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KING5.com
April 18, 2018
Defense Mobile's executive team included two Navy SEALS, five flag officers, Medal of Honor recipients, a former chief marketing officer of the Army, a former assistant Air Force secretary, and a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. No matter. Within about a year the financially troubled, so-calledÃâà...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
April 18, 2018
As Greg Weaver, the deputy director for strategic plans and policy of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote on Twitter, "[US government] policy is what the NPR states. There is always someone who says otherwise.” (Weaver, a key contributor to the NPR, deleted his Twitter account, but Hans M. Kristensen of theÃâà...
C4ISRNet
April 17, 2018
Other previous plans, including some directed by then-Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright, called for moving the Joint Staff's command-and-control elements and IT-focused groups from the former Joint Forces Command to CYBERCOM. CYBERCOM itself actually evolved fromÃâà...
Politico
April 16, 2018
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are expected on Capitol Hill Tuesday for House and Senate briefings in the wake of U.S. air strikes against Syria, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning. Mattis and Dunford's briefings withÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
April 14, 2018
A Crest Hill man has been charged with identity theft and forgery crimes against U.S. military officials, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to Will County court records. Yong Jin Li, 56, was in Will County court Friday for a brief hearing. He remains in the Will County Adult DetentionÃâà...
Department of Defense
April 14, 2018
U.S., British and French air and naval forces launched attacks against the Syrian government's chemical weapon arsenal in retaliation for the use of such weapons on civilians, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at aÃâà...
CNN
April 8, 2018
(CNN) Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said Sunday on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" that he has been "extremely concerned" about military officials like retired Gen. John Kelly acting in political roles in PresidentÃâà...
New York Times
April 4, 2018
WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday night that President Trump planned to deploy the National Guard to the southern border to confront what it called a growing threat of illegal immigrants, drugs and crime from Central America after the president for the third consecutive day warned about theÃâà...
Miami Herald
April 4, 2018
Here's the answer, according to the office the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Several dozen senior enlisted troops — E9s, as they are known in the military — on a day trip to the war-on-terror prison. They spent the day in the Detention Center Zone, taking a tour and getting briefed on how theÃâà...
IU Newsroom
April 4, 2018
The summit kicked off with a keynote address delivered by Mark "Puck" Mykleby, former special strategic assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Jessica G. Davis, director of the IUPUI Office of Sustainability, answered questions about the event. Q: What goals did the organizers have for theÃâà...
Department of Defense
April 3, 2018
Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, host Cooper Smith and his family during an official visit to the Pentagon, April 2, 2018. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A.
pride source.com
April 2, 2018
The joint military service chiefs were not briefed on the recommendations by Defense Secretary James Mattis against the transgender military ban or the Trump memo seeking to implement them before the White House went public with them last Friday, according to two sources familiar with the process.
Chicago Tribune
April 1, 2018
When the Pentagon last chose a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it was rattled by a last-minute surprise: A corrupt defense contractor known as "Fat Leonard" confided to federal agents that he had an unsavory past with one of the finalists to become the nation's top military officer. Leonard GlennÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 1, 2018
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) - When the Pentagon last chose a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it was rattled by a last-minute surprise: A corrupt defence contractor known as "Fat Leonard" confided to federal agents that he had an unsavoury past with one of the finalists to become theÃâà...
KTVQ Billings News
March 26, 2018
(CNN) -- Here's a look at the life of Colin Powell, former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Personal:Birth date: April 5, 1937. Birth place: Harlem, New York. Birth name: Colin Luther Powell. Parents: Luther Powell, a shipping clerk. Mother: Maud Ariel (McKoy) Powell, a seamstress.
Roll Call
March 26, 2018
Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, who also wore four stars. But these voices of relative reason in the Trump administration are fewer now. The latest casualty is H.R. McMaster, an Army three-star general who was national securityÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 24, 2018
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff completed an extensive visit to Afghanistan, and leaves encouraged by the Afghan and coalition military ... Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with leadership of U.S. Forces - Afghanistan at the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing after arriving atÃâà...
