Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army

Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Incumbent: GEN Daniel B. Allyn Since: August 15, 2014
First	GEN J. Lawton Collins
Formation	September 18, 1947
Website	Official Website

The Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (VCSA) is the principal deputy to the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and is the second-highest-ranking officer on active duty in the Department of the Army. The vice chief of staff generally handles the day-to-day administration of the Army Staff bureaucracy, freeing the chief of staff to attend to the interservice responsibilities of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. By statute, the vice chief of staff is appointed as a four-star general in the United States Army while so serving. He is the Army's designated representative to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC). When the chief of staff is killed or incapacitated, the vice chief serves as acting chief.^[1][2]

History

The senior leadership of the U.S. Department of the Army consists of two civilians, the Secretary of the Army and the Under Secretary of the Army, as well as two commissioned officers, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff and the U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff.

Under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Army, the vice chief of staff assists the chief of staff on missions and functions related to auditing, inspector general, legislative, and public affairs. The vice chief of staff also assists the chief of staff in the management of U.S. Army installations and facilities. The vice chief of staff represents the Army at the Office of the Secretary of Defense in areas relating to the vice chief of staff's responsibility and U.S. Army capabilities, requirements, policy, plans, and programs in joint fora. The incumbent vice chief of staff is General Daniel B. Allyn.

While serving as chairman, joint chiefs of staff/vice chairman, joint chiefs of staff, Chief of Naval Operations, Commandant of the Marine Corps, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force chiefs of staff, commander of a unified or specified combatant command, basic pay is $20,263.50 per month or $220,263.50 a year plus allowances granted to officers.

List of vice chiefs of staff

Number	Photo	Name	From	To	Notes
1		LTG (GEN) J. Lawton Collins[3]	1947	1949
2		GEN Wade H. Haislip	1949	1951
3		GEN John E. Hull	1951	1953
4		GEN Charles L. Bolte	1953	1955
5		GEN Williston B. Palmer	1955	1957
6		GEN Lyman L. Lemnitzer	1957	1959
7		GEN George H. Decker	1959	1960
8		GEN Clyde D. Eddleman	1960	1962
9		GEN Barksdale Hamlett	1962	1964
10		GEN Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.	1964	1967
11		GEN Ralph E. Haines Jr.	1967	1968
12		GEN Bruce Palmer, Jr.	1968	1973
13		GEN Alexander M. Haig Jr.	January 1973	May 1973
14		GEN Frederick C. Weyand	1973	1974
15		GEN Walter T. Kerwin, Jr.	1974	1978
16		GEN Frederick J. Kroesen	1978	1979
17		GEN John W. Vessey, Jr.	1979	1982
18		GEN John A. Wickham, Jr.	1982	1983
19		GEN Maxwell R. Thurman	1983	1987
20		GEN Arthur E. Brown	1987	1989
21		GEN Robert W. RisCassi	1989	1990
22		GEN Gordon R. Sullivan	1990	1991	Later served as the 32nd Chief of Staff.
23		GEN Dennis J. Reimer	1991	1993	Later served as the 33rd Chief of Staff.
24		GEN J. H. Binford Peay III	1993	1994
25		GEN John H. Tilelli	1994	1995
26		GEN Ronald H. Griffith	1995	1997
27		GEN William W. Crouch	1997	1998
28		GEN Eric K. Shinseki	November 24, 1998	June 21, 1999	Later served as the 34th Chief of Staff, and as the 7th Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
29		GEN John M. Keane	June 22, 1999	October 16, 2003	Retired
30		GEN George W. Casey, Jr.	October 17, 2003	June 23, 2004	Later served as the 36th Chief of Staff.
31		GEN Richard A. Cody	June 24, 2004	July 31, 2008	Retired
32		GEN Peter W. Chiarelli	August 4, 2008	January 31, 2012	Retired
33		GEN Lloyd J. Austin III	January 31, 2012	March 8, 2013	Assumed duties as commander, United States Central Command (March 22, 2013)
34		GEN John F. Campbell	March 8, 2013	August 8, 2014[4]	Assumed duties as commander, International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan
34		GEN Daniel B. Allyn	August 15, 2014	Incumbent[5]

See also

• Chief of Staff of the United States Army
• Sergeant Major of the Army

References

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