Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Employment.png Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
Flag of the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.svg
StartAugust 19, 1949
Leader ofJoint Chiefs of Staff
DeputyVice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
BossUS/Secretary of Defense
Websitehttp://www.jcs.mil/
The highest-ranking US military officer.Boss of the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the highest-ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces[1] and is the principal military advisor to the US President, the National Security Council,[2] and the Secretary of Defense.[2][3] While the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff outranks all other commissioned officers, he is prohibited by law from having operational command authority over the Armed Forces; however, the Chairman is permitted to assist the President and the Secretary of Defense in exercising their command functions.[1]

 

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Martin Dempsey1 October 201125 September 2015
Michael Mullen1 October 200730 September 2011
Peter Pace1 October 200530 September 2007
Richard Myers1 October 200130 September 2005
Henry Shelton1 October 199730 September 2001
John Shalikashvili25 October 199330 September 1997
David E. Jeremiah1 October 199324 October 1993Acting
Colin Powell1 October 198930 September 1993
William J. Crowe1 October 198530 September 1989
John Vessey18 June 198230 September 1985
David C. Jones21 June 197818 June 1982
George S. Brown1 July 197420 June 1978
Thomas Moorer2 July 19701 July 1974
Earle Wheeler3 July 19642 July 1970
Maxwell Taylor1 October 19621 July 1964
Lyman Lemnitzer1 October 196030 September 1962Approved the now infamous Operation Northwoods
Nathan Twining15 August 195730 September 1960
Arthur W. Radford15 August 195315 August 1957
Omar Bradley19 August 194915 August 1953

 

A Document by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)
File:US Nuclear weapons in Europe.pdfpolicy15 March 2005Europe
US/Nuclear weapons
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References

  1. ↑ a b [1] 10 USC 152. Chairman: appointment; grade and rank
  2. ↑ a b [2] 10 USC 151. Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions
  3. ↑ [3] Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986


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