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===Joint Chiefs of Staff=== | ===Joint Chiefs of Staff=== | ||
{{Main|Joint Chiefs of Staff}} | {{Main|Joint Chiefs of Staff}}The [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (JCS) is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the Department of Defense who advise the secretary of defense, the [[United States Homeland Security Council|Homeland Security Council]], the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] and the president on military matters. The composition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is defined by statute and consists of the [[chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (CJCS), [[Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (VCJCS), senior enlisted advisor to the chairman (SEAC), the Military Service chiefs from the [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|Army]], [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], [[Chief of Naval Operations|Navy]], [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force|Air Force]], and [[United States Space Force|Space Force]], in addition to the chief of [[National Guard Bureau]], all appointed by the president following [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmation.<ref>[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/151-] 10 USC 151. Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions</ref> Each of the individual Military Service Chiefs, outside their Joint Chiefs of Staff obligations, works directly for the secretary of the military department concerned: the [[Secretary of the Army]], [[Secretary of the Navy]], and [[Secretary of the Air Force]].<ref>[[Title 10 of the United States Code|10 U.S.C.]] [http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C305.txt § 3033] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312222246/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C305.txt |date=March 12, 2013 }}</ref><ref>[[Title 10 of the United States Code|10 U.S.C.]] [http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C505.txt § 5033] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312222228/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C505.txt |date=March 12, 2013 }}</ref><ref>[[Title 10 of the United States Code|10 U.S.C.]] [http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C506.txt § 5043] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312221844/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C506.txt |date=March 12, 2013 }}</ref><ref>[[Title 10 of the United States Code|10 U.S.C.]] [http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C805.txt § 8033] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312222221/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C805.txt |date=March 12, 2013 }}</ref> | ||
Following the [[Goldwater–Nichols Act]] in 1986, the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] no longer maintained operational command authority individually or collectively. The act designated the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) as the "principal military adviser to the President, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense".<ref>{{Cite web |title=10 U.S. Code § 151(b)(1) – Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/151 |access-date=July 20, 2023 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref> The remaining Joint Chiefs of Staff may only have their advice relayed to the President, National Security Council, the [[United States Homeland Security Council|Homeland Security Council]], or the Secretary of Defense after submitting it to the CJCS. By law, the chairman has to present that advice whenever he is presenting his own.<ref>{{Cite web |title=10 U.S. Code § 151 – Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/151 |access-date=July 20, 2023 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref> The chain of command goes from the [[President of the United States|president]] to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]] to the [[Unified Combatant Command|commanders of the Combatant Commands]].<ref>[[Title 10 of the United States Code|10 U.S.C.]] [http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C6.txt § 162(b)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529014041/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C6.txt |date=May 29, 2013}}</ref> Goldwater–Nichols also created the office of vice-chairman, and the chairman is now designated as the ''principal military adviser'' to the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and to the president.<ref>[[Title 10 of the United States Code|10 U.S.C]] [http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C5.txt § 151(b)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312222255/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C5.txt|date=March 12, 2013}}</ref> | Following the [[Goldwater–Nichols Act]] in 1986, the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] no longer maintained operational command authority individually or collectively. The act designated the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) as the "principal military adviser to the President, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense".<ref>{{Cite web |title=10 U.S. Code § 151(b)(1) – Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/151 |access-date=July 20, 2023 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref> The remaining Joint Chiefs of Staff may only have their advice relayed to the President, National Security Council, the [[United States Homeland Security Council|Homeland Security Council]], or the Secretary of Defense after submitting it to the CJCS. By law, the chairman has to present that advice whenever he is presenting his own.<ref>{{Cite web |title=10 U.S. Code § 151 – Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/151 |access-date=July 20, 2023 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref> The chain of command goes from the [[President of the United States|president]] to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]] to the [[Unified Combatant Command|commanders of the Combatant Commands]].<ref>[[Title 10 of the United States Code|10 U.S.C.]] [http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C6.txt § 162(b)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529014041/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C6.txt |date=May 29, 2013}}</ref> Goldwater–Nichols also created the office of vice-chairman, and the chairman is now designated as the ''principal military adviser'' to the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and to the president.<ref>[[Title 10 of the United States Code|10 U.S.C]] [http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C5.txt § 151(b)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312222255/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C5.txt|date=March 12, 2013}}</ref> | ||