Vice Chief of Staff of the Army

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The Vice Chief of Staff of the Army ( VCSA ; German for example: Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Army ) is the first advisor and representative of the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA).

The position of the VCSA requires the rank of a general and the approval of the US Senate .

Since the ranks lieutenant general and general in the US armed forces are only granted temporarily, the officer must hold an appropriate position. If they fail to do so, they must retire or be demoted within 60 days. If the government has designated an officer for a position that is not yet vacant, it must “park” him in an appropriate post. Generals who need to be "parked" for later use are often deployed as vice chief of staff of their armed forces or as commanding general of the US Southern Command .

List of Vice Chiefs of Staff of the Army

No.	Surname	image	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment	Later posts
37	Joseph M. Martin		26th July 2019	---
36	James C. McConville		June 16, 2017	26th July 2019	Chief of Staff of the Army
35	Daniel B. Allyn		August 14, 2014	June 16, 2017
34	John F. Campbell		March 8, 2013	August 14, 2014	Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the US Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A)
33	Lloyd J. Austin III.		January 31, 2012	March 8, 2013	Commander US Central Command
32	Peter W. Chiarelli		August 4, 2008	January 31, 2012
31	Richard A. Cody		June 24, 2004	August 1, 2008
30th	George W. Casey, Jr.		2003	June 2004	Commander Multi-National Force Iraq , Chief of Staff of the Army
29	John M. Keane		1999	2003
28	Eric K. Shinseki		1998	1999	Chief of Staff of the Army
27	William W. Crouch		1997	1998
26th	Ronald H. Griffith		1995	1997
25th	John H. Tilelli, Jr.		1994	1995	Commander US Army Forces Command , Commander US Forces Korea
24	JH Binford Peay III.		1993	1994	Commander US Central Command
23	Dennis Reimer		1991	1993	Commander US Army Forces Command , Chief of Staff of the Army
22nd	Gordon R. Sullivan		1990	1991	Chief of Staff of the Army
21st	Robert W. RisCassi		1988	1990	Commanding General 8th US Army , Commander US Forces Korea
20th	Arthur E. Brown		1987	1989
19th	Maxwell R. Thurman		1983	1987	Commander US Army Training and Doctrine Command , Commander US Southern Command
18th	John A. Wickham, Jr.		1982	1983	Chief of Staff of the Army
17th	John W. Vessey, Jr.		1979	1982	Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff
16	Frederick J. Kroesen		1978	1979	Commanding General US Army Europe
15th	Walter T. Kerwin, Jr.		1974	1978
14th	Frederick C. Weyand		1973	1974
13	Alexander M. Haig, Jr.		January 1973	May 1973	White House Chief of Staff , Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( NATO ), US Secretary of State
12	Bruce Palmer, Jr.		1968	1973
11	Ralph E. Haines, Jr.		1967	1968	Commander US Army, Pacific , Commanding General US Continental Army Command
10	Creighton W. Abrams		1964	1967	Commander of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam , Chief of Staff of the Army
9	Barksdale Hamlett		April 1, 1962	3rd September 1964
8th	Clyde D. Eddleman		November 1, 1960	March 31, 1962
7th	George H. Decker		August 1, 1959	September 30, 1960	Chief of Staff of the Army
6th	Lyman L. Lemnitzer		July 22, 1957	June 1959	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , Supreme Allied Commander Europe (NATO)
5	Williston B. Palmer		May 1, 1955	May 8, 1957	Deputy Commander US European Command
4th	Charles L. Bolte		October 7, 1953	April 30, 1955
3	John E. Hull		August 1, 1951	October 6, 1953
2	Wade H. Haislip		August 23, 1949	July 31, 1951
1	J. Lawton Collins		November 15, 1948	August 15, 1949	Chief of Staff of the Army

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1. ↑ Tom Bowman: Unceremonious End to Army Career ( The Baltimore Sun, May 29, 2005; English)

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