Chief of Staff of the Army
The Chief of Staff of the United States Army ( CSA , German as Chief of Staff of the Army ) is the highest ranking officer in the United States Army .
assignment
The CSA is a General that the Secretary of the Army ( Secretary reports to the Army). Like the chiefs of the general staff of the other branches of the armed forces , he has no direct operational authority , but ensures the operational capability of the armed forces subordinate to him. The commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands assume direct command of the troops .
As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the General Staff of the US armed forces , which is CSA the main adviser to the president on issues that concern the US Army.
His deputy is the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army . Before 1903, the military head of the US Army was the Commanding General of the United States Army .
Comparable posts in the other military branches
Corresponding positions in the US armed forces are: Chief of Naval Operations ( US Navy ), Commandant of the Marine Corps ( US Marine Corps ), Chief of Staff of the Air Force ( US Air Force ).
List of Chiefs of Staff of the Army
| No. | Surname | image | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | James C. McConville |
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August 9, 2019 | --- |
| 39 | Mark A. Milley |
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August 14, 2015 | August 9, 2019 |
| 38 | Raymond T. Odierno |
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September 7, 2011 | August 14, 2015 |
| 37 | Martin Dempsey |
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April 11, 2011 | September 7, 2011 |
| 36 | George W. Casey, Jr. |
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April 10, 2007 | April 11, 2011 |
| 35 | Peter Schoomaker |
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August 1, 2003 | April 10, 2007 |
| interim | John M. Keane |
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June 11, 2003 | August 1, 2003 |
| 34 | Eric K. Shinseki |
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June 21, 1999 | June 11, 2003 |
| 33 | Dennis Reimer |
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June 20, 1995 | June 21, 1999 |
| 32 | Gordon R. Sullivan |
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June 21, 1991 | June 20, 1995 |
| 31 | Carl E. Vuono |
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June 23, 1987 | June 21, 1991 |
| 30th | John A. Wickham, Jr. |
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July 23, 1983 | June 23, 1987 |
| 29 | Edward C. Meyer |
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June 22, 1979 | June 21, 1983 |
| 28 | Bernard W. Rogers |
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October 1, 1976 | June 21, 1979 |
| 27 | Frederick C. Weyand |
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3rd October 1974 | September 30, 1976 |
| 26th | Creighton Abrams |
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October 12, 1972 | 4th September 1974 |
| interim | Bruce Palmer, Jr. |
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July 1, 1972 | October 11, 1972 |
| 25th | William Westmoreland |
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3rd July 1968 | June 30, 1972 |
| 24 | Harold Keith Johnson |
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3rd July 1964 | 2nd July 1968 |
| 23 | Earle Wheeler |
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October 1, 1962 | 2nd July 1964 |
| 22nd | George H. Decker |
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October 1, 1960 | September 30, 1962 |
| 21st | Lyman Lemnitzer |
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July 1, 1959 | September 30, 1960 |
| 20th | Maxwell D. Taylor |
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June 30, 1955 | June 30, 1959 |
| 19th | Matthew Ridgway |
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15th August 1953 | June 29, 1955 |
| 18th | J. Lawton Collins |
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August 16, 1949 | August 14, 1953 |
| 17th | Omar N. Bradley |
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February 7, 1948 | August 15, 1949 |
| 16 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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November 19, 1945 | February 6, 1948 |
| 15th | George C. Marshall |
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September 1, 1939 | November 18, 1945 |
| 14th | Malin Craig |
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October 2, 1935 | August 31, 1939 |
| 13 | Douglas MacArthur |
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November 21, 1930 | October 1, 1935 |
| 12 | Charles Pelot Summerall |
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November 21, 1926 | November 20, 1930 |
| 11 | John L. Hines |
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September 14, 1924 | November 20, 1926 |
| 10 | John J. Pershing |
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July 1, 1921 | September 13, 1924 |
| 9 | Peyton C. March |
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May 20, 1918 | June 30, 1921 |
| 8th | Tasker H. Bliss |
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September 23, 1917 | May 19, 1918 |
| 7th | Hugh L. Scott |
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November 17, 1914 | September 22, 1917 |
| 6th | William Wallace Wotherspoon |
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April 22, 1914 | November 16, 1914 |
| 5 | Leonard Wood |
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April 22, 1910 | April 21, 1914 |
| 4th | J. Franklin Bell |
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April 14, 1906 | April 21, 1910 |
| 3 | John C. Bates |
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January 15, 1906 | April 13, 1906 |
| 2 | Adna Chaffee |
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January 9, 1904 | January 14, 1906 |
| 1 | Samuel Baldwin Marks Young |
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August 15, 1903 | January 8, 1904 |
