24 Quotes by Joseph Dunford

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

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

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

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.

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

Competition doesn't have to be conflict.

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.

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.

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.