Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the leading officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  (JCS). The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces Chairman: appointment; grade and rank and the main military advisor to the president, the National Security Council, - Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions the Homeland Security Council, and the secretary of defense. Goldwater–Nichols Act of 1986 

List of chairmen

Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief (historical predecessor office)

Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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