Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, engages with service members from a Navy P-8 Detachment at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, October 10, 2024. See more photos...

Jan 21, 2025 · The Deputy Attorney General; The Deputy Secretary of Energy; The Deputy Director of National Intelligence (non-voting advisor); The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (non-voting advisor);

General Omar Bradley is sworn in as the 1st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson on August 16, 1949. Admiral Michael Mullen is sworn in as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by his predecessor, General Peter Pace on October 1, 2007.

General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. is the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, which advises the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council on military matters.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff consist of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the Chief of Space Operations.

May 25, 2023 · In a White House Rose Garden announcement, Biden called Brown "a proud, butt-kicking American airman" and an operational leader with intimate knowledge of how the U.S. joint force operates. Brown...

May 25, 2023 · President Joe Biden has named Gen Charles "CQ" Brown Jr to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top military officer in the US. Gen Brown, currently the Air Force chief...

Jan 26, 2025 · Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has revoked the Defense Department-funded personal security detail for retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during President ...

The secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff bid farewell to President Joe Biden, who has served as commander in chief of the U.S. military for four years.