Chief of Staff of the United States Army
{{short description|Senior-most officer and service chief of the United States Army}}
{{Distinguish|United States Secretary of the Army}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Chief of Staff
| body = the Army
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| insignia = United States Army Staff Identification Badge.png
| insigniasize =
| insigniacaption = Army Staff Identification Badge
| flag = Flag US Army Chief of Staff.svg
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| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = Flag of the Chief of Staff
| image = GEN Randy A. George (2).jpg
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| incumbent = General Randy A. George
| acting =
| incumbentsince = 21 September 2023
| department = Department of the Army
Army Staff
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| type = {{nowrap|United States Army service chief}}
| status =
| abbreviation = CSA
| member_of = Joint Chiefs of Staff
| reports_to = Secretary of the Army
| residence = Quarters 1, Fort Myer
| seat = The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia
| nominator =
| appointer = The President
| appointer_qualified = with Senate advice and consent
| termlength = 4 years
| termlength_qualified = Renewable one time, only during war or national emergency
| constituting_instrument = {{UnitedStatesCode|10|3033}}
| precursor = {{nowrap|Commanding General of the Army}}
| formation = 15 August 1903
| first = LTG Samuel B. M. Young
| last =
| abolished =
| succession =
| unofficial_names =
| deputy = Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
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| website = {{URL|https://www.army.mil/leaders/csa/|www.army.mil}}
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The chief of staff of the Army (CSA) is a statutory position in the United States Army held by a general officer. As the highest-ranking officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Army, the chief is the principal military advisor and a deputy to the secretary of the Army. In a separate capacity, the CSA is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ({{UnitedStatesCode|10|151}}) and, thereby, a military advisor to the National Security Council, the secretary of defense, and the president of the United States. The CSA is typically the highest-ranking officer on active duty in the U.S. Army unless the chairman or the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are Army officers.
The chief of staff of the Army is an administrative position based in the Pentagon. While the CSA does not have operational command authority over Army forces proper (which is within the purview of the combatant commanders who report to the secretary of defense), the CSA does exercise supervision of army units and organizations as the designee of the secretary of the Army.
The current chief of staff of the Army is General Randy George, who was sworn in on 21 September 2023, having previously served as acting CSA from 4 August.
Appointment
The chief of staff of the Army is nominated for appointment by the president, for a four-year term of office, and must be confirmed by the Senate.[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/3033- Law.cornell.edu], 10 USC 3033. Chief of Staff The chief can be reappointed to serve one additional term, but only during times of war or national emergency declared by Congress. By statute, the chief is a four-star general.
The chief has an official residence, Quarters 1 at Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, Virginia.
Responsibilities
The senior leadership of the Department of the Army consists of two civilians—the secretary of the Army (head of the department and subordinate to the secretary of defense) and the under secretary of the Army—and two military officers—the chief of staff of the Army and the vice chief of staff of the Army.
The chief reports directly to the secretary of the Army for army matters and assists in the secretary's external affairs functions, including presenting and enforcing army policies, plans, and projections. The chief also directs the inspector general of the Army to perform inspections and investigations as required. In addition, the chief presides over the Army Staff and represents Army capabilities, requirements, policy, plans, and programs in Joint forums.{{cite web|title=General George Casey - Chief of Staff Army|url=http://www.army.mil/leaders/leaders/csa/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911193424/http://www.army.mil/leaders/leaders/csa/index.html |archive-date=11 September 2007|access-date=22 September 2007}} Under delegation of authority made by the secretary of the Army, the chief designates army personnel and army resources to the commanders of the unified combatant commands.[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/165- Law.cornell.edu], 10 USC 165. Combatant commands: administration and support The chief performs all other functions enumerated in {{UnitedStatesCode|10|3033}} under the authority, direction, and control of the secretary of the Army, or delegates those duties and responsibilities to other officers in his administration in his name. Like the other service counterparts, the chief has no operational command authority over army forces, dating back to the passage of the Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958. The chief is served by a number of deputy chiefs of staff of the Army, such as G-1, Personnel. The chief's base pay is $21,147.30 per month and also received a personal money allowance (monthly amount) of $333.33, a basic allowance for subsistence of $253.38, and a basic allowance for housing from $50.70 to $1,923.30.
