Dunford on ISIS: ‘The Enemy Doesn’t Respect Borders and Neither Do We’
In discussing the administration’s strategy to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the chairman of the Joint…
Document: Letter from Sen. John McCain to SECDEF Carter on U.S. South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operation
The following is a Nov. 9, 2015 letter from Senate Armed Services Committee chair Sen. John McCain to Secretary of…
U.S. Destroyer Made an ‘Innocent Passage’ Near Chinese South China Sea Artificial Island in Recent Mission
Last week’s South China Sea freedom of navigation mission — in which a U.S. guided missile destroyer came within 12…
SECDEF Carter: ‘No Plans’ to Turn Over Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Cuba
PENTAGON — Despite warming relations between Cuba and the U.S., the Pentagon has no intentions of releasing control of Naval…
Expert: India Watching U.S. Pacific Rebalance Closely
Smaller nations are the ones mostly questioning the seriousness of the United States in re-balancing its commitment to the Indo-Pacific…
Opinion: India and U.S. Grow Closer Against a Backdrop of An Expansionist China
Indo-U.S. relations have been the subject of interest for many policy analysts and with the emergence of an economic and…
In Dual Ceremony, Harris Takes Over PACOM, Swift Assumes Command of PACFLT
In a double change-of-command ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Adm. Harry Harris was promoted from U.S. Pacific Fleet commander to U.S.…
Document: McCain, Reed Letter to SECDEF Carter On Chinese Actions in South China Sea
The following is a May 21, 2015 letter from Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and ranking…
SECDEF Ash Carter: Republican Congressional Budget Proposal is ‘A Road to Nowhere’
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter asked Congress to relieve the Pentagon of the “double whammy” of sequestration budget restrictions and…
Document: SECDEF Ash Carter Statement on Gen. Joseph Dunford’s Nomination to Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
The following is the May 5, 2015 statement from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the nomination of Marine Corps…