Category: Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Categories: Joint Chiefs of Staff

This category groups profiles of those who served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is, by U.S. law, the highest-ranking military officer in the United States Armed Forces and is the principal military advisor to the President of the United States, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. While the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff outranks all other officers, he does not have operational command authority over the Armed Forces; however, the Chairman does assist the President and the Secretary of Defense in exercising their command functions.

A list of those who have held this position is at the Wikipedia site. See: Wikipedia:Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff

Current Chairman: Charles Q. Brown Jr.

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Omar Bradley 12 Feb 1893 Clark County, Missouri USA - 08 Apr 1981

George Brown 17 Aug 1918 Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, United States - 05 Dec 1978

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William Crowe 02 Jan 1925 La Grange, Oldham, Kentucky, United States - 18 Oct 2007

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David Jeremiah 24 Feb 1934 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 06 Oct 2013

David Jones 09 Jul 1921 Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, United States - 10 Aug 2013

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William Leahy 06 May 1875 Hampton, Franklin, Iowa, United States - 20 Jul 1959

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Lyman Lemnitzer 29 Aug 1899 Honesdale, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States - 12 Nov 1988

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Mark Milley 1950s

Thomas Moorer 09 Feb 1912 Mount Willing, Alabama - 05 Feb 2004

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Colin Powell 05 Apr 1937 Harlem, New York County, New York, United States - 18 Oct 2021

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Arthur Radford 27 Feb 1896 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 17 Aug 1973

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John Shalikashvili 27 Jun 1936 Warsaw, Poland - 23 Jul 2011

Earle (Stone) Wheeler 13 Jan 1908 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 18 Dec 1975

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Maxwell Taylor 26 Aug 1901 Keytesville, Missouri, United States - 19 Apr 1987

Nathan Twining 11 Oct 1897 Monroe, Wisconsin, United States - 29 Mar 1982

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John Vessey 29 Jun 1922 Minneapolis, Minnesota - 18 Aug 2016

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