History
In the 19th century the American land military used the title of "General-in-Chief" beginning with Gen. James Wilkinson (1757-1825), and later for several decades of commanding Gen. Winfield Scott (1786-1866). Later Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), given the title after being recalled to come east from the Western Theater of the Civil War in 1864. By 1903, the senior military officer in the army was the commanding general of the United States Army, who reported to the U.S. secretary of war. From 1864 to 1865, Major General Henry Halleck (1815-1872), who had previously been Commanding General earlier in the war, served as "Chief of Staff of the Army" under the newly appointed Commanding General, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, thus serving in a different office and not as the senior officer in the army. Halleck was centered in the old brick War Department building adjacent west of the White House, along with the War Secretary, whereas Gen. Grant was out in the field.
The first chief of staff moved his headquarters to Fort Myer in northern Virginia, near the national capital of Washington, D.C. in 1908.{{clarify|probably moved into Pentagon from there when the latter was complete, but have no info. This is from the Fort Myer article and is obviously wrong either about the date or the "first". Both articles will need correction|date=October 2011}}
List of chiefs of staff of the Army
The rank listed is the rank when serving in the office.
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! scope="col" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Portrait ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Name ! scope="col" colspan=3 | Term ! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Branch ! scope="col" colspan=2 | Secretaries served under: ! scope="col" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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| scope="col" | Took office
! scope="col" | Left office ! scope="col" | Duration ! scope="col" | Defense |
| {{Officeholder table
| order = 1 | image = Samuel Young.jpg | military_rank = Lieutenant General | officeholder = Samuel B. M. Young | officeholder_sort = Young, Samuel Baldwin Marks | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1840 | died_year = 1924 | term_start = 15 August 1903 | term_end = 8 January 1904 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1903|08|15|1904|01|08}} | election = Cavalry | alt_officeholder = Elihu Root | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | image = AdnaChaffee.jpg | military_rank = Lieutenant General | officeholder = Adna R. Chaffee | officeholder_sort = Chaffee, Adna | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1842 | died_year = 1914 | term_start = 9 January 1904 | term_end = 14 January 1906 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1904|01|09|1906|01|14}} | election = Cavalry | alt_officeholder = Elihu Root | alt_officeholder2 = William Howard Taft | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 3 | image = Gen John Bates.jpg | military_rank = Lieutenant General | officeholder = John C. Bates | officeholder_sort = Bates, John | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1842 | died_year = 1919 | term_start = 15 January 1906 | term_end = 13 April 1906 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1906|01|14|1906|04|13}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = William Howard Taft | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 4 | image = JamesBell.jpg | military_rank = Major General | officeholder = J. Franklin Bell | officeholder_sort = Bell, James | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1856 | died_year = 1919 | term_start = 14 April 1906 | term_end = 21 April 1910 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1906|04|14|1910|04|21}} | election = Cavalry | alt_officeholder = William Howard Taft | alt_officeholder2 = Luke Edward Wright | alt_officeholder3 = Jacob M. Dickinson | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 5 | image = Leonard Wood 1903.jpg | military_rank = Major General | officeholder = Leonard Wood | officeholder_sort = Wood, Leonard | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1860 | died_year = 1927 | term_start = 22 April 1910 | term_end = 21 April 1914 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1910|04|22|1914|04|21}} | election = Medical and cavalry | alt_officeholder = Jacob M. Dickinson | alt_officeholder2 = Henry L. Stimson | alt_officeholder3 = Lindley Miller Garrison | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 6 | image = William W. Wotherspoon.jpg | military_rank = Major General | officeholder = William W. Wotherspoon | officeholder_sort = Wotherspoon, William | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1850 | died_year = 1921 | term_start = 22 April 1914 | term_end = 16 November 1914 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1914|04|22|1914|11|16}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = Lindley Miller Garrison | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 7 | image = Hugh L. Scott Portrait.jpg | military_rank = Major General | officeholder = Hugh L. Scott | officeholder_sort = Scott, Hugh | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1853 | died_year = 1934 | term_start = 17 November 1914 | term_end = 22 September 1917 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1914|11|17|1917|09|22}} | election = Cavalry | alt_officeholder = Lindley Miller Garrison | alt_officeholder2 = Newton D. Baker | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 8 | image = Gen Tasker H Bliss.JPG | military_rank = General | officeholder = Tasker H. Bliss | officeholder_sort = Bliss, Tasker | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1853 | died_year = 1930 | term_start = 23 September 1917 | term_end = 19 May 1918 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1917|09|23|1918|05|19}} | election = Field artillery | alt_officeholder = Newton D. Baker | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 9 | image = Gen Peyton C March.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Peyton C. March | officeholder_sort = March, Peyton | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1864 | died_year = 1955 | term_start = 20 May 1918 | term_end = 30 June 1921 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1918|05|20|1921|06|30}} | election = Field artillery | alt_officeholder = Newton D. Baker | alt_officeholder2 = John W. Weeks | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 10 | image = GEN Pershing as Chief Of Staff.jpg | military_rank = General of the Armies | officeholder = John J. Pershing | officeholder_sort = Pershing, John | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1860 | died_year = 1948 | term_start = 1 July 1921 | term_end = 13 September 1924 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1921|07|01|1924|09|13}} | election = Cavalry | alt_officeholder = John W. Weeks | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 11 | image = John L Hines painting (cropped).jpg | military_rank = Major General | officeholder = John L. Hines | officeholder_sort = Hines, John | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1868 | died_year = 1968 | term_start = 14 September 1924 | term_end = 20 November 1926 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1924|09|13|1926|11|20}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = John W. Weeks | alt_officeholder2 = Dwight F. Davis | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 12 | image = Charles Pelot Summerall painting.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Charles P. Summerall | officeholder_sort = Summerall, Charles | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1867 | died_year = 1955 | term_start = 21 November 1926 | term_end = 20 November 1930 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1926|11|21|1930|11|20}} | election = Infantry and artillery | alt_officeholder = Dwight F. Davis | alt_officeholder2 = James William Good | alt_officeholder3 = Patrick J. Hurley | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 13 | image = MacArthur Manila (cropped2).jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Douglas MacArthur | officeholder_sort = MacArthur, Douglas | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1880 | died_year = 1964 | term_start = 21 November 1930 | term_end = 1 October 1935 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1930|11|20|1935|10|01}} | election = Infantry and engineers | alt_officeholder = Patrick J. Hurley | alt_officeholder2 = George Dern | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 14 | image = MalinCraig.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Malin Craig | officeholder_sort = Craig, Malin | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1875 | died_year = 1945 | term_start = 2 October 1935 | term_end = 31 August 1939 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1935|10|02|1939|08|31}} | election = Infantry and cavalry | alt_officeholder = George Dern | alt_officeholder2 = Harry Hines Woodring | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 15 | image = Thomas Edgar Stephens - George C. Marshall - Google Art Project.jpg | military_rank = General of the Army | officeholder = George C. Marshall | officeholder_sort = Marshall, George | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1880 | died_year = 1959 | term_start = 1 September 1939 | term_end = 18 November 1945 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1939|09|01|1945|11|18}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = Harry Hines Woodring | alt_officeholder2 = Henry L. Stimson | alt_officeholder3 = Robert P. Patterson | coalition = — | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 16 | image = Thomas Edgar Stephens - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Google Art Project.jpg | military_rank = General of the Army | officeholder = Dwight D. Eisenhower | officeholder_sort = Eisenhower, Dwight | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1890 | died_year = 1969 | term_start = 19 November 1945 | term_end = 6 February 1948 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1945|11|19|1948|02|06}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = Robert P. Patterson {{small|(of War)}} | alt_officeholder2 = Kenneth Claiborne Royall | coalition = James Forrestal | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 17 | image = Omar Bradley, official military photo, 1949 (cropped).JPEG | military_rank = General | officeholder = Omar N. Bradley | officeholder_sort = Bradley, Omar | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1893 | died_year = 1981 | term_start = 7 February 1948 | term_end = 15 August 1949{{efn|name=cjcs|Appointed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1948|02|07|1949|08|15}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = Kenneth Claiborne Royall | alt_officeholder2 = Gordon Gray | coalition = James Forrestal | coalition2 = Louis A. Johnson | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 18 | image = J-lawton-collins-1948.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = J. Lawton Collins | officeholder_sort = Collins, Joseph | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1896 | died_year = 1987 | term_start = 16 August 1949{{efn|name=vcsa|Served prior as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army.}} | term_end = 14 August 1953 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1949|08|16|1953|08|14}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = Gordon Gray | alt_officeholder2 = Frank Pace | alt_officeholder3 = Robert T. Stevens | coalition = Louis A. Johnson | coalition2 = George C. Marshall | coalition3 = Robert A. Lovett | coalition4 = {{nowrap|Charles Erwin Wilson}} | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 19 | image = Matthew Ridgway.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Matthew B. Ridgway | officeholder_sort = Ridgway, Matthew | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1895 | died_year = 1993 | term_start = 15 August 1953 | term_end = 29 June 1955 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1953|08|14|1955|06|29}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = Robert T. Stevens | coalition = Charles Erwin Wilson | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 20 | image = Maxwell D Taylor official portrait.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Maxwell D. Taylor | officeholder_sort = Taylor, Maxwell | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1901 | died_year = 1987 | term_start = 30 June 1955 | term_end = 30 June 1959{{efn|name=taylor|Appointed Military Representative of the President from 1959 to 1962; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1962 to 1964.}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1955|06|30|1959|06|30}} | election = Field artillery | alt_officeholder = Robert T. Stevens | alt_officeholder2 = Wilber M. Brucker | coalition = Charles Erwin Wilson | coalition2 = Neil H. McElroy | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 21 | image = GEN Lyman L. Lemnitzer, portrait as CSA (tight crop).jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Lyman L. Lemnitzer | officeholder_sort = Lemnitzer, Lyman | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1899 | died_year = 1988 | term_start = 1 July 1959{{efn|name=vcsa}} | term_end = 30 September 1960{{efn|name=cjcs}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1959|07|01|1960|09|30}} | election = Infantry and coast artillery | alt_officeholder = Wilber M. Brucker | coalition = Neil H. McElroy | coalition2 = Thomas S. Gates Jr. | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 22 | image = General George Decker portrait, CSA (cropped).jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = George H. Decker | officeholder_sort = Decker, George | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1902 | died_year = 1980 | term_start = 1 October 1960{{efn|name=vcsa}} | term_end = 30 September 1962 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1960|10|01|1962|09|30}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = Wilber M. Brucker | alt_officeholder2 = Elvis Stahr Jr. | alt_officeholder3 = Cyrus Vance | coalition = Thomas S. Gates Jr. | coalition2 = Robert McNamara | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 23 | image = Earle Wheeler official photo.JPEG | military_rank = General | officeholder = Earle G. Wheeler | officeholder_sort = Wheeler, Earle | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1908 | died_year = 1975 | term_start = 1 October 1962 | term_end = 2 July 1964{{efn|name=cjcs}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1962|10|01|1964|07|02}} | election = Infantry and armor | alt_officeholder = Cyrus Vance | alt_officeholder2 = Stephen Ailes | coalition = Robert McNamara | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 24 | image = GEN Harold K. Johnson.