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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.

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and special guests participate in a ceremony and wreath presentation at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima. The 36 day-battle was part of a U.S. amphibious assault to capture the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima, and resulted in a hard-fought American victory. Gen. Milley’s father, a Navy Corpsman with 4th Marine Division, was among the Marines who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Feb. 19, 2020

Battles Like Iwo Jima Must Never Happen Again, Milley Says

Seventy-five years ago today, about 70,000 Marines and sailors, backed up by about 400 ships, made the assault landings on Iwo Jima, a Pacific island that is only several square miles in size. It was the bloodiest campaign in American history per square mile, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Feb. 6, 2020

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley's Meeting with Estonia's Defense Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Martin Herem

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 Estonian Defense Forces Maj. Gen. Martin Herem today at the Pentagon.

Feb. 4, 2020

Vice Chairman Meets with UK Counterpart for Bilateral Discussion

LONDON – U.S. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John E. Hyten met with Adm. Timothy Peter Fraser, vice chief of the United Kingdom Defence Staff at the Ministry of Armed Forces on Feb. 4 in London.