The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is a body of senior uniformed leaders within the U.S. Department of Defense that advises the President, Secretary of Defense, Homeland Security Council, and National Security Council on military matters. The JCS includes the Chief of Space Operations, the senior officer of the U.S. Space Force, which is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping space forces to protect U.S. and allied interests in space, including managing launch operations and satellite command and control. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council.
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Paul Selva retired in August after serving as the 10th vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Air Force General John "Jay" Raymond, commander of U.S. Space Command, will serve as the first Chief of Space Operations who will become a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by December 2020.
Colin Powell, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1991, sought authority to declassify damage assessments collected by U.S. spy satellites.
The Pentagon proposed creating a Space Force headquarters under the Air Force led by a four-star chief of staff who would be a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a civilian undersecretary of the Air Force for space.
The Space Force would have a Chief of Staff who is a four-star officer and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Mac Thornberry directed Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva to deliver the requested data by 2018-11-16.
On 2018-06-18, President Trump ordered Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to immediately begin the process to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces.
The president has instructed the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to facilitate the creation of a Space Force.