Chief Chairman of the General Joint Chiefs of Staff
| Chief Chairman of the General Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
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Incumbent Hans von Ludendorff | |
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General Joint Chiefs of Staff Department of Defense | |
| Type | Highest-ranking military officer |
| Abbreviation | CCGJCS |
| Member of |
General Joint Chiefs of Staff National Security Council |
| Reports to |
President Secretary of Defense |
| Residence | Suburmania |
| Nominator | Federal Secretary of Defense |
| Appointer |
The President with Congress advice and consent |
| Term length | 4 years, renewable |
| Precursor | Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces |
| Formation | 4 February 2025 |
| Deputy |
Vice Chairman Director (Joint Staff) Senior Enlisted Advisor (Enlisted Matters) |
The Chief Chairman of the General Joint Chiefs of Staff (CCGJCS) is by law the highest ranking military officer in the Federal Republican Armed Forces, and the principal military adviser to the President of the Republic, and the Federal Secretary of Defense. The Chief Chairman outranks all respective heads of each service branch and is the only one to have operational control. He leads the meetings and coordinates the efforts of the General Joint Chiefs of Staff (GJCS), comprising the Chief Chairman, the Minister-Secretary of the Operations Staff, the Chief of Staff of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have offices in Suburmania.
The Chief Chairman of the General Joint Chiefs of Staff is assisted by the Director of the Joint Staff, a three-star officer who assists the Chairman with the management of the Joint Staff, an organization composed of approximately equal numbers of officers contributed by the Army, the Navy, Marine Corps, and the Air Force, who have been assigned to assist the Chairman with the unified strategic direction, operation, and integration of the combatant land, naval, and air forces.
The Chairman is nominated by the President for appointment and must be confirmed via majority vote by the Supreme Congress. By statute, the Chairman is appointed as a four-star general or admiral.
Function
The Chairman of the Chiefs of the Staff has three roles:
- assisting the Secretary of Defense in the preparation and organisation of the armed forces
- under the authority of the President (who is overall commander in chief of the Federal Republican Armed Forces), maintaining overall command of military operations and proposing the military measures to adopt (general strategy)
- Advising the President and the Secretary of Defense on military matters.
He is responsible for:
- the conduct of operations : plans of attack, general articulation of the forces, distribution of operational means between theatre commanders (over whom he has full authority)
- training : he checks their aptitude for their missions and has a permanent right of inspection over them ;
- preparation for the future : plans and programmes for military capacity. He oversees the pulling-together of the armed forces' means and participates in the preparation and execution of the defense budget ;
- inter-branch organisation : he oversees the forces' organisation.
- military relations with the armed forces of other nations : he directs military missions abroad, organises the UFN forces' participation in international missions and exercises, follows international negotiations and represents Surea on military committees of international organisations.
Directly under his authority are:
- the Chiefