Peter Pace (b. November 5, 1945) is the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first U.S. Marine appointed to be America's highest-ranking military officer. Appointed by George W. Bush, Pace succeeded United States Air Force Gen. Richard Myers on September 30, 2005. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced on June 8, 2007 that he would advise the President not to renominate Pace for a second term, so Pace is expected to step down on September 30, 2007.

General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) is a former American military leader and statesman. He became the first African-American to be confirmed as United States Secretary of State. As the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-05) under President George W. Bush, Powell became the highest ranking African American government official in the history of the United States.

General Richard Bowman Myers USAF (Ret.) (born March 1, 1942) is a former general of the United States Air Force and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; as such, he was the United States military's highest ranking officer. General Myers became the fifteenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1, 2001. In this capacity, he served as the principal military advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense, …

Admiral Michael Glenn Mullen (born October 4 1946) became the 28th Chief of Naval Operations of the United States Navy, relieving Admiral Vern Clark on 22 July, 2005. He served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations under Clark, and as the Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe & Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples.

Wesley Kanne Clark (born December 23 1944) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in PPE, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, …

John's father fought with the Nazis during World War II . He was originally part of the Georgian Brigade, a group of expatriates fighting to take Georgia from the Soviets . But the unit was later transferred to the SS and positioned in Normandy . Dimitri was eventually captured by the British and held in a prisoner of war camp until after the war. A collection of Dimitri Shalikashvili 's writings are on deposit at the Hoover Institution .

General Henry Hugh Shelton (born January 2, 1942) is a retired American career military officer. He served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 to 2001. Born in Tarboro, North Carolina, Shelton attended North Carolina State University and was a member of Pershing Rifles. He earned a degree in textiles while earning his Army commission through ROTC training.

General Peter J. Schoomaker (b. February 12, 1946) was the 35th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, serving from August 1, 2003 to April 10, 2007, when the Army announced he would be replaced by General George Casey; Schoomaker will retire from the Army for the second time in 2007. Schoomaker's appointment to Chief of Staff was unusual in that he was called out of retirement to take up the post.

William James Crowe was born in La Grange, Kentucky. At the beginning of the Great Depression, Crowe's father moved the family to Oklahoma City. Crowe graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1947. From 1954 to 1955, he served as assistant to the Naval Aide of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. From 1956 to 1958, Crowe served as executive Officer of the submarine USS Wahoo. In 1958, he served as an aide to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations.

General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley KBE (February 12, 1893 - April 8, 1981) was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II and a General of the Army of the United States Army. He was the last surviving five star officer of the United States.

Douglas E. Lute is a lieutenant general in the United States Army. On 15 May 2007, Lute was nominated by George W. Bush to serve as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, also known as the "War Czar", in the George W. Bush administration. The position will oversee the War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan. Born in Michigan City, Indiana, Lute graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1975.

General Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 - April 19, 1987) was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-20th century. Taylor was born in Keytesville, Missouri and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1922.

Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 - November 12, 1988) was an American Army general, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served Supreme Allied Commander, NATO from 1963 to 1969.

Arthur William Radford (February 27, 1896 - August 17, 1973) was an U.S. Navy Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Arthur Radford was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1896. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1916, Radford served on board the USS South Carolina.

Earle Gilmore "Bus" Wheeler, (January 13 1908 - December 18, 1975) was a US Army General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Born in Washington D.C., Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1932 and was commissioned into the infantry. After 4 years at Fort Benning, he went to China with the 15th Infantry Regiment, then accompanied that regiment to Fort Lewis in 1938-1940. He served in a variety of training assignments from 1941-1944, …

Admiral David Elmer Jeremiah, USN (Retired), (born February 25, 1934) is a former United States Navy officer, who served as Vice Chairman and also Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Since his retirement from the Navy in February 1994, he has worked in the field of investment banking. He serves as partner and president of Technology Strategies & Alliances Corporation, a strategic advisory and investment banking firm engaged primarily in the aerospace, defense, …

General Duncan J. McNabb is Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. General McNabb graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974. He has held command and staff positions at squadron, wing, major command and Department of Defense levels.

John Amos (born December 27, 1939) is an American former professional football player and film and television actor.

Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy (May 6, 1875 - July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer and the first U.S. military officer ever to hold the five-star rank in the U.S. armed forces.

Thomas Hinman Moorer (February 9, 1912 - February 5, 2004) was a U.S. admiral who served as both Chief of Naval Operations and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Moorer was born in Mount Willing, Alabama. His father, a dentist, named his son for his favorite Professor at Atlanta-Southern Dental College, Dr. Thomas Hinman. Dr. Hinman also has the honor of having one of the largest dental meetings in the nation named after him, which is held in Atlanta every March.

General Sani Abacha (Kano, 20 September 1943 - Abuja, 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military leader and politician. He was the "de facto" President of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998.

David Charles Jones (born July 9, 1921) is a retired United States air force officer and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. David C. Jones was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota and raised in Minot, North Dakota. He graduated from Minot High School. Jones graduated from Roswell flying school in New Mexico in 1943 and the National War College in 1960. He also attended the University of Nebraska, Louisiana Tech University, Minot State University, Boston University, …

Nathan Farragut Twining (October 11,1897 - March 29, 1982) was a United States Air Force general, born in Monroe, Wisconsin. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1957. As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1957 to 1960 he was the first member of the Air Force to serve in that role.

John William Vessey, Jr. (born June 29, 1922) is a retired United States Army general. He served as the tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from June 18, 1982 to September 30, 1985. When he retired in 1985 at the age of 63, General Vessey was the longest serving active duty member in the United States Army. He began his 46-year military career in the Minnesota National Guard in 1939 when he was still 16.

Gen. George Scratchley Brown (1918–1978) was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he served as the senior military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council and the Secretary of Defense. Through the commanders of the unified and specified commands, …

Jonathan Trumbull Howe (1935-) is a retired four-star U.S. Navy Admiral, and was the Special Representative for Somalia to UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali from March 9, 1993, succeeding Ismat Kittani from Iraq, until his resignation in February 1994. Howe was also the former Deputy National Security Advisor in the first Bush Administration. He currently is Executive Director of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.

Jeff Latas (born January 10, 1958) was a 2006 Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona Congressional District 8. Latas worked as a construction carpenter and attended Pima Community College. He was then accepted into the Air Force ROTC program and Aerospace Engineering program at the University of Arizona, and upon graduation, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force. He flew the F-111D and served as a flight instructor in T-38s.

Thomas Moorer , former Joint Chiefs chairman, dies Retired Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, a combat-decorated Pearl Harbor veteran who became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Vietnam War, died Feb. 5 at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. , a week shy of his 92nd birthday. After a term as chief of naval operations, Moorer served as the military’s senior uniformed officer from July 1970 until his retirement in July 1974. A native of Mount Willing, Ala.

General Peter J. Schoomaker was sworn in as chief of staff on 1 August 2003, shown here with Acting Secretary of the Army Les Brownlee extending his congratulations and with Mrs. Cynthia A. "Cindy" Schoomaker proudly looking on while holding the bible used during the ceremony. U.S. Army photograph. of staff-as the principal officer of the Army-is appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate.