An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Home : Media : News

Dec. 17, 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 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.

Milley speaks with the Brookings Institute

Dec. 3, 2020

Chairman Discusses Future Defense Budgets

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

Milley speaks with the Brookings Institute

Dec. 2, 2020

Milley Makes Case for U.S. Military Keeping Up With Global, Technology Changes

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.

Dec. 1, 2020

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

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.

Nov. 20, 2020

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

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.

Soldiers reload an artillery piece after firing.

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.