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Harold K. Johnson | officeholder_sort = Johnson, Harold | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1912 | died_year = 1983 | term_start = 3 July 1964 | term_end = 2 July 1968 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1964|07|03|1968|07|02}} | election = Infantry and cavalry | alt_officeholder = Stephen Ailes | alt_officeholder2 = Stanley Rogers Resor | coalition = Robert McNamara | coalition2 = Clark Clifford | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 25 | image = Gen William C Westmoreland.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = William C. Westmoreland | officeholder_sort = Westmoreland, William | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1914 | died_year = 2005 | term_start = 3 July 1968 | term_end = 30 June 1972 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1968|07|03|1972|06|30}} | election = Field artillery | alt_officeholder = Stanley Rogers Resor | alt_officeholder2 = Robert Froehlke | coalition = Clark Clifford | coalition2 = Melvin Laird | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | image = GEN Bruce Palmer.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Bruce Palmer Jr. | officeholder_sort = Palmer, Bruce | officeholder_note = {{efn|name=acting|In capacity as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army.}} | born_year = 1913 | died_year = 2000 | term_start = 1 July 1972 | term_end = 11 October 1972 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1972|07|01|1972|10|11}} | acting = y | election = Infantry and cavalry | alt_officeholder = Robert Froehlke | coalition = Melvin Laird | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 26 | image = GEN Creighton W. Abrams.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = {{nowrap|Creighton W. Abrams Jr.}} | officeholder_sort = Abrams, Creighton | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1914 | died_year = 1974 | died = y | term_start = 12 October 1972 | term_end = 4 September 1974 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1972|10|12|1974|09|04}} | election = Armor | alt_officeholder = Robert Froehlke | alt_officeholder2 = Bo Callaway | coalition = Melvin Laird | coalition2 = Elliot Richardson | coalition3 = James R. Schlesinger | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} |
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| rowspan="2" | 100px | data-sort-value="Weyand, Frederick" rowspan="2" | General | style=background:#e6e6aa; | 5 September 1974 | style=background:#e6e6aa; | 4 October 1974 | style=background:#e6e6aa; | {{ayd|1974|09|05|1974|10|04}} | rowspan="2" | Infantry and intelligence | rowspan="2" | Bo Callaway | rowspan="2" | James R. Schlesinger | style=background:#e6e6aa; | {{cite news |agency=United Press International |date=September 5, 1974 |title=Acting chief of staff held Vietnam posts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ventura-county-star-acting/126382522/ |work=Ventura County Star-Free Press |location=Camarillo, CA |page=B-7 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |agency=United Press International |date=October 4, 1974 |title=Weyand OKd |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-honolulu-advertiser-weyand/126382572/ |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |location=Honolulu, HI |page=C-1 |via=Newspapers.com}} |
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| 4 October 1974 | 30 September 1976 | {{ayd|1974|10|04|1976|09|30}} | {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} |
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| order = 28 | image = GEN Bernard W. Rogers, SACEUR.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Bernard W. Rogers | officeholder_sort = Rogers, Bernard | officeholder_note = {{efn|name=rogers|Last World War II veteran to serve as Chief of Staff.}} | born_year = 1921 | died_year = 2008 | term_start = 1 October 1976 | term_end = 21 June 1979 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1976|10|01|1979|06|21}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = Martin R. Hoffmann | alt_officeholder2 = Clifford Alexander Jr. | coalition = Donald Rumsfeld | coalition2 = Harold Brown | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 29 | image = GEN Meyer, Edward C USA.JPEG | military_rank = General | officeholder = Edward C. Meyer | officeholder_sort = Meyer, Edward | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1928 | died_year = 2020 | term_start = 22 June 1979 | term_end = 21 June 1983 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1979|06|22|1983|06|21}} | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = Clifford Alexander Jr. | alt_officeholder2 = John O. Marsh Jr. | coalition = Harold Brown | coalition2 = Caspar Weinberger | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 30 | image = GEN John A. Wickham, USA.