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Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Highest Ranking and most senior military officer in the armed forces and military advisor to the president, National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and the secretary of defense
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Years Served
President(s)
Chairman
1949 - 1953
Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
1953 - 1957
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur W. Radford
1957 - 1960
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nathan F. Twining
1960 - 1962
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy
Lyman Lemnitzer
1962 - 1964
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
1964 - 1970
Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon
Earle Wheeler
1970 - 1974
Richard Nixon
Thomas H. Moorer
1974 - 1978
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter
George S. Brown
1978 - 1982
Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan
David C. Jones
1982 - 1985
Ronald Reagan
John W. Vessey Jr.
1985 - 1989
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush
William J. Crowe Jr.
1989 - 1993
George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton
Colin Powell
Years Served
President(s)
Chairman
(Acting) 1993
Bill Clinton
David E. Jeremiah
1993 - 1997
Bill Clinton
John Shalikashvili
1997 - 2001
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush
Hugh Shelton
2001 - 2005
George W. Bush
Richard Myers
2005 - 2007
George W. Bush
Peter Pace
2007 - 2011
George W. Bush, Barack Obama
Michael Mullen
2011 - 2015
Barack Obama
Martin Dempsey
2015 - 2019
Barack Obama, Donald Trump
Joseph Dunford
2019 - 2023
Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Mark Milley
2023 - 2025
Joe Biden, Donald Trump
Charles Q. Brown Jr.
(Acting) 2025
Donald Trump
Christopher W. Grady
2025 - Present
Donald Trump
Dan Caine
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