Chief Of Staff Of The United States Army
The
Chief of Staff of the United States Army
(
CSA
) is the professional head of the
United States Army
who is responsible for insuring readiness of the Army. As with the other other service Chiefs of Staff, he has no operational command authority. He is a member of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
and is the chief military adviser to the
President of the United States
on Army matters. The Chief of Staff is a
four star general
. The current occupant of the office is
General Peter Schoomaker
. Prior to 1903, the military head of the Army was the
Commanding General of the United States Army
.
Chiefs of Staff of the United States Army, 1903-present
General
Samuel Young
1903-1904
General
Adna Chaffee
1904-1906
General
John Bates
1906
General
James Bell
1906-1910
General
Leonard Wood
1910-1914
General
William Wotherspoon
1914
General
Hugh Scott
1914-1917
General
Tasker Bliss
1917-1918
General
Peyton March
1918-1921
General of the Armies
John J. Pershing
1921-1924
General
John L. Hines
1924-1926
General
Charles Summerall
1926-1930
General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur
1930-1935
General
Malin Craig
1935-1939
General of the Army
George Marshall
1939-1945
General of the Army
Dwight Eisenhower
1945-1948
General of the Army
Omar Bradley
1948-1949
General
J. Lawton Collins
1949-1953
General
Matthew Ridgway
1953-1955
General
Maxwell D. Taylor
1955-1959
General
Lyman Lemnitzer
1959-1960
General
George Decker
1960-1962
General
Earle G. Wheeler
1962-1964
General
Harold Keith Johnson
1964-1968
General
William Westmoreland
1968-1972
General
Bruce Palmer
(acting) 1972
General
Creighton Abrams
1972-1974
General
Frederick Weyand
1974-1976
General
Bernard Rogers
1976-1979
General
Edward Meyer
1979-1983
General
John Wickham
1983-1987
General
Carl Vuono
1987-1991
General
Gordon Sullivan
1991-1995
General
Dennis Reimer
1995-1999
General
Eric Shinseki
1999-2003
General
Peter Schoomaker
2003-present
See also
United States Secretary of the Army
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