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = John A. Wickham Jr. | officeholder_sort = Wickham, John | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1928 | died_year = 2024 | term_start = 23 June 1983{{efn|name=vcsa}} | term_end = 23 June 1987 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1983|06|23|1987|06|23}} | election = Infantry and cavalry | alt_officeholder = John O. Marsh Jr. | coalition = Caspar Weinberger | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 31 | image = Portrait of U.S. Army Gen. Carl E. Vuono, CHIEF of STAFF, U.S. Army (Uncovered) (Official U.S. Army photograph) (Released) (PC-191796).jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Carl E. Vuono | officeholder_sort = Vuono, Carl | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1934 | died_year = | term_start = 23 June 1987 | term_end = 21 June 1991 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1987|06|23|1991|06|21}} | election = Field artillery | alt_officeholder = John O. Marsh Jr. | alt_officeholder2 = Michael P. W. Stone | coalition = Caspar Weinberger | coalition2 = Frank Carlucci | coalition3 = Dick Cheney | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 32 | image = General Gordon Sullivan, official military photo 1992.JPEG | military_rank = General | officeholder = Gordon R. Sullivan | officeholder_sort = Sullivan, Gordon | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1937 | died_year = 2024 | term_start = 21 June 1991{{efn|name=vcsa}} | term_end = 20 June 1995 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1991|06|21|1995|06|20}} | election = Armor and mechanized infantry | alt_officeholder = Michael P. W. Stone | alt_officeholder2 = Togo D. West Jr. | coalition = Dick Cheney | coalition2 = Les Aspin | coalition3 = William J. Perry | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 33 | image = Reimer chief of staff.JPEG | military_rank = General | officeholder = Dennis J. Reimer | officeholder_sort = Reimer, Dennis | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1939 | died_year = | term_start = 20 June 1995 | term_end = 21 June 1999 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1995|06|20|1999|06|21}} | election = Artillery and mechanized infantry | alt_officeholder = Togo D. West Jr. | alt_officeholder2 = Louis Caldera | coalition = William J. Perry | coalition2 = William Cohen | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 34 | image = EricShinseki.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Eric K. Shinseki | officeholder_sort = Shinseki, Eric | officeholder_note = {{efn|name=shinseki|Last Vietnam War veteran to serve as Chief of Staff.}} | born_year = 1942 | died_year = | term_start = 21 June 1999{{efn|name=vcsa}} | term_end = 11 June 2003 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1999|06|21|2003|06|11}} | election = Cavalry | alt_officeholder = Louis Caldera | alt_officeholder2 = Thomas E. White | coalition = William Cohen | coalition2 = Donald Rumsfeld | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | image = Jack Keane.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = John M. Keane | officeholder_sort = Keane, John | officeholder_note = {{efn|name=acting}} | born_year = 1943 | died_year = | term_start = 11 June 2003 | term_end = 1 August 2003 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2003|06|11|2003|8|1}} | acting = y | election = Infantry | alt_officeholder = None{{efn|Les Brownlee served as acting Secretary of the Army during this period.}} | coalition = Donald Rumsfeld | ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.smu.edu/-/media/Site/Dedman/Academics/InstitutesCenters/CPH/Collective-Memory-Project/The-Surge/Keane-Jack--FINAL--20199.pdf|title=The Surge – Collective Memory Project|date=2015-08-18|access-date=2024-01-16|website=Southern Methodist University}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 35 | image = Peter Schoomaker.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Peter J. Schoomaker | officeholder_sort = Schoomaker, Peter | officeholder_note = {{efn|name=recalled|Recalled to active duty to serve as Chief of Staff. Schoomaker previously served as Commander in Chief, United States Special Operations Command from 1997 to 2000.}} | born_year = 1946 | died_year = | term_start = 1 August 2003 | term_end = 10 April 2007 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2003|08|01|2007|04|10}} | election = Cavalry and Special Forces | alt_officeholder = Francis J. Harvey | alt_officeholder2 = Pete Geren | coalition = Donald Rumsfeld | coalition2 = Robert Gates | ref = {{sfn|Bell|2005|p=186-187}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 36 | image = George W. Casey 2007.