Joint Chiefs Of Staff

Definition: Joint Chiefs Of Staff

Joint Chiefs Of Staff

Noun

1. The executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the Army and Navy and Air Force and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Specialty Definition: Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a panel comprising the highest-ranking members of each major branch of the armed services in any particular country. The following information refers to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, but similar arrangements are common in other nations.

The current Joint Chiefs of Staff are:

General Richard B. Myers, Chairman, US Air Force

General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman, US Marine Corps

General Pete Schoomaker, Army Chief of Staff, US Army

Admiral Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations, US Navy

General Michael W. Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps, US Marine Corps

General John P. Jumper, Air Force Chief of Staff, US Air Force

After the 1986 reorganization of the military undertaken by the Goldwater-Nichols Act, the Joint Chiefs of Staff do not have operational command of U.S. military forces. Responsibility for conducting military operations goes directly from the Secretary of Defense to the head of the United States regional commands and the chain of command bypasses the Joint Chiefs of Staff completely.

Rather their primary responsibility is to insure the readiness of their respective military services. The Joint Chiefs of Staff also act in an advisory military capacity for the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense. In addition, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff acts as the chief military advisor to the President.

External link

Official site

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	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers.		At a luncheon meeting, circa 1943. Present are (from left to right): General Henry H. Arnold, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Air Forces; Admiral William D. Leahy, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations and Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet; and General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army. Credit: NAVY.
	Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Eisenhower (l to r) Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Gen. Matthew Ridgeway, Admiral Arthur Radford and Admiral Robert B. Carney gather behind a globe. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Joint Chiefs Of Staff

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The RSCs forward their requirement proposals to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) for validation. (references)
Economic History	Pakistan	Under the Provisional Constitutional Order and its amendments, all power flows from and to the Chief Executive, who also holds the posts of Chief of Army Staff and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translations: Joint Chiefs Of Staff

Language		Translations for "Joint Chiefs of Staff"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Japanese Kanji		統合参謀本部 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		とう�"うさ�"ぼうほ�"ぶ. (various references)

Pig Latin		ointjay iefschay ofay affstay

Russian		объединенный комитет начальников штабов. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Alternative Orthography: Joint Chiefs Of Staff

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 6F 69 6E 74 43 68 69 65 66 73 4F 66 53 74 61 66 66

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 006F 0069 006E 0074 0043 0068 0069 0065 0066 0073 004F 0066 0053 0074 0061 0066 0066

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Dereliction of Duty : Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam (reference) (more book examples)
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Language	Coverage	Language Translations
Japanese Kanji	辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ�'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳	邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう�", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ�", японский, японец
Japanese Katakana	じい, じびき, じて�", ディクショナリー , じり�", じしょ, �'�"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい�"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, �"うどく, ほ�"やく, ほ�"やくしょ	邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう�", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ�", японский, японец
Russian	словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение	ロシア語 , ロシア�", русский
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	английский

Joint Chiefs Of Staff

Definition: Joint Chiefs Of Staff