The Director of the Joint Staff is a three-star officer who assists the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the management of the Joint Staff, an organization composed of approximately equal numbers of officers contributed by the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, and the Air Force, who have been assigned to assist the Chairman with the unified strategic direction, operation, and integration of the combatant land, naval, and air forces. The Director also chairs meetings of the Operations Deputies, a subsidiary body comprising the Director and a three-star delegate from each service who preview or resolve issues before they are escalated to the level of the four-star Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Director of the Joint Staff is selected by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense. As with all three- and four-star positions, the Director's appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. The position of Director is considered one of the most desirable three-star billets in the United States military establishment.
The previous Director of the Joint Staff was General Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Army. Lieutenant General Lloyd J. Austin III has been nominated to succeed him.
List of Directors of the Joint Staff
This is a complete list of the Directors of the Joint Staff. An asterisk (*) indicates an acting Director.
Of the 39 former Directors of the Joint Staff as of 2009, 28 were later promoted to four-star rank while on active duty, as was one acting Director; and a 29th former Director was promoted to that rank upon retirement. Moreover, 20 of the previous 21 Directors were promoted to four-star rank within a year of leaving the Joint Staff.
See also
- List of active duty United States four-star officers
- List of United States Army four-star generals
- List of United States Navy four-star admirals
- List of United States Air Force four-star generals
- List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals
References
- ^ a b Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director Responsibility Statement , Joint Chiefs of Staff , http://www.jcs.mil/director/index.html
- ^ Woodward, Bob (2006), State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III , Simon and Schuster, p. 22, 40 , http://books.google.com/books?id=qvBrQ7n5z-8C&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=scott+fry+%22joint+staff%22&source=web&ots=iekzMyo3DP&sig=U4Yc-t18EJQHVItZ0jVLQqVOzHY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA22,M1
- ^ Joint Staff General/Flag Officer Biographies, Lieutenant General Stanley A. McChrystal, Director of the Joint Staff. , Joint Chiefs of Staff , http://www.jcs.mil/bios/bio_mcchrystal.html
- ^ General Officer Announcements - July 09, 2009
- ^ Historical Office (2004), Department of Defense Key Officials, 1947-2004 , Office of the Secretary of Defense, p. 61 , http://www.whs.mil/library/key2004.html
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