Joint Chiefs of Staff/Catalogs

Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Name	Dates	Notes
GEN James Cartwright, USMC	2007-present
ADM Edmund Giambastini	2005-2007
GEN Peter Pace, USMC	2001-2005	became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
GEN Richard Myers, USAF	2000-2001	became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
GEN Joseph Ralston, USAF	1996—2000	became Supreme Allied Commander Europe
ADM William Owens	1994—1996
ADM David Jeremiah	1990—1994
GEN Robert Herres, USAF	1987—1990	First Vice Chairman

Name	Dates	Notes
GEN George Casey	2007-present
GEN Peter Schoomaker	2003-2007	appointed from retirement
GEN Eric Shinseki	1999-2003	U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs 2009-
GEN Dennis Reimer	1995-1999
GEN Gordon Sullivan	1991-1995
GEN Carl Vuono	1987-1991
GEN John Wickham, Jr.	1983-1987
GEN Edward Meyer	1979-1983
GEN Bernard Rogers	1976-1979	became Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1979-1987
GEN Fred Weyand	1974-1976
GEN Creighton Abrams	1972-1974	died in office
GEN Bruce Palmer, Jr.	July-October 1972	acting
GEN William Westmoreland	1968-1972
GEN Harold Johnson	1964-1968
GEN Earle Wheeler	1962-1964	became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1964–1970
GEN George Decker	1960-1962
GEN Lyman Lemnitzer	1959-1960	became Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1960-1962
GEN Maxwell Taylor	1955-1959	became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
GEN Matthew Ridgway	1955-1959
GEN J. Lawton Collins	1949-1953
GEN Omar Bradley	1948-1948	became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949-1953; (General of the Army)
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower	1945-1948	became President of the United States

Name	Dates	Notes
ADM Gary Roughead	2007-present
ADM Mike Mullen	2005-2007	became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007-
ADM Vern Clark	2000-2005
ADM Jay Johnson	1996-2000
ADM Jeremy Boorda	1994-1996	died in office

Name	Dates	Notes
GEN James Conway	-present

Name	Dates	Notes
GEN Norton Schwartz	-present