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The chief of staff of the Army is nominated for appointment by the president, for a four-year term of office, [1] and must be confirmed by the Senate. [1] The chief can be reappointed to serve one additional term, but only during times of war or national emergency declared by Congress. [1]
Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy from July 20, 1942, to March 21, 1949. In this role, he presided over meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, [13] helping to unify military strategy during World War II. Leahy's office is considered a precursor to the position of CJCS, as it ...
The chief of the National Guard Bureau, added to the JCS in 2008, inherited the four-year term limit set in 1920 for the chief of the Militia Bureau, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (2017 NDAA) gave a single four-year term to the remaining JCS members, starting in 2019 for the chairman and 2021 for the vice chairman.
The vice chief of staff of the Army is appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among the general officers of the Army. Unlike the chief of staff of the Army, there is no fixed term nor term limit to the position of the vice chief of staff, although most of those appointed to the office have typically ...
The Army officer tapped to be the service’s next chief of staff outlined for senators on Wednesday his plan to fix what he described as the service’s top challenge — rebuilding recruiting ...
Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including the chairman, were usually nominated for two-year terms, giving the president flexibility to gracefully drop an unwanted chief halfway through a four-year tour by not reappointing him for a second two-year term, in the cases of Army chief of staff George Decker and chiefs of naval operations ...
vice chiefs of staff of the Army and Air Force, vice chief of naval operations, and assistant commandant of the Marine Corps. Set terms of two years, with reappointments limited to two additional terms except in time of war, for: chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whose term begins on October 1 of odd-numbered years.
While serving as the chairman or vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, chief of staff of the Army, commandant of the Marine Corps, chief of naval operations, chief of staff of the Air Force, or commandant of the Coast Guard, basic pay is $18,808.20 a month, [12] plus a $4,000 per year personal money allowance.