Chief of Staff of the United States Army

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Chief of Staff of the United States Army

The Chief of Staff of the United States Army (CSA) is the highest ranking officer in the United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
and is member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a group of military leaders in the United States armed forces who advise the civilian government of the United States....
. Prior to 1903, the military head of the Army was the Commanding General of the United States Army

Commanding General of the United States Army

Prior to the institution of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1903, there was generally a single senior-most officer in the army. From 1783, he was known simply as the Senior Officer of the United States Army, but in 1821, the title was changed to Commanding General of the United States Army....
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The CSA reports directly to the Secretary of the Army

United States Secretary of the Army

The United States Secretary of the Army is a civilian office within the United States Department of Defense with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial mana...
for army matters and assists in the secretary's external affairs functions including: presenting and enforcing Army policies, plans, programs. The CSA submits army budgets and projections to the Secretary of Defense

United States Secretary of Defense

File:USSecDefflag.PNGThe United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense , concerned with the Military of the United States and Military of the United States....
, executive branch, and Congress

United States Congress

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The Chief of Staff of the United States Army (CSA) is the highest ranking officer in the United States Army

United States Army

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Commanding General of the United States Army

United States Secretary of the Army

United States Secretary of Defense

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
. The Chief of Staff also directs the Inspector General to perform inspections and investigations as required. The Chief of Staff also presides over the Army Staff and represents Army capabilities, requirements, policy, plans, and programs in Joint fora. Under the authority of the Secretary of the Army, the CSA also designates army personnel and army resources to the commanders of Unified Combatant Command

Unified Combatant Command

A Unified Combatant Command is a United States joint military Command composed of forces from two or more services, has a broad and continuing mission, and is organized either on a geographical basis or on a functional basis....
s . He also performs all other functions precribed under or delegates those duties and responisbilities to other officers in his administration in his name. Like the other joint chiefs, the Chief of Staff is an administrative position and has no operational command authority over United States army forces.

The CSA is nominated by the President

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
and must be confirmed by majority vote from the Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
. By statute, the CSA is appointed as a four-star general

General (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, general is a 4 star rank general officer rank, with the U.S....
. The current CSA is General George W. Casey

George William Casey Jr.

General George William Casey, Jr., United States Army is the 36th and current Chief of Staff of the United States Army. General Casey previously served as Commanding General, Multinational Force Iraq from June 2004 to February 8, 2007....
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U.S. Army Chiefs of Staff

