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| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says hello to a 2-year old Iraqi child and the child's grandfather while visiting Ramadi, Iraq, July 17, 2007. Pace decided to visit the streets of Ramadi after a dust storm grounded his scheduled departure flight. Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen Hi-Res Photo | Story |
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Chairman Wraps
Up Overseas Trip |
| WASHINGTON, July 22, 2007 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is back from an overseas trip that included an impromptu visit to a former insurgent stronghold in Iraq. Story |
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Pace Visits Wounded
Warriors at Landstuhl |
| LANDSTUHL, Germany, July 21, 2007 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff stopped by a military hospital to see servicemembers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Story |
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| U.S. Works to
Solve Cross-Border Terrorism |
| SCHWEINFURT, Germany, July 20, 2007 – The U.S. is working with Pakistan to find a way to counter al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists who operate inside Pakistan, along the Afghan border, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace said here today. Story |
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| Pace Thanks Spouses,
Families for Sacrifices |
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SCHWEINFURT, Germany, July 20, 2007 – Over the past week, Marine Gen. Peter Pace personally thanked thousands of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for their service. Today he traveled to this German city to thank their spouses for the very real sacrifices they and their families make in the war on terror. Story |
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| Pace Speaks to ‘Sky Soldiers’
About Soldiering |
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan, July 19, 2007 – During a town hall meeting here with the “Sky Soldiers” of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, a young noncommissioned officer asked the military’s highest-ranking officer what being a “soldier” means to him. Story |
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| Pace: U.S. Works For More Training Support |
| JALALABAD, Afghanistan, July 19, 2007 – The United States will work to deploy an additional brigade of U.S. forces into Afghanistan to accelerate training of Afghan troops, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today. Story |
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| War on Terror Will
Require Decades of Effort |
| BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, July 18, 2007 – The war on terrorism is going to last at least another 20 to 30 years, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told American servicemembers based here today. Story |
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace rides to Ramadi, Iraq, in an armored Cougar truck, July 17, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen Hi-Res Photo | Photo Essay |
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| Pace Walks Ramadi’s Streets, Notes Progress |
| RAMADI, Iraq, July 17, 2007 – This Anbar province city was once held up as a symbol of U.S. failure in Iraq. Al Qaeda in Iraq controlled Ramadi. It was enemy territory, and American servicemembers called it the Wild West of Iraq. Story |
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| Pace: From Military Standpoint, Surge Working |
| BAGHDAD, July 16, 2007 – Militarily, the troop surge in Iraq is doing what it was supposed to do, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today. Story |
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| Iraq Visit to Assess
Surge Progress |
| BAGHDAD, July 16, 2007 – It is vital for military leaders to give concise assessments of the situation in Iraq and to avoid “groupthink,” the phenomena where groups fixate on one solution to the exclusion of all others, the top U.S. military leader said here today. Story |
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