Joint Chiefs of Staff

Joint Chiefs of Staff
Formation	1942
Headquarters	The Pentagon
Leader	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Staff	1,500
The most senior military leaders in the United States

The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1960. From left to right are: Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer; Navy Chief of Operations, Adm. Arleigh Burke; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Nathan F. Twining; Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Thomas D. White; Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David M. Shoup.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, that advises the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council on military matters. The composition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is defined by statute and consists of a chairman (CJCS), a vice chairman (VJCS), the service chiefs of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and the chief of the National Guard Bureau.

JCS' first formal meeting was held on 9 February 1942, to coordinate operations between War and Navy Departments. With the end of World War II, the Joint Chiefs of Staff was officially established under the National Security Act of 1947.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff and several combatant commanders gathered at the Pentagon on 1 July 1983.

 

An event carried out

Event	Description
Operation Northwoods	A plan devised within the US government in the early 1960's to carry out terrorist attacks on US citizens and have them blamed on Cuba. Never implemented.

 

A Document by Joint Chiefs of Staff

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
File:2015 US National Military Strategy.pdf	military strategy document	July 2015	US/Exceptionalism US/Military	Offical 2015 strategy of the US military concerning its equipment, deployments and doctrines.

 

A document sourced from Joint Chiefs of Staff

Title	Type	Subject(s)	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
File:2015 US National Military Strategy.pdf	military strategy document	US/Exceptionalism US/Military	July 2015	Joint Chiefs of Staff	Offical 2015 strategy of the US military concerning its equipment, deployments and doctrines.

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