	Name	Term began	Term ended
1.	LTG Samuel B. M. Young Samuel Baldwin Marks Young Samuel Baldwin Marks Young was a United States Army General officer. He also served as the first president of Army War College between 1902 and 1903....	15 August 1903	8 January 1904
2.	LTG Adna Chaffee Adna Chaffee Adna Romanza Chaffee was a General officer in the United States Army. Chaffee took part in the American Civil War and Indian Wars, played a key role in the Spanish-American War, and was instrumental at crushing the Boxer Rebellion in China....	19 August 1904	14 January 1906
3.	LTG John C. Bates John C. Bates John Coalter Bates was as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from January to April 1906.Born in St. Charles County, Missouri, he was educated at Washington University in St....	15 January 1906	13 April 1906
4.	MG J. Franklin Bell J. Franklin Bell James Franklin Bell was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1906 to 1910.Bell was a major-general in the Regular United States Army, commanding the Department of the East, with headquarters at Governors Island, New York at the time of his death in 1919....	14 April 1906	21 April 1910
5.	MG Leonard Wood Leonard Wood Leonard Wood was a physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba and Governor General of the Philippines....	22 April 1910	21 April 1914
6.	MG William Wallace Wotherspoon William Wallace Wotherspoon William Wallace Wotherspoon was a United States Army general who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1914....	22 April 1914	16 November 1914
7.	MG Hugh L. Scott Hugh L. Scott Hugh Lenox Scott was a post-Civil War West Point graduate who served as superintendent of West Point from 1906 to 1910, and Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1914 to 1917, including the first few months of American involvement in World War I....	17 November 1914	22 September 1917
8.	GEN Tasker H. Bliss Tasker H. Bliss Tasker Howard Bliss Order of St Michael and St George was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from September 22, 1917 until May 18, 1918....	23 September 1917	19 May 1918
9.	GEN Peyton C. March	20 May 1918	30 June 1921
10.	General of the Armies General of the Armies General of the Armies is the highest possible rank in the United States Army. For the next rank down, see General of the Army .No one currently holds this rank, and it has never been used by an active duty Army officer at the same time as General of the Army, so it is not entirely clear how the two ranks would legally compare to each othe... John J. Pershing John J. Pershing John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, Order of the Bath was an officer in the United States Army. He is the only person to be promoted in his own lifetime to the highest rank ever held in the United States Army?General of the Armies....	1 July 1921	13 September 1924
11.	MG John L. Hines John L. Hines John Leonard Hines was an American soldier who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army of the United States Army from 1924 to 1926....	14 September 1924	20 November 1926
12.	GEN Charles Pelot Summerall Charles Pelot Summerall Charles Pelot Summerall was a United States General officer who fought in World War I and served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army between 1926 and 1930....	21 November 1926	20 November 1930
13.	MG Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Order of the Bath was an United States General officer, United Nations general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army....	21 November 1930	1 October 1935
14.	GEN Malin Craig Malin Craig Malin Craig was a United States Army General officer....	2 October 1935	31 August 1939
15.	General of the Army General of the Army (United States) General of the Army is a 5 star rank general officer and is presently considered the highest possible rank in the United States Army. A special grade of General of the Armies, which ranks above General of the Army, does exist but has only been confirmed twice in the history of the Army.... George Marshall George Marshall George Catlett Marshall was an United States Military of the United States leader, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, United States Secretary of State, and the third United States Secretary of Defense....	1 September 1939	18 November 1945
16.	General of the Army General of the Army (United States) General of the Army is a 5 star rank general officer and is presently considered the highest possible rank in the United States Army. A special grade of General of the Armies, which ranks above General of the Army, does exist but has only been confirmed twice in the history of the Army.... Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David ?Ike? Eisenhower was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a General of the Army in the United States Army....	19 November 1945	6 February 1948
17.	GEN Omar Bradley Omar Bradley Omar Nelson Bradley Knight Commander of the Bath was one of the main United States Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II and a General of the Army in the United States Army....	7 February 1948	15 August 1949
18.	GEN J. Lawton Collins J. Lawton Collins *Joseph "Lightning Joe"* Lawton Collins** was a General officer in the United States Army. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific Theater of Operations and European Theater of Operations Theaters of Operations....	16 August 1949	14 August 1953
19.	GEN Matthew B. Ridgway	15 August 1953	29 June 1955
20.	GEN Maxwell D. Taylor Maxwell D. Taylor General Maxwell Davenport Taylor was an United States soldier and diplomat of the mid-20th century.Taylor was born in Keytesville, Missouri and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1922....	30 June 1955	30 June 1959
21.	GEN Lyman L. Lemnitzer	1 July 1959	30 September 1960
22.	GEN George H. Decker	1 October 1960	30 September 1962
23.	GEN Earle G. Wheeler	1 October 1962	2 July 1964
24.	GEN Harold K. Johnson	3 July 1964	2 July 1968
25.	GEN William C. Westmoreland	3 July 1968	30 June 1972
(Acting)	GEN Bruce Palmer, Jr. Bruce Palmer, Jr. Bruce Palmer, Jr., was a noted United States Army General officer and acting Chief of Staff of the United States Army from July to October 1972....	1 July 1972	11 October 1972
26.	GEN Creighton W. Abrams	12 October 1972	4 September 1974
27.	GEN Frederick C. Weyand Frederick C. Weyand Frederick Carlton Weyand is a former U.S. Army General. Weyand was the last commander of American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972-1973, and served as the 28th US Army Chief of Staff from 1974-1976....	3 October 1974	30 September 1976
28.	GEN Bernard W. Rogers Bernard W. Rogers Bernard William Rogers was an United States General who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and later as NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and United States European Command....	1 October 1976	21 June 1979
29.	GEN Edward C. Meyer Edward C. Meyer Edward Charles "Shy" Meyer was a United States Army general and Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army....	22 June 1979	21 June 1983
30.	GEN John A. Wickham, Jr. John A. Wickham, Jr. General John Adams Wickham was United States Army Chief of Staff from 1983 to 1987.He was a 1950 graduate of the United States Military Academy ....	23 July 1983	23 June 1987
31.	GEN Carl E. Vuono Carl E. Vuono Carl Edward Vuono, General officer, US Army, Ret. served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1987 to 1991.He was born on 18 October 1934 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania....	23 June 1987	21 June 1991
32.	GEN Gordon R. Sullivan Gordon R. Sullivan General Gordon Russell Sullivan was born September 25, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Quincy. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of Armor and awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Norwich University in 1959....	21 June 1991	20 June 1995
33.	GEN Dennis J. Reimer	20 June 1995	21 June 1999
34.	GEN Eric K. Shinseki	21 June 1999	11 June 2003
35.	GEN Peter J. Schoomaker	1 August 2003	10 April 2007
36.	GEN George W. Casey, Jr. George William Casey Jr. General George William Casey, Jr., United States Army is the 36th and current Chief of Staff of the United States Army. General Casey previously served as Commanding General, Multinational Force Iraq from June 2004 to February 8, 2007....	10 April 2007

Chief of Staff of the United States Army

U.S. Army Chiefs of Staff

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