general omar nelson bradley

2nd CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

1953–1957

MILITARY SERVICE

41 Years of active duty (1916-1957)

PRESIDENT SERVED

Dwight D. Eisenhower

NATIONAL SECURITY MILESTONES

Suez Crisis in 1956

Eisenhower’s “New Look” national security strategy

Establishment of NORAD in 1957

The Joint Chiefs of Staff have no preconceived ideas as to what our Armed Forces will look like a decade from now. Our present plans are based upon what we see today as being in the best interest of the United States and the free world. They are based on the world situation and a thorough analysis of the existing threat projected into the future.

—ADMIRAL ARTHUR RADFORD

ADMIRAL ARTHUR WILLIAM RADFORDUS Navy

1st CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

1949–1953

MILITARY SERVICE

66 years of active duty (1915-1981)

PRESIDENTS SERVED

Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower


Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Role Officially Established

Only Chairman to Attain Five-star, Active Duty for Life Korean War and Armistice The “Red Scare” Cold War NATO Established

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.— GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY

GENERAL OMAR NELSON BRADLEYUS Army

What some people fail to remember is that our Joint Chiefs of Staff system is the product of experience in actual war. I consider that the present system is the best way to ensure the maintenance of civilian control which, while having access to balanced and complete military advice, is effective and authoritative.—GENERAL LYMAN LEMNITZER

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENTS SERVED

Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy


Bay of Pigs

Deployment of Advisors to Vietnam

Berlin Wall Confrontation

4th CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

1960–1962

GENERAL LYMAN L. LEMNITZERUS Army

General Twining once said, that if our air forces are never used, they have served their finest purpose. We maintain our strength, but we maintain it for peace.— PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENT SERVED

Dwight Eisenhower


Sputnik Launch USSR Shoots Down U2 Spy Plane Coup in Iraq NASA Created Alaska and Hawaii Admitted as 49th and 50th States USSR – East German Crisis over West Berlin Civil Rights Act

3rd CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

1957–1960

GENERAL NATHAN FARRAGUT TWININGUS Air Force

There are many honored and hallowed names on the honor roll of Chairmen of the Chiefs of Staff, but there is none that is greater or has contributed finer service or more wisdom and understanding than the man who now occupies that high office. I sleep better because of General Wheeler.

—PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENTS SERVED

Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon


Vietnam Conflict Six-Day War SALT I Talks with Soviet Union Civil Rights Act 1964 Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

and Robert F. Kennedy U.S. Moon Landing 1969


1964–1970

GENERAL EARLE G. WHEELERUS Army

To progress toward the goals of our security and welfare we must advance concurrently on both foreign and domestic fronts by means of integrated national power responsive to a unified national will.

— GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR

MILITARY SERVICE

40 years of active duty (1922-1959, 1961-1964)

PRESIDENTS SERVED

John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson


Cuban Missile Crisis Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with Soviet Union Vietnam Conflict Assassination of President John F. Kennedy


1962 –1964

GENERAL MAXWELL D. TAYLORUS Army

General Brown preferred a cockpit to sitting behind a desk, but wherever his country needed him, he answered the call with honor. George Brown was a forthright, courageous man who inspired the men and women he served with and loved his country.

—PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENTS SERVED

Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter


Final U.S. Withdrawal from Vietnam and Fall of Saigon

Panama Canal Treaty

SALT II Negotiations with Soviet Union


1974–1978

GENERAL GEORGE S. BROWNUS Air Force

No matter how complex or how awesome you build the weapons of war, man is still the vital element of our defense team.

— ADMIRAL MOORER

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENT SERVED

Richard Nixon


Vietnam Conflict SALT I with USSR Yom Kippur / Ramadan War – Israel, Syria, Egypt Strategic and Diplomatic Visit to China –

President Nixon 1972


1970–1974

ADMIRAL THOMAS H. MOORERUS Navy

Our goal is to preserve peace through strength and resolve. Our hope is that the Soviets may finally conclude that their interests would be best served by joining us in meaningful and verifiable arms reduction agreements that will lead to a safer world.

—GENERAL JACK VESSEY

MILITARY SERVICE 46 years of active duty (1939-1985)

PRESIDENT SERVED Ronald Reagan


Cold War – Advocated for Deployment of Pershing II and Ground-Launched Cruise Missiles to Offset the Soviet SS-20 missiles

1983 Marine Barracks Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon Operation Urgent Fury – 1983 invasion of Grenada Iran – Iraq War Establishment of U.S. Space Command Last Active-Duty Soldier with Combat

Experience in World War II


1982–1985

GENERAL JOHN “JACK” VESSEY JR.US Army

When you become Chairman you put yourself in a broader vision, with broader responsibility, and less of an institutional need to push your own system. I think that’s true of most Chairman through history.

— GENERAL DAVID JONES

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENTS SERVED

Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan


Iranian Revolution and Tehran Hostage Crisis Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan SALT II Iran – Iraq War Advocated for Reforms that led to

Goldwater-Nichols


1978–1982

GENERAL DAVID C. JONESUS Air Force

We’re strongest when the face of America isn’t only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.

—GENERAL COLIN POWELL

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENTS SERVED

George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton


Iraq Invasion of Kuwait, Desert Storm, Desert Shield

End of the Cold War and Dissolution of Soviet Union

Fall of the Berlin Wall

The “Powell Doctrine” Redefined Military Intervention

First African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

First ROTC Graduate and Youngest Ever Chairman of the Joint Chiefs


1989–1993

GENERAL COLIN L. POWELLUS Army

Admiral Crowe has always been an innovative and independent thinker. He was the 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs with a mandate to promote greater cooperation among the Armed Services, along with the power to reshape their respective roles and missions. He built a military more agile and efficient for the global age.

— PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENTS SERVED

Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush


1986 Goldwater-Nichols Reforms Established the Role of CJCS as the Principal Military Adviser to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council

Iran – Iraq War Pan Am 103 Explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland – 1988 Established Diplomatic Relationships with Soviet

Union Military Counterparts to Promote Peace


1985–1989

ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. CROWEUS Navy

Following his retirement as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2002, General Hugh Shelton founded The Shelton Leadership Center at North Carolina State University. His values-based leadership approach is based on five values: honesty, integrity, diversity, compassion, and social responsibility.

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENT SERVED

Bill Clinton, George W. Bush


NATO Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kosovo War

1998 Embassy Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania

2000 USS Cole Bombing

September 11 Terrorist Attacks

Initial Offensive of the Global War on Terrorism


1997–2001

GENERAL HENRY HUGH SHELTONUS Army

I’ll miss the integrity he always displayed in being my closest military adviser. He never shied away from doing what he believed was the right thing. He always told me exactly what he thought the truth was. No President could ever ask for more.

— PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENT SERVED

Bill Clinton


First Foreign-Born Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Crafted Joint Vision 2010 – Overarching

Strategy to Prepare 21st Century Military Humanitarian and Peacekeeping Operations in

Bosnia, Haiti, Rwanda Expansion of NATO Post-Cold War


1993 –1997

GENERAL JOHN SHALIKASHVILIUS Army

This is a difficult task in a time of peace. Pete Pace has done it in a time of war, and he has done it superbly. I have relied on his unvarnished military judgment, and I value his candor, his integrity, and his friendship.—PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENT SERVED

George W. Bush


First Marine to Become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Global War on Terrorism

Published the “Chairman’s Planning Guidance” in 2005

Advised on Transformation of America’s Military


2005 –2007

GENERAL PETER PACEUS Marine Corps

Today, I name a new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, one of the most important appointments a President can make. This appointment is especially so because it comes at a time when we need great leadership. General Myers understands that the strengths of America’s armed forces are our people and our technological superiority. And we must invest in both.

— PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

MILITARY SERVICE

40 years of active duty (1965 – 2005)

PRESIDENT SERVED

George W. Bush


Global War on Terrorism Hurricane Katrina Establishment of US Northern Command


2001–2005

GENERAL RICHARD B. MYERSUS Air Force

I chose him because of his vision for our military as a more versatile and responsive force. I’ve seen Marty manage each of these challenges with integrity and foresight and care. But perhaps most of all, I chose Marty because he’s a leader you can trust.

—PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENT SERVED

Barack Obama


Global War on Terrorism

Russian-Ukraine Conflict

Arab Spring, Syrian Civil War and Rise of the Islamic State


2011–2015

GENERAL MARTIN E. DEMPSEYUS Army

Mike understands that, as leaders, our time at the helm is but a moment in the life of our Nation; the humility which says the institutions and people entrusted to our care look to us, yet they do not belong to us; and the sense of responsibility we have to pass them safer and stronger to those who follow.

— PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENTS SERVED

George W. Bush, Barack Obama


Global War on Terrorism Strategy to Protect U.S. Interests in Middle East

(Iraq and Afghanistan) Improved the Health of the Force by Balancing

Current Requirements Against Future National Security Threats

Balance Strategic Risk Around the Globe Operation Neptune Spear, Death of Osama bin Laden


2007 –2011

ADMIRAL MICHAEL G. MULLENUS Navy

Embrace the Constitution; keep it close to your heart. It is our North Star; it’s our map to a better future. Though we are not a perfect union, believe in the United States, believe in our country, believe in your troops, and believe in our purpose.

—GENERAL MILLEY AT 2020 NDU GRADUATION

MILITARY SERVICE 41 years of active duty (1980-present)

KEY FOCUS AREAS Sustain our values. American values have made us strong

for two and a half centuries, and we will never waver in our commitment to the U.S. Constitution.

Improve joint warfighting readiness. We must be ready 24-7—that is our contract with the American people. We will also continue to work closely with our Allies and partners to improve our collective security and protect our common interests.

Develop the Joint Force of the future. We will modernize our military through innovative concept development, advanced technology, and new capabilities.

Develop and empower Joint Force leaders. The future operating environment will place new demands on leaders at all levels. Our leaders must have the training, education, and experience to meet those demands.

Take care of our people and families. They are our most precious asset. We must always keep faith with them.


OCTOBER 1, 2019 – PRESENT

GENERAL MARK A. MILLEYUS Army

I view the future of the joint force as being one of my critical responsibilities. A key piece is making sure we keep apace of innovation so that we not only get better at doing what we are doing today, but we find fundamentally different ways to do things in the future that are more effective and they maintain our competitive advantage.

— GENERAL DUNFORD

MILITARY SERVICE


PRESIDENTS SERVED

Barack Obama, Donald Trump


Global War on Terrorism Shift to Focus on “Great Power Competition” Opening of all Military Occupations and

Positions to Women Establishment of U.S. Space Force


2015–2019

GENERAL JOSEPH F. DUNFORD JR.US Marine Corps

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