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[[File:Secretary of Defense Harold Brown with the Joint Chiefs of Staff member at the Pentagon.jpg|thumb|[[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown]] and [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense]] [[Charles Duncan Jr.|Charles W. Duncan Jr]] with [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] General [[George Scratchley Brown|George S. Brown]] and the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon in 1977]] | [[File:Secretary of Defense Harold Brown with the Joint Chiefs of Staff member at the Pentagon.jpg|thumb|[[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown]] and [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense]] [[Charles Duncan Jr.|Charles W. Duncan Jr]] with [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] General [[George Scratchley Brown|George S. Brown]] and the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon in 1977]] | ||
As the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] grew in size following the | As the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] grew in size following the American Civil War, joint military action between the [[United States Army|Army]] and [[United States Navy|Navy]] became increasingly difficult. The Army and Navy were unsupportive of each other at either the planning or operational level and were constrained by disagreements during the [[Spanish–American War]] in the [[Caribbean]] campaigns.<ref name="Millett">{{cite book |first=Allan R. |last=Millett |title=Semper Fidelis: The History of the United States Marine Corps |location=New York |publisher=Macmillan |year=1980 |page=269 [para. 2] |isbn=0-02-921590-0 }}</ref><ref name="jcs">{{Cite web|title=Joint Chiefs of Staff > About > Origin of Joint Concepts|url=https://www.jcs.mil/About/Origin-of-Joint-Concepts/|access-date=22 May 2021|website=www.jcs.mil}}</ref> The Joint Army and Navy Board was established in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, comprising representatives from the military heads and chief planners of both the Navy's [[General Board]] and the Army's [[General Staff]]. The Joint Board acting as an "advisory committee" was created to plan joint operations and resolve problems of common [[interservice rivalry|rivalry]] between the two services.<ref name="Millett"/><ref name=jcs/> | ||
Yet the Joint Board accomplished little since its charter gave it no authority to enforce its decisions. The Joint Board also lacked the ability to originate its own opinions and was thus limited to commenting only on the problems submitted to it by the [[United States Secretary of War|secretaries of war]] and [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Navy]]. As a result, the Joint Board had little to no impact on the manner in which the United States conducted World War I. | Yet the Joint Board accomplished little since its charter gave it no authority to enforce its decisions. The Joint Board also lacked the ability to originate its own opinions and was thus limited to commenting only on the problems submitted to it by the [[United States Secretary of War|secretaries of war]] and [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Navy]]. As a result, the Joint Board had little to no impact on the manner in which the United States conducted World War I. | ||
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File:JointChiefsofStaff January1971.jpg|The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1971. | File:JointChiefsofStaff January1971.jpg|The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1971. | ||
File:The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1977.jpg|The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1977. | File:The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1977.jpg|The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1977. | ||
File:President-Elect Jimmy Carter with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld During a Visit to The Pentagon.jpg|Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with President-Elect [[Jimmy Carter]] and Secretary of Defense | File:President-Elect Jimmy Carter with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld During a Visit to The Pentagon.jpg|Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with President-Elect [[Jimmy Carter]] and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on December 17, 1976. | ||
File:White House meeting with Joint Chiefs of Staff - NARA - 175830.tif|Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during a cabinet meeting in the White House in 1977 | File:White House meeting with Joint Chiefs of Staff - NARA - 175830.tif|Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during a cabinet meeting in the White House in 1977 | ||
File:The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1981.jpg|The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1981. | File:The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1981.jpg|The Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1981. | ||