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = George W. Casey Jr. | officeholder_sort = Casey, George | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1948 | died_year = | term_start = 10 April 2007 | term_end = 11 April 2011 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2007|04|10|2011|04|11}} | election = Armor and mechanized infantry | alt_officeholder = Pete Geren | alt_officeholder2 = John M. McHugh | coalition = Robert Gates }} {{Officeholder table | order = 37 | image = Dempsey max.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Martin E. Dempsey | officeholder_sort = Dempsey, Martin | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1952 | died_year = | term_start = 11 April 2011 | term_end = 7 September 2011{{efn|name=cjcs}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2011|04|11|2011|09|07}} | election = Armor and armored | alt_officeholder = John M. McHugh | coalition = Robert Gates | coalition2 = Leon Panetta }} {{Officeholder table | order = 38 | image = Odierno Raymond CSA ASU.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Raymond T. Odierno | officeholder_sort = Odierno, Raymond | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1954 | died_year = 2021 | term_start = 7 September 2011 | term_end = 14 August 2015 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2011|09|07|2015|08|14}} | election = Field artillery | alt_officeholder = John M. McHugh | cabinet = Leon Panetta | cabinet2 = Chuck Hagel | cabinet3 = Ash Carter }} {{Officeholder table | order = 39 | image = Mark Milley Army Chief of Staff.jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = Mark A. Milley | officeholder_sort = Milley, Mark | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1958 | died_year = | term_start = 14 August 2015 | term_end = 9 August 2019{{efn|name=cjcs}} | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2015|08|14|2019|08|09}} | election = Armor and light infantry | alt_officeholder = John M. McHugh | alt_officeholder2 = Eric Fanning | alt_officeholder3 = Mark Esper | alt_officeholder4 = Ryan D. McCarthy | coalition = Ash Carter | coalition2 = Jim Mattis | coalition3 = Mark Esper }} {{Officeholder table | order = 40 | image = GEN James C. McConville (4).jpg | military_rank = General | officeholder = James C. McConville | officeholder_sort = McConville, James | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1959 | died_year = | term_start = 9 August 2019{{efn|name=vcsa}} | term_end = 4 August 2023 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|2019|08|09|2023|08|04}} | election = Aviation and cavalry | alt_officeholder = Ryan D. McCarthy | alt_officeholder2 = Christine Wormuth | coalition = Mark Esper | coalition2 = Lloyd Austin }} |
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See also
References
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{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite book |chapter-url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/cg&csa/APPDX-B.htm |chapter = Appendix B: Chronological List of Senior Officers of the United States Army |last = Bell |first = William Gardner |title = Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff 1775-2005: Portraits & Biographical Sketches of the United States Army's Senior Officer |publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |year = 2005 |isbn = 0-16-072376-0 |url = https://archive.org/details/commandinggenera00wash_3 |orig-year = 1983 |id = CMH Pub 70-14 |url-access = registration }}
{{refend}}
Further reading
- Hewes Jr., James E. From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration, 1900–1963 (1975) .
- Semsch, Philip L. "Elihu Root and the General Staff." Military Affairs (1963): 16–27.
- Skowronek, Stephen. Building a New American State: The Expansion of National Administrative Capacities, 1877–1920 (Cambridge University Press, 1982) pp 212–247.
- {{Cite book| first = Mark Skinner| last = Watson| url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/csppp/index.htm| title = Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparations| series = United States Army in World War II| publisher = United States Army Center of Military History| location = Washington D.C.| access-date = 14 June 2010| archive-date = 13 December 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121213022615/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/csppp/index.htm| url-status = dead}} - full text
- White, Richard D. "Civilian management of the military: Elihu Root and the 1903 reorganization of the army general staff." Journal of Management History (1998) 4#1 (1998), pp. 43–59.
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