Maxwell Reid Thurman was a United States Army general, who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army and commander of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.
General Maxwell Reid Thurman
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
The vice chief of staff of the Army (VCSA) is the principal deputy to the chief of staff of the Army, and is the second-highest-ranking officer on active duty in the Department of the Army.
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Gen. Eric Shinseki, chief of staff of the Army, swears in Gen. Jack Keane as the 29th vice chief of staff of the Army on June 22, 1999.
Image: GEN J. Lawton Collins portrait as VCSA (cropped)
Image: Wade Haislip