ABC News
March 24, 2018
Just months after the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan declared the war against the Taliban and other insurgents a stalemate, Dunford — chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — said he can see the makings of a shift. "What we're already starting to see is, I think, momentum is going to favor the AfghanÃâà...
New York Times
March 23, 2018
Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — the remaining putative “adults in the room.” These two principals, alongside Mr. Tillerson and sometimes General McMaster, had reportedly blunted some of Mr. Trump's recklessly aggressive impulses. Now outnumbered, the two will face greaterÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 23, 2018
Joe Dunford, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., commander of the Resolute Support mission and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, have a roundtable discussion with members of Train Advise Assist Command East at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan,Ãâà...
TASS
March 22, 2018
MOSCOW, March 21. /TASS/. General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, the head of Russia's General Staff, and Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford discussed Syria on the phone and agreed on further contacts, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. "On March 21, Chief of theÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 22, 2018
The hard work of Afghan and coalition personnel in the train, advise, assist strategy is already paying off, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is encouraged by the progress. Joint Chiefs chairman and his senior enlisted advisor talk aboard a helicopter flying over Afghanistan. Marine Corps Gen.
Department of Defense
March 21, 2018
It's got to be demoralizing from the Taliban's perpsective,” Fenzel said in an interview with reporters traveling with Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Some 88 percent of the Afghan population does not support the Taliban, Fenzel said. “You look where they are now asÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
March 20, 2018
Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he wants to understand the goals for the coming months so the U.S.-led coalition can develop ways to measure progress in the fight. Dunford told reporters traveling with him that he seeks "a discussion about measures of effectiveness." A keyÃâà...
New York Times
March 20, 2018
The two officials said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, are troubled that low-level officers are being blamed for the botched mission instead of senior commanders who should be aware when American troops are undertaking a high-risk raid.
The Korea Herald
March 20, 2018
According to the Ministry of National Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff, the postponed joint military exercises will start on April 1 with the field-training Foal Eagle exercise that is to be halved in length from two months to one, followed about three weeks later by the computer-based Key Resolve exercise.
Department of Defense
March 20, 2018
The secretary has said he expects the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, to send him his review of the investigation. “The secretary has already asked a few questions on the report and will study what the chairman sends him, compare the two and move forward,” ManningÃâà...
Military Times
March 20, 2018
Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to Keystone class 18-1 at the Pentagon, March 13, 2018. ... Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he wants to understand the goals for the coming months so the U.S.-led coalition can develop ways to measure progress in theÃâà...
Duke Chronicle
March 19, 2018
Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation's highest-ranking and senior-most military officer, will speak April 4 in Page Auditorium. In his role as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman—which he assumed in 2015—Dunford is the main military adviser to President Donald Trump, as wellÃâà...
Yonhap News
March 18, 2018
When the president embarks on tours to foreign countries, the responsibility for national security falls on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a nutshell, our military does not want to provoke North Korea ahead of an inter-Korean summit in April and another one between North Korea and the United States later.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
March 18, 2018
In our case, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chief of Staff of the Army have been clear that the nation that poses the greatest existential threat to the United States based on their capabilities and capacity is Russia. That's just, I think, an accepted fact. The question then becomes, what might beÃâà...
Politico
March 18, 2018
Colin Powell, who was promoted to four-star general and eventually became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In that case, the top brass would have little choice but to acquiesce, possibly by shifting other generals around. Some active-duty officers suggested in a series of interviews that viable optionsÃâà...
Haaretz
March 15, 2018
The Russian military will respond to a U.S. strike on Syria, targeting any missiles and launchers involved in such an attack, the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday. RIA cited Valery Gerasimov, head of the General Staff, as saying that Moscow would retaliate if the lives of Russian servicemen in SyriaÃâà...
