Joint Chiefs of the Armed Forces

The **Joint Chiefs of the Armed Forces** are members of the most senior uniformed leaders within the Armed Forces of the 5th Army that advises the Ruling Council on all martial-related matters. The cabinet is composed of the Chief of Staff in the OverWatch Army, Navy, Starfighter Corps, as well as the Director of the Intelligence and Special Combats Bureau. Normally, the Administrator of the Armed Forces chairs the Joint Chiefs, and would in most cases represent the entire cabinet in the Ruling Council.

## History

The Joint Chiefs were formed around the time the Armed Forces came to be, during the infancy of the 5th Army. Much is unknown about the Joint Chiefs operations, as meetings were often closed.

By the time of the multipe insurrections that ultimately lead to the Sector C civil war, it was mentioned that the Joint Chiefs were called upon to the Ruling Council by Administrator Y for advice and sitrep of the insurrections. By that time, leading members of the cabinet were Marshal Kuriko Sato, Grand admiral Kenji Shimi, Grand air marshal Ford Wilson and Director Hayao Hichi. The Joint Chiefs were often joined by the officers they assigned to lead the main forces during this conflict, which were High general Crest, Fleet admiral Satoru Marude, Vice air marshal Eli Kyurtinski, and Secondary admiral Odin Titan.

In the aftermath of the short lived civil war, the Armed Forces recieved an exponential increase in the defense budget passed by the Cosmic Senate's C-2006 bill, the Joint Chiefs discussed and came to an agreement on the budget allocations. It was also during this period of time where top members of the Internal Service Core and its sub-agencies the Internal Affairs Bureau, Internal Service Force and Coalition Prevention joined their meetings with the Ruling Council.

Administrator Constantine represented the Joint Chiefs during the joint summit between the Ruling Council and the Joint Staff of Sector C, discussing the danger and threat that the newly surged Resistance Initiative started to pose in the wake of the abduction of First class agent Naofa Niro in the aftermath of the second Resquis raid at Resquis Academy. This in turn led to the organization of the large scaled operation, Operation: DAY-BREAK, as a means to finally crack down and make the Resistance nothing but history.

Contrary to the operation's goal, it ended with the death of Administrator X. This led to major reforms across the government, including the Armed Forces. The Joint Chiefs agreed to make Crest the Overseer of the Armed Forces, and giving him command of the OverWatch Upper Command. Director Hichi retired as the OWISCB's director during the major reformations, and soon after Satoru Marude was chosen to lead the Bureau, assigning him a seat within the Joint Chiefs. Following this, for the first time in Era 2 history, the Grand administrator called upon the Joint Chiefs, including several members of the military, and the OWGRO directing body, to form the Joint Chiefs of Suppression as a main advisory board to combat the Resistance Initiative as an official decleration of war was made.

## Members

### Current members

* Administrator Constantine - Chairman
* Overseer Crest - Vice chairman
* Marshal Kuriko Sato - Army section chief
* Grand admiral Kenji Shimi - Navy section chief
* Grand air marshal Ford Wilson - SFC section chief
* Director Satoru Marude - ISCB section chief

### Former members

* Hayao Hichi *(Retired as ISCB Director)*