U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., center left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Iraq Counter Terrorism Service Director Gen. Talib Shegati al-Kenan, listen to a brief about the Iraqi Army's recent efforts in Ramadi at the Combined Joint Operations Center in Baghdad, Jan. 8, 2016. Dunford met with U.S. and coalition leaders in Iraq to assess the progress against the Islamic State. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., center left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens to Marine Col. David Coconut, left, during a group discussion with Iraqi commanders on al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 8, 2016. Dunford met with U.S. and coalition leaders to assess progress in the Counter-ISIL efforts. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones, left, meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the Republican Palace in Baghdad, Jan. 7, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conducts a press conference with Iraqi Lt. Gen. Othman al-Ghanimi, Iraqi chief of defense in Baghdad, Jan. 7, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with a senior member of the Iraqi security forces before a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the Republican Palace in Baghdad, Jan. 7, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with an Iraqi special operator wounded during a battle, during a visit to an Iraqi wounded warrior clinic in Baghdad, Jan. 7, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, observes members of the Iraqi special operation forces during sniper rifle training at Area VI training site in Baghdad, Jan. 7, 2016. The Iraqi special forces primarily conduct anti-guerrilla operations and are part of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Bureau. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives in Iraq for talks with U.S. and Iraqi leaders, Jan. 7, 2016. DoD photo
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with U.S. Army Cpt. Amanda Wielgus, right, assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, about trucks modified for combat operations on Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Jan. 6, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Army Col. Kevin Leahey, left, commander, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, briefs U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Jan. 6, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives an operations brief at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Jan. 6, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., center left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, renders honors during a wreath-laying ceremony at Anitkabir in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 6, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu at his official residence in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 6, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John R. Bass at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 5, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signs a guest book before an office call with Turkish Gen. Hulusi Akar, right, chief of the general staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 6, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with service members assigned to the Office of Defense Cooperation in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 5, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signs a copy of the Noncommissioned Officer and Petty Officer handbook for a Marine Corps security guard assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 5, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Marine Corps security guards assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 5, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., center, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with U.S. Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, left, commander of U.S. Africa Command, at Africom headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 4, 2016. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with U.S. Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, commander of U.S. Africa Command, at Africom headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 4, 2016. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, commander of U.S. European Command, and NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe, at the Eucom headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 4, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro