Joint Chiefs
Top military advisors
The Joint Chiefs of Staff is the body of senior military leaders who advise the U.S.
President and Secretary of Defense on military matters.
It comprises the chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and National Guard Bureau, plus a chairman and vice chairman.
The Joint Chiefs recommended against intervention.
Often shortened to Joint Chiefs.
- four-star generalHighest peacetime army rank
- top brassSenior leadership collectively
- PentagonU.S. military headquarters
- war roomStrategic planning headquarters
- rankPosition in hierarchy
Department of Defense · national security · Army · command · World War II · uniform · National Guard · theater of operations · Cold War · NATO · Air Force · authority · Vietnam War · orders · military strategy · Korean War · Marine Corps · Gulf War
- Defense Policydefense budget, defense policy, defense spending, defense secretary, defense minister
- Military HeadquartersPentagon, headquarters, HQ, command center, command post
- War Powerswar declaration, military action, troop deployment, emergency powers, congressional approval
- wartime organizationsWar Department, USO, civil defense, Home Guard, Selective Service
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- U.S. PoliticsCongress, senator, representative, president, vice president
Joint Chiefselected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
Congress · diplomatic corps · politicians · lawmakers · Senate
Joint Chiefsenlisted personnel
Non-commissioned military members
rank and file · privates · foot soldiers · grunts · troops
joint, joints, jointed, jointing, joiner, joiners, join, joins, joined