Chief of the Israeli General Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi

Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Dave Butler provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley spoke with Chief of the Israeli General Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi today by phone.

Nov. 10, 2020

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

Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Dave Butler 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 today at the Pentagon.

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Cardwell, Delta Company, 776th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Detachment 1, Unmanned Aircraft Systems maintainer, prepares a RQ-7B Shadow for flight during Bold Quest 20.2 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Oct. 30, 2020. Bold Quest is a collaborative joint and multinational enterprise in which Nations, Services and Programs pool their resources in a recurring cycle of capability development, demonstration and analysis. Conceived in 2001, the BQ coalition has grown since 2003 from the U.S. services and four nations to now include 18 Partner Nations and NATO Headquarters.

Nov. 6, 2020

Bold Quest Wraps Up in Camp Atterbury

The Joint Staff, along with its coalition partners, successfully concluded Bold Quest 20.2. Nov. 4. This capability demonstration and assessment was designed to help improve combat effectiveness by demonstrating solutions to the needs of the U.S. services and partner nations in an operationally representative environment.

Capt. Will Boddy, 274th Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, controls aircraft during Exercise Bold Quest 20.2 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Oct. 24, 2020. Led by the Joint Staff, Bold Quest is a multinational exercise that demonstrates a joint capability to link sensors to shooters across air, land, sea, space and cyberspace.

Nov. 3, 2020

274th ASOS Participates in Bold Quest

Airmen assigned to the U.S. Air National Guard 274th Air Support Operations Squadron, based in Syracuse NY. are participating in the Joint Staff sponsored Coalition Capability Demonstration and Assessment event Bold Quest 20.2 on Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The event continues through Nov. 4.

CAMP ATTERBURY, IND. (OCT. 10, 2020) Joseph Chacon, Joint Staff Bold Quest Operations Director, has his temperature checked by Technical Sergeant Alexandria Harville, an aerospace medical technician assigned to the Virginia Air National Guard 192nd Medical Group during capability demonstration Bold Quest 20.2. Members of the 192nd Medical Group helped develop the medical standard operating procedures for Bold Quest participants to prevent and respond to any COVID-19 outbreak. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Word)

Oct. 30, 2020

192nd Medical Group supports Joint Staff Bold Quest Demo

Members of the Virginia Air National Guard 192nd Medical Group are providing daily symptom and temperature screenings for all on-site participants of Bold Quest 20.2, a Joint Staff-sponsored capability demonstration on Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

A man in a military uniform holds a red ribbon in his hands.

Oct. 29, 2020

Milley Dedicates Gold Star Families' Exhibit In Pentagon

The Gold Star Families Pentagon display was dedicated at its permanent home in the Hall of Heroes during a ceremony in which Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered remarks.

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Oct. 28, 2020

Chairman Honors WWII Army Nurse, Others

Medics, corpsmen, pararescuemen, doctors, nurses and other military medical personnel were honored at the Armed Services YMCA's 14th annual Angels of the Battlefield Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Oct. 21, 2020

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley’s Phone Call with Chief of the Israeli General Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi

Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Dave Butler provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley spoke with Chief of the Israeli General Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi today by phone.