Cyrus Roberts Vance was an American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to serving in that position,he was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Johnson administration. During the Kennedy administration he was Secretary of the Army and General Counsel of the Department of Defense.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense,which advises the president of the United States,the secretary of defense,the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council on military matters. The composition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is defined by statute and consists of a chairman (CJCS),a vice chairman (VJCS),the chiefs of the Army,Marine Corps,Navy,Air Force,Space Force,and the chief of the National Guard Bureau. Each of the individual service chiefs,outside their JCS obligations,works directly under the secretaries of their respective military departments,e.g. the secretary of the Army,the secretary of the Navy,and the secretary of the Air Force.
Peter Jan Schoomaker is a retired four-star general of the United States Army who served as the 35th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from June 11,2003,to April 10,2007. Schoomaker's appointment as Chief of Staff was unusual in that he was recalled and came out from retirement to assume the position. Schoomaker voluntarily retired from the Army for the second time in 2007 after completing the full four-year term as Chief of Staff.
Leon Edward Panetta is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as secretary of defense (2011–2013),director of the CIA (2009–2011),White House chief of staff (1994–1997),director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994),as well as a U.S. representative from California (1977–1993).
William James Crowe Jr. was a United States Navy admiral and diplomat who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush,and as the ambassador to the United Kingdom and Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board under President Bill Clinton.
Ashton Baldwin Carter was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science &International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School.
Josiah Bunting III is an American educator. He has been a military officer,college president,and an author and speaker on education and Western culture. Bunting is married and has four adult children. His half-brother is Dick Ebersol,the creator and former executive producer of Saturday Night Live;Ebersol and Bunting have the same mother.
Samuel Vaughan Wilson,also known as General Sam,was a United States Army lieutenant general who completed his active military career in the fall of 1977,having divided his service almost equally between special operations and intelligence assignments.
John Adams Wickham Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Army Chief of Staff from 1983 to 1987.
Robert Michael Kimmitt was United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush. He was nominated by President Bush on June 29,2005. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on July 29,2005,and he was sworn into office on August 16,2005. Kimmitt served through the end of the Bush administration,leaving office on January 20,2009.
Herbert Raymond McMaster is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 25th United States National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018. He is also known for his roles in the Gulf War,Operation Enduring Freedom,and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Carter Frederick Ham is a retired United States Army General Officer who served as the second commander of United States Africa Command. As commander of Africa Command,he led Operation Odyssey Dawn,the initial United States role in the 2011 military intervention in Libya.
Raúl G. Villaronga was a United States Army officer who was the first Puerto Rican mayor of a Texas city. He served as mayor of Killeen,Texas,for three consecutive terms,from 1992 to 1998.
John Southy Grinalds is a retired United States Marine Corps major general who served as the 18th president of The Citadel.
Lieutenant General George Marion Seignious U.S. Army was a distinguished military leader,diplomat and college president.
Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1,2015 to September 30,2019. He was the 36th commandant of the Marine Corps. Dunford is the first Marine Corps officer to serve in four different four-star positions;the others include commander of the International Security Assistance Force and United States Forces –Afghanistan from February 2013 to August 2014,and as the thirty-second assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from October 23,2010 to December 15,2012. He has commanded several units,including the 5th Marine Regiment during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Dennis Fowler Hightower,is a former United States Army officer,retired business executive,college educator,and public servant who was the United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce from August 11,2009 to August 27,2010.
Robert T. Hastings Jr. is an American public relations and strategic communications professional who has served as an executive in several aerospace and defense corporations and as a political appointee in the administration of President George W. Bush,where he was the senior public affairs official and principal spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense in 2008–2009.
Paula Boggs is an American attorney,musician,public speaker,and former military officer. She is the leader of the Paula Boggs Band.
Philip M. Bilden is an American businessman and private equity &venture capital investor. He was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the 76th United States Secretary of the Navy in January,2017,although he subsequently withdrew himself from consideration. He is a philanthropist and advocate for national security,the U.S. Navy,and cybersecurity.
