Nr. | Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief | Ambtstermijn | Krijgsmachtdeel / Eenheid | President |
1 | | Fleet Admiral William Leahy (1875–1959) | 20 juli 1942 | 21 maart 1949 | United States Navy (Oorlogsschepen) | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1942–1945) |
Harry S. Truman (1945–1959) |
Nr. | Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | Ambtstermijn | Krijgsmachtdeel / Eenheid | President |
1 | | General of the Army Omar Bradley (1893–1981) | 16 augustus 1949 | 15 augustus 1953 | United States Army (Infanterie) | Harry S. Truman (1949–1953) |
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) |
2 | | Admiral Arthur Radford (1896–1973) | 15 augustus 1953 | 15 augustus 1957 | United States Navy (Oorlogsschepen) |
3 | | General Nathan Twining (1897–1982) | 15 augustus 1957 | 30 september 1960 | United States Air Force (Jachtvliegtuigen) |
4 | | General Lyman Lemnitzer (1899–1988) | 1 oktober 1960 | 30 september 1962 | United States Army (Artillerie) |
United States Army (Artillerie) | John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) |
5 | | General Maxwell Taylor (1901–1987) | 1 oktober 1962 | 1 juli 1964 | United States Army (Genie/Artillerie) |
United States Army (Genie/Artillerie) | Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) |
6 | | General Earle Wheeler (1908–1975) | 1 juli 1964 | 1 juli 1970 | United States Army (Infanterie) |
United States Army (Infanterie) | Richard Nixon (1969–1974) |
7 | | Admiral Thomas Moorer (1912–2004) | 1 juli 1970 | 1 juli 1974 | United States Navy (Jachtvliegtuigen) |
8 | | General George Brown (1918–1978) | 1 juli 1974 | 20 juni 1978 | United States Air Force (Bommenwerpers) |
United States Air Force (Bommenwerpers) | Gerald Ford (1974–1977) |
Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) |
9 | | General David Jones (1921–2013) | 20 juni 1978 | 18 juni 1982 | United States Air Force (Bommenwerpers) |
United States Air Force (Bommenwerpers) | Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) |
10 | | General John Vessey (1922–2016) | 18 juni 1982 | 30 september 1985 | United States Army (Artillerie) |
11 | | Admiral William Crowe (1925–2007) | 1 oktober 1985 | 30 september 1989 | United States Navy (Onderzeeboten) |
United States Navy (Onderzeeboten) | George H.W. Bush (1989–1993) |
12 | | General Colin Powell (1937–2021) | 1 oktober 1989 | 30 september 1993 [1] | United States Army (Infanterie) |
United States Army (Infanterie) | Bill Clinton (1993–2001) |
[2] | | Admiral David Jeremiah (1934–2013) | 1 oktober 1993 | 25 oktober 1993 | United States Navy (Oorlogsschepen) |
13 | | General John Shalikashvili (1936–2011) | 25 oktober 1993 | 30 september 1997 | United States Army (Artillerie) |
14 | | General Hugh Shelton (1942) | 1 oktober 1997 | 30 september 2001 | United States Army (Luchtlandingstroepen) |
United States Army (Luchtlandingstroepen) | George W. Bush (2001–2009) |
15 | | General Richard Myers (1942) | 1 oktober 2001 | 30 september 2005 | United States Air Force (Jachtvliegtuigen) |
16 | | General Peter Pace (1945) | 1 oktober 2005 | 30 september 2007 | United States Marine Corps (Snellereactie-eenheden) |
17 | | Admiral Mike Mullen (1946) | 1 oktober 2007 | 30 september 2011 | United States Navy (Oorlogsschepen) |
United States Navy (Oorlogsschepen) | Barack Obama (2009–2017) |
18 | | General Martin Dempsey (1952) | 1 oktober 2011 | 30 september 2015 | United States Army (Cavalerie) |
19 | | General Joseph Dunford (1955) | 1 oktober 2015 | 30 september 2019 | United States Marine Corps (Snellereactie-eenheden) |
United States Marine Corps (Snellereactie-eenheden) | Donald Trump (2017–2021) |
20 | | General Mark Milley (1958) | 1 oktober 2019 | 30 september 2023 | United States Army (Luchtlandingstroepen) |
United States Army (Luchtlandingstroepen) | Joe Biden (2021–heden) |
21 | | General Charles Brown (1962) | 1 oktober 2023 | heden | United States Air Force (Jachtvliegtuigen) |