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Joint Chiefs chairman discusses military's support to DHS
November 7, 2018 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff laid out the process for military support to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during a discussion with students in Duke University’s Program in American Grand Strategy in Durham, North Carolina, Nov. 5... MORE

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford (left), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Peter Feaver, a professor of political science and public policy at Duke University, during a discussion with students in Duke’s Program in American Grand Strategy in Durham, N.C., Nov. 5.

Joint Chiefs chairman: U.S. forces busy implementing defense strategy worldwide
August 29, 2018 — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff gave a snapshot of the width and breadth of the U.S. military’s commitment around the globe during a Pentagon press conference Aug. 28... MORE

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief reporters on U.S. military strategy and current operations, Aug. 28, 2018.

Joint Chiefs chairman: U.S. faces volatile, complex security situations
September 28, 2017 — The United States faces a volatile, unpredictable world and must keep up its guard, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a reconfirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee Sept. 26... MORE

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens to a question during a Senate Armed Services Committee reconfirmation hearing Sept. 26. Dunford has been serving as chairman since Oct. 1, 2015 and has been nominated for a second two-year term.

U.S. officials studying force size in Afghanistan, Joint Chiefs chairman says
May 11, 2017 — No decisions on whether to increase U.S. forces in Afghanistan have been made yet, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters in Israel May 9... MORE

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team patrol a village in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, May 29, 2012. The paratroopers are assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.