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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Douglas A. Schiess also serves as the Operations Deputy to the Chief of Space Operations for Joint Chiefs of Staff matters.
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine identified US Space Command and US Cyber Command as the first movers in Operation Epic Fury.
Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr. is the ninth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
John E. Hyten served as the 11th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and previously led U.S. Strategic Command and Air Force Space Command.
John E. Hyten is a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Gen. Dan Caine is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The nearly $900,000,000 secure satellite communications contract would support communications for the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, heads of the military’s combatant commands, and other senior leaders.
David D. Thompson contributed to creating the Space Force and represented the Chief of Space Operations in high-level meetings, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Joint Assessment Division provides the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with a capability to conduct full-spectrum analysis of joint missions from laboratory to operational environments.
On 2022-03-05 at 8:48 a.m., a missile launched from Sunan near Pyongyang flew about 270 km to the east and reached an altitude of 560 km, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General Dunford is a retired U.S. Marine Corps General and served as the 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. is a Senior Managing Director at Liberty Strategic Capital and a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Michèle Flournoy received the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Joint Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 2000.
Paul J. Selva joined The Aerospace Corporation Board of Trustees in December 2019 after retiring as the 10th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General John Hyten is the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
During more than 35 years of public service, Robert Cardillo served in leadership positions within the organization of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Gen. John Hyten is the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act specified that the chief of space operations would become a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff one year after the act was signed.
The Fiscal Year 2021 NDAA directs the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and service chiefs to report on the space-related missions and expertise that should remain within each service.
President Trump publicly directed the Pentagon in June 2018 to create a U.S. Space Force, instructing then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford to implement the order.