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Dec. 6, 2021

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley’s Virtual Meeting with the NATO Military Committee

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley virtually met today with all NATO chiefs of defense.

Oct. 13, 2020

CJCS, ROK Chairman Meet Virtually, Discuss Stronger Alliance, Military Readiness

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley met virtually today with Chairman of the Republic of Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Won In-Choul during the 45th Republic of Korea and U.S. Military Committee Meeting (MCM).

The flag of the U.S. Space Command is unfurled at the White House in a presentation with President Donald J. Trump, the incoming commander of U.S. Space Command, Air Force Gen. John W. Raymond, Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper, and Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant Roger Towberman, Washington, D.C., Aug. 29, 2019.

Aug. 30, 2019

Release: Department of Defense Establishes U.S. Space Command

At the direction of the President of the United States, Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper established U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) today (Aug. 29, 2019) as the eleventh Unified Combatant Command. Gen. John W. Raymond is its Senate confirmed commander.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper speaks to members of the press during his first joint press conference with Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Pentagon Briefing Room, on Aug. 28, 2019.

Aug. 29, 2019

Esper, Dunford Emphasize Key Role of Strategy in American Defense

The Defense Department will continue to make all decisions based on the National Defense Strategy and will follow the lines of effort — increasing lethality, encouraging alliances and partnerships, and reforming the department — that provide the strategy's foundations, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said.

Soldiers line up to get aboard a helicopter in Afghanistan.

July 24, 2019

Dunford Checks Pulse of Afghan, Coalition Efforts

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has traveled to Afghanistan's capital of Kabul for consultations with U.S., NATO and Afghan officials.

Two military commanders walk together during a ceremony.

July 10, 2019

Dunford Presents Legion of Merit to Finnish Defense Chief

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff presented the Legion of Merit to Finland's defense chief, Air Force Gen. Jarmo Lindberg, yesterday during a ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia.

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the National Defense University (NDU) Graduation at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C., June 13, 2019. The NDU Class of 2019 consists of leaders from the U.S. military services, the Department of Defense, other federal government agencies, as well as from the foreign militaries, allied and partner nations.

June 14, 2019

Senior Officers Must Lead Change in Uncertain World, Dunford Says

In an uncertain world, senior officers must be the leaders of change in the profession of arms, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during the graduation ceremony for the National Defense University Class of 2019.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, accepts the 2019 Dwight D. Eisenhower award at the National Defense Industrial Association dinner in Arlington, Va., May 10, 2019.

May 12, 2019

Dunford Accepts Eisenhower Award, Calls for Industry, DOD Cooperation

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff accepted the Eisenhower Award from the National Defense Industrial Association on behalf of all service members and called on the organization to encourage members to cooperate with the Defense Department to ensure service members never fight in a fair fight.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, present a Legion of Merit to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff, Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense Forces on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, March 21, 2019.

March 22, 2019

Dunford Presents Legion of Merit to Japanese Counterpart

Defense Department officials celebrated the U.S.-Japanese alliance yesterday as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff presented the Legion of Merit to his Japanese counterpart during a full-honor arrival ceremony at Fort Myer, Virginia.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers questions from David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist, and discusses key threats facing the United States now, and in the future, as part of the "Transformers Defense" summit for Washington Post Live in Washington, D.C., Dec, 6, 2018.

Dec. 6, 2018

Dunford Discusses Near-Peer Competition, Keeping U.S. Military Edge

Near-peer competition and the United States retaining its military competitive edge were among the issues the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed today in an interview with Washington Post associate editor David Ignatius.