joint chiefs of staff

     

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is a group comprising the Chiefs of service of each major branch of the arme services in the United States armed forces. Similar organizations, sometimes known as Chiefs of Staff Committees (COSCs) in the Commonwealth of Nations, are common in other countries.

Trivia about joint chiefs of staff

  • In 1993 Polish-born general John Shalikashvili became chairman of this group
  • In 2011 President Obama named general Martin Dempsey chairman of the JCS, this
  • On Oct. 25, 1993 John Shalikashvili became the first foreign-born chairman of this group
  • An act passed in 1986 named the chairman of this panel as the president's principal military adviser
  • This group acts as the president's principal military adviser
  • They hang out at the Pentagon: the JCS

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