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March 9, 2020

DOD Issues Flexible Instructions on Response to Coronavirus

DOD has issued instructions to the armed services and department heads on how to respond to the implications of the growing coronavirus outbreak.

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March 5, 2020

Readiness Up Across the Force, Chairman Says

The fiscal year 2021 Defense Department budget request is driven by the National Defense Strategy, and also furthers the department's readiness and modernization efforts, said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez and USO entertainers arrive at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington for the annual Vice Chairman’s USO Tour, March 1, 2020. Hyten, along with USO entertainers, will be visiting service members at various locations throughout the nation. This year’s entertainers include comedians Scott Armstrong and Matt Walsh, actor Brad Morris, country music band LoCash, MMA Fighter Illima-Lei Macfarlane and DJ J. Dayz.

March 4, 2020

Vice Chairman's 2020 USO Tour Kicks Off

The Vice Chairman’s annual USO tour kicked off yesterday with a performance for service members and their families stationed at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.

This illustration reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

March 4, 2020

DOD Outlines Priorities in Combating Coronavirus

Military officials and their civilian counterparts are learning together how to combat the coronavirus, Defense Department officials said today.

Feb. 29, 2020

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Statement on the Afghanistan Peace Declaration

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Statement on the Afghanistan Peace Declaration

Feb. 28, 2020

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley's Phone Call with Chief of the Turkish General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler

Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. DeDe S. Halfhill provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley spoke with Chief of the Turkish General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler today.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John E. Hyten meets with Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces Lt. Gen. Ferenc Korom, Feb. 28, 2020 at the Pentagon.

Feb. 28, 2020

Readout of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John E. Hyten's Meeting with Hungarian Chief of Defense Lt. Gen. Ferenc Korom

Joint Staff Spokesperson Maj. Trisha Guillebeau provided the following readout: Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John E. Hyten met with Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces Lt. Gen. Ferenc Korom today at the Pentagon.

Feb. 28, 2020

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley's Phone Call with Russian Chief of the General Staff Gen. Gerasimov

Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. DeDe S. Halfhill provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley spoke with Chief of the Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov by telephone today.

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley sit at a table.

Feb. 26, 2020

Strategy-Driven Budget Helps Hedge Against Capability Erosion

The U.S. military remains the best trained, best equipped and best led military force in the world, but that lead is eroding and technology changes have stressed the United States' industrial-age capabilities, concepts and processes, fundamentally changing the character of war, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley meets with commander of the Finnish Defense Forces Gen. Timo Kivinen Feb. 25, 2020 in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Feb. 25, 2020

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley's Meeting with Finnish Chief of Defense Gen. Timo Kivinen

Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. DeDe S. Halfhill provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley met with commander of the Finnish Defense Forces Gen. Timo Kivinen today at the Pentagon.