News Archive

Nov. 13, 2018

Chairman Reflects on Armistice Day, Changing Character of War

ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT — Military leaders must appreciate the changing character of war, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said as he returned home from Paris, where he was attending ceremonies marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

Nov. 6, 2018

U.S. Benchmarking Capabilities Against China, Russia, Dunford Says

DURHAM, N.C. — Russia and China are near-peer competitors and the United States must benchmark military capabilities against these possible threats, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said at Duke University, in Durham, N.C.

Nov. 6, 2018

Dunford Discusses Military Support to DHS

DURHAM, N.C. — 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.

Oct. 31, 2018

Security Meeting Examines Wartime Control of Forces in South Korea

WASHINGTON — U.S. and South Korean defense leaders have made significant progress in preparation for transfer of wartime control over the combined forces to the South Korean military.

Oct. 31, 2018

Albanian President Discusses Security, Euro-Atlantic Integration at Marshall Center

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Albanian President Ilir Meta said that NATO’s intervention, particularly from the U.S. and later the European Union, saved the Balkans from becoming the Middle East of Europe during a discussion with students in the Program on Applied Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Oct. 31, 2018

Mattis Shares Threat Pictures Behind New National Defense Strategy

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary James N. Mattis shared the thinking behind the new National Defense Strategy during a discussion at the United States Institute of Peace.

Oct. 30, 2018

Active-Duty Troops En Route to Texas, Northcom Chief Says

WASHINGTON — A little more than 1,000 troops are in place in south Texas, and that number is changing as additional forces move in place, Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, said at a Pentagon news conference.