US military chief Mark Milley visits Yad Vashem

Chairman of joint chiefs of staff, who is in Israel for a military innovation conference, lays a wreath at Holocaust museum in Jerusalem

By ToI Staff 17 September 2022, 7:00 am Edit

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations on September 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley visited Yad Vashem Friday with Israel Defense Forces chief Aviv Kohavi.

Milley is in Israel to attend the first International Operational Innovation Conference in Israel.

The summit seeks to share knowledge between armies on “shared future challenges on the modern battlefield.”

At Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem, Milley laid a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance.

Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan said Milley’s visit was “lengthy and rigorous.”

Thursday saw United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan visit the Holocaust memorial museum — a first visit by the top Emirati diplomat.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, visited Yad Vashem this morning alongside IDF Chief of the General Staff, LTG Aviv Kohavi. pic.twitter.com/yhdHrKjNgS

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