Duke Today
March 15, 2018
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak at Duke University's Page Auditorium on Wednesday, April 4. The 5:30 p.m. event will focus on the U.S. military in a time of geopolitical strain. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. They can be orderedÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 8, 2018
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosts a full honor arrival ceremony for Czech Gen. Petr Pavel, center right, chairman of the NATO Military Committee, at Whipple Field, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., March 8, 2018. Dunford presented the Legion of Merit toÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 7, 2018
While the book has been celebrated for its criticism of senior military leaders during that conflict, that was less true in senior military circles and especially among those who knew and worked with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Earle Wheeler and Army Chief of Staff Harold K. Johnson, who are amongÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 7, 2018
The recent Nuclear Posture Review ensures the United States can match any nuclear threat, including that of a low-yield nuclear weapon, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers the keynote address duringÃâà...
UrduPoint News
March 6, 2018
Abu Dhabi: (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 06th Mar, 2018)Chairman Joint Chiefs Of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Met Uae Minister Of Defence Affairs Mohammed Bin Ahmed Al Bowardi In Abu Dhabi On Monday. During The Meeting,Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee GeneralÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 6, 2018
John W. Troxell, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “The core belief of both militaries is that NCOs understand commanders' intent and act within their authority to accomplish their missions,” Egan said. It comes down to trust and education, he said. Australian and AmericanÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 5, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan Army Chairman General Zubair Mahmood Hayat on Monday visited Abu Dhabi's Wahat Al Karama, the national landmark built to immortalise the sacrifices of the UAE's brave heroes. General Zubair was accompanied by Sheikh Khalifa binÃâà...
New York Times
February 28, 2018
Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have argued forcefully for using diplomacy to address Pyongyang's nuclear program. Commanders who attended the exercise in Hawaii were told that roughly 10,000 Americans could be wounded in combat in the opening days alone. And theÃâà...
Metro Weekly
February 20, 2018
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford, Sr. – Photo: U.S. Marine Corps. Newly published ... Joseph Dunford, Sr., the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that Trump's announcement “was unexpected” and that he intended to say he was “not consulted” if asked about the policy. The emailsÃâà...
Department of Defense
February 9, 2018
It is somehow appropriate that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's latest visit to the Pacific ends here, where the history of America's involvement in the ... Joe Dunford, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Navy Adm. Harry Harris, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, at the command'sÃâà...
Department of Defense
February 6, 2018
The Marine units that rotate in to this strategic base are the latest manifestation of American commitment to Australia and elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said to the Marines. “[There is] no stronger way to demonstrate our commitment to our allies than actuallyÃâà...
The Daily Orange
February 5, 2018
Syracuse University's Student Association confirmed two joint chiefs of staff at its Monday night meeting, filling a vacancy left by a member who stepped down before the start of the semester. Janine Bogris and Kathryn Miller were both confirmed as SA's joint chiefs of staff. SA Vice President Angie Pati saidÃâà...
TASS
December 31, 1999
MOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. Russia stays in direct contact with the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and conducts consultations with NATO through Turkey, Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Defense Committee Chairman and former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops VladimirÃâà...
Department of Defense
December 31, 1999
John W. Troxell, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. One of only a few hundred enlisted personnel on the Joint Staff, Pilgrim is basing the program on an Army officer internship program. In that program, post-company-command captains come to Washington to study for aÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
December 31, 1999
In 2015, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said the conflict was “probably a 30-year issue,” while CIA Director John Brennan called it “a war that has been in existence for millennia,” and one “we're always going to have to be vigilant about.” If these officials were wrong about theÃâà...
RT
December 31, 1999
The head of the Russian General Staff, First Deputy Defense Minister Valery Gerasimov, has discussed the situation in Syria as well as the recent developments in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta with the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford, the Russian Defense Ministry saidÃâà...
KTUU.com
December 31, 1999
Kansas State University President Richard Myers told a national audience: military might and diplomacy to match are the keys to holding the world together. During a panel discussion on the WWI centennial at D.C.'s national press club, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also noted peace isÃâà...
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