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==Role and responsibilities==
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After the 1986 reorganization of the [[United States Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] undertaken by the [[Goldwater–Nichols Act]], the Joint Chiefs of Staff does not possess operational authority over troops or other units. Responsibility for conducting military operations goes from the [[President of the United States of America|president]] to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]] directly to the commanders of the [[Unified Combatant Command|unified combatant command]]s and thus bypasses the Joint Chiefs of Staff completely.
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===World War II===
[[File:World War II Joint Chiefs of Staff 1943.jpg|thumb|right|Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting ({{circa
U.S. president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and British prime minister [[Winston Churchill]] established the [[Combined Chiefs of Staff]] (CCS) during the 1942 [[Arcadia Conference]].<ref Name=WCP>{{cite book |title=United States Army in World War II – The War Department – Washington Command Post: The Operations Division; Chapter VI. Organizing The High Command For World War II "Development of the Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff System" |last=Cline |first=Ray S. |year=1990 |publisher=Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D. C. |pages=98–104 |url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/WCP/ChapterVI.htm#p98 |access-date=5 January 2012 |archive-date=11 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211095615/https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/WCP/ChapterVI.htm#p98 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The CCS would serve as the supreme military body for strategic direction of the joint U.S.–UK war effort.
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The position of vice chairman was created by the [[Goldwater–Nichols Act]] of 1986 to complement the CJCS, as well as to delegate some of the chairman's responsibilities, particularly resource allocation through the [[Joint Requirements Oversight Council]] (JROC).
General [[Colin Powell|Colin L. Powell]] (Chairman, 1989–1993) was the first African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff when he became the 12th Chairman of the JCS in 1989. General [[Charles Q. Brown Jr.]] was the first African American appointed to lead a service branch when he became the Chief of Staff of the Air Force in 2020. On May 25, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated General Brown to become the 21st Chairman of the JCS. General Brown was subsequently confirmed and took up the post of chairman on October 1, 2023. General [[Richard Myers|Richard B. Myers]] (Chairman, 2001–2005) was the first [[Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] to serve as [[chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]. General [[Peter Pace]] (Vice Chairman 2001–2005; Chairman, 2005–2007) was the first Marine to serve in either position. Admiral [[Lisa Franchetti]] became the first woman to serve on the JCS when she took over as Chief of Naval Operations on November 2, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-navy/2023/11/02/senate-finally-confirms-adm-franchetti-as-navys-top-officer/|title=Senate finally confirms Adm. Franchetti as
===National Defense Authorization Act of 2012===
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{{Main|Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff}}
The position of [[Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] was created by the [[Goldwater–Nichols Act]] of 1986. The vice chairman is a four-star-[[General (United States)|general]] or [[Admiral (United States)|admiral]] and, by law, is the second highest-ranking member of the U.S. Armed Forces (after the chairman). In the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman presides over the meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He may also perform such duties as the chairman may prescribe. It was not until the National Defense Authorization Act in 1992 that the position was made a full voting member of the JCS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jcs.mil/about_cjs.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705063957/http://www.jcs.mil/about_cjs.html|
The current vice chairman is Admiral [[Christopher W. Grady]], who began his tenure on 20 December 2021.
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==Coast Guard==
Although, as discussed above, the [[commandant of the Coast Guard]] is not an ''[[ex officio]]'' member of the JCS like the other service chiefs, Coast Guard officers are legally eligible to be appointed as Chairman and Vice Chairman, pursuant to {{uscsub|10|152|a|1}} and {{uscsub|10|154|a|1}} respectively, which use the collective term "armed forces" rather than listing the eligible services, as well as to other positions on the Joint Staff. {{As of
== Gallery ==
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* [[Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)]]
* [[Armed Forces Council (Canada)]]
* [[Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chiefs of Staff Committee (United Kingdom)]]
* [[General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation]]
* [[Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission|Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (China)]]
* [[General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces]]
* [[Chief of Staff, Joint
* [[Joint Chiefs of Staff (South Korea)]]
* [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)]]
▲* [[Chief of Staff, Joint Staff]]
* [[Staff (military)]] – see Modern United States military usage for organization of Joint Staff (J1 through J8)
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