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Joint Chiefs

Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
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Role Advisory board providing professional military advice to the Secretary of Defense and the President
Established in practice 1942
Constituting instrument National Security Act of 1947
currently codified at
10 U.S.C. § 151
Predecessor entities Joint Board
(1903–1942)
Chairman Joseph Dunford
Vice Chairman Paul J. Selva
Number of members Seven
Parent agency U.S. Department of Defense
Staff organization The Joint Staff (For the Chairman and the Vice Chairman; the service chiefs and the NGB chief have their own staffs assisting them)
Seat The Pentagon
The Joint Staff
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Agency overview
Formed 1949
Headquarters The Pentagon
Employees Approx. 1,500
Agency executive
  • Lt. Gen. William C. Mayville, Jr. (DJS)
Parent agency Department of Defense

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise 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 the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (VCJCS), and the Military Service Chiefs from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, all appointed by the President following Senate confirmation. Each of the individual Military Service Chiefs, outside of their Joint Chiefs of Staff obligations, works directly for the Secretary of the Military Department concerned, i.e., Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force.

Following the Goldwater–Nichols Act in 1986, the Joint Chiefs of Staff do not have operational command authority, neither individually nor collectively, as the chain of command goes from the President to the Secretary of Defense, and from the Secretary of Defense to the Commanders of the Combatant Commands. Goldwater–Nichols also created the office of Vice Chairman, and the Chairman is now designated as the principal military adviser to the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and the President.


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