The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., that they will join an Army under severe stress, but one that is performing magnificently.
No nation can solve the problem posed by radical extremism by itself, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the 102nd annual meeting of the American Jewish Committee.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates paid tribute to what he called "the power behind the power" -- the families and community members who stand behind the troops engaged in the war on terror.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates got a firsthand look at the massive growth under way at Fort Bliss, Texas, to prepare for the arrival of 1st Armored Division in one of the Army Corps of Engineers' largest-ever construction projects.