Top 24 Quotes & Sayings by Joseph Dunford

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. KBE AO MSC OMRI is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general, who served as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2015, until September 30, 2019. He was the 36th commandant of the Marine Corps. Dunford is the first Marine Corps officer to serve in four different four-star positions; the others include commander of the International Security Assistance Force and United States Forces – Afghanistan from February 2013 until August 2014, and as the 32nd Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from October 23, 2010, to December 15, 2012. He has commanded several units, including the 5th Marine Regiment during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

American - Public Servant | Born: December 8, 1955

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It is not unimaginable to have military options to respond to North Korean nuclear capability. What's unimaginable to me is allowing a capability that would allow a nuclear weapon to land in Denver, Colorado. That's unimaginable to me. So my job will be to develop military options to make sure that doesn't happen.

Joseph Dunford

Competition doesn't have to be conflict.

Joseph Dunford

If we're going to grow capacity, you need to do it in a way where it is meaningful capability.

Joseph Dunford

I think that it's very important that whoever is in office can trust the U.S. military to provide him with advice in private so that advice is not then used by somebody to try to criticize the president or try to influence the outcome.

Joseph Dunford

All the nations that are adjacent to Afghanistan have a vested interest in the future stability and security of Afghanistan.

Joseph Dunford

There's no substitute for taking a clear-eyed look at the threats we'll face and asking how our force will adapt to meet those threats.

Joseph Dunford

We have a strong tradition in our country of senior leaders being apolitical, nonpartisan.

Joseph Dunford

It's something I take very seriously as a commander: the lives of our young men and women.

Joseph Dunford

The pace of change and the speed of war has greatly accelerated.

Joseph Dunford

The only one I can be sure will say something nice about me is my mother.

Joseph Dunford

What we are doing in the Pacific is we're flying, operating, and sailing wherever international law allows, and the purpose of that is to demonstrate that we are standing up for those rules.

Joseph Dunford

The work that Google is doing in China is indirectly benefiting the Chinese military. Indirect may not be a full characterization of the way it is. It's more of a direct benefit to the Chinese military.

Joseph Dunford

I think the morale of Taliban fighters has been affected adversely as a result of the lack of success.

Joseph Dunford

I want to make sure I have a system that allows me to know that the platoon sergeant and platoon commander aren't going to move at the same time when we come back from deployment. That sounds pretty simple, but it's really about data.

Joseph Dunford

In my judgment, us assisting the Chinese military in advancing technologically is not in U.S. national interests.

Joseph Dunford

We cannot keep gapping units where we need a good strong NCO or staff NCO and he's not there. They've got to have the right technical, the right leadership qualifications for the billet.

Joseph Dunford

Generally, Sunday talk shows talk about policy, and I don't address policy.

Joseph Dunford

My sense is that General Kayani recognises that a stable and secure Afghanistan is in the best interests of Pakistan.

Joseph Dunford

I learned early in my career that if you see something that is not to standard or not within the law, and you ignore it, you've set a new standard, and it's lower.

Joseph Dunford

You can't have force structure without proper training, without proper equipment, without proper leadership, without proper funding to conduct exercises and perform maintenance.

Joseph Dunford

From my perspective, to really be ready, we can't afford to have these deep degradations in readiness associated with personnel turbulence post-deployment.

Joseph Dunford

When you start to look at completing the development of a modern professional army, when you talk about maturing a democracy, when you talk about development and the economic conditions that have to be addressed, a decade is not too short a period of time to talk about.

Joseph Dunford

I'm an implementer of policy, not a maker of policy.

Joseph Dunford

When you have to make a choice between capacity and capability, I would go with capability.

Joseph Dunford