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Hagel: all assessments needed for full picture in Iraq

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey are seeing initial assessments submitted daily from teams in Iraq.

Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Gipppe, U.S. Central Command’s senior enlisted leader, closed the final chapter of his 33-year career during a retirement ceremony here June 27.

Afghanistan is becoming a safer place due to the initiative taken by Afghan National Security Forces to stop enemy weapons from coming into their country.

Afghan National Security Forces worked to build networks and lasting relationships with the people they serve through humanitarian aid efforts June 11 in the village of Mirogul Kalay, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (left), began his tenure as commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command when he received the unit colors from his predecessor, Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, during a change of command ceremony here June 18.

Nearly a month into Afghanistan’s summer fighting season, Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, continued a series of disruption operations in Now Zad District.

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