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Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army

Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
PostVice Chief of Staff of the
United States Army
Imagesize200px
IncumbentGEN Peter W. Chiarelli
IncumbentsinceAugust 4, 2008
FirstGEN J. Lawton Collins
FormationSeptember 18, 1947
FlagimageFlag US Army Vice-Chief of Staff.svg
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The Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (VCSA) is the principal advisor and assistant to the Army Chief of Staff, the second-highest ranking officer in the US Army. He handles the day to day administration of the Army bureaucracy, freeing the Chief of Staff to attend to the interservice responsibilities of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. By statute, the Vice Chief of Staff is appointed as a four-star general while so serving. He is the Army's designated representative to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC). When the Chief of Staff is incapacitated, the Vice Chief serves as acting Chief.

The Senior Leadership of the United States Army consists of two civilians - the United States Secretary of the Army and the United States Under Secretary of the Army - and two military officers - the Chief of Staff of the United States Army and the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

Under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Army, the Vice Chief of Staff assists the Chief of Staff on missions and functions related to auditing, inspector general, legislative, and public affairs. The Vice Chief of Staff also assists the Chief of Staff in the management of Army installations and facilities. The Vice Chief of Staff represents the Army at the Office of the Secretary of Defense in areas relating to the Vice Chief of Staff's responsibility and Army capabilities, requirements, policy, plans, and programs in Joint fora. The incumbent Vice Chief of Staff is General Peter Chiarelli.

While serving as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff/Vice Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff, Chief of Navy Operations, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Army/Air Force Chief of Staff,Commander of a unified or specified combatant command, basic pay is $20,263.50 per month or $220,263.50 a year plus allowances granted to officers.

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Number Photo Name From To
1 LTG (GEN) J. Lawton Collins 1947 1949
2 GEN Wade H. Haislip 1949 1951
3 GEN John E. Hull 1951 1953
4 GEN Charles L. Bolte 1953 1955
5 GEN Williston B. Palmer 1955 1957
6 GEN Lyman L. Lemnitzer 1957 1959
7 GEN George H. Decker 1959 1960
8 GEN Clyde D. Eddleman 1960 1962
9 GEN Barksdale Hamlett 1962 1964
10 GEN Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. 1964 1967
11 GEN Ralph E. Haines Jr. 1967 1968
12 GEN Bruce Palmer, Jr. 1968 1973
13 GEN Alexander M. Haig Jr. January 1973 May 1973
14 GEN Frederick C. Weyand 1973 1974
15 GEN Walter T. Kerwin, Jr. 1974 1978
16 GEN Frederick J. Kroesen 1978 1979
17 GEN John W. Vessey, Jr. 1979 1982
18 GEN John A. Wickham, Jr. 1982 1983
19 GEN Maxwell R. Thurman 1983 1987
20 GEN Arthur E. Brown 1987 1989
21 GEN Robert W. RisCassi 1988 1989
22 GEN Gordon R. Sullivan 1990 1991
23 GEN Dennis J. Reimer 1991 1993
24 GEN J. H. Binford Peay III 1993 1994
25 GEN John H. Tilelli 1994 1995
26 GEN Ronald H. Griffith 1995 1997
27 GEN William W. Crouch 1997 1998
28 GEN Eric K. Shinseki 1998 1999
29 GEN John M. Keane 1999 2003
30 GEN George W. Casey, Jr. 2003 2004
31 GEN Richard A. Cody June 24, 2004 July 31, 2008
32 GEN Peter W. Chiarelli August 4, 2008 Incumbent

Leaders of the United States Army

Senior Officer /
Commanding General
Washington * Knox * Doughty * Harmar * St. Clair * Wayne * Wilkinson * Washington * Hamilton * Wilkinson * Dearborn * Brown
Macomb * Scott * McClellan * Halleck * Grant * Sherman * Sheridan * Schofield * Miles
Chiefs of StaffYoung * Chaffee * Bates * Bell * Wood * Wotherspoon * Scott * Bliss * March * Pershing * Hines * Summerall * MacArthur * Craig * Marshall * Eisenhower * Bradley * Collins * Ridgway * Taylor * Lemnitzer * Decker * Wheeler * Johnson * Westmoreland * Palmer * Abrams * Weyand * Rogers * Meyer * Wickham * Vuono * Sullivan * Reimer * Shinseki * Schoomaker * Casey
Vice Chiefs of StaffCollins * Haislip * Hull * Bolte * Palmer * Lemnitzer * Decker * Eddleman * Hamlett * Abrams * Haines * Palmer * Haig * Weyand * Kerwin * Kroesen * Vessey * Wickham * Thurman * Brown * RisCassi * Sullivan * Reimer * Peay * Tilelli * Griffith * Crouch * Shinseki * Keane * Casey * Cody * Chiarelli |

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