The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the presiding officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military personnel in the United States Armed Force
General John D. Caine
JCS chairman General George Scratchley Brown with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on January 15, 1976.
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.
Charles Q. Brown Jr.
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Charles Quinton Brown Jr. is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the 21st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2023 to 2025. Prior to that appointment, Brown served as the 22
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Official portrait, 2023
Lieutenant General Brown with an F-16 Fighting Falcon
Vice President Mike Pence ceremonially swears in Brown as the 22nd chief of staff of the United States Air Force in the Oval Office, 4 August 2020. Brown officially took office two days later in a separate ceremony at Joint Base Andrews
Brown (sitting, left) with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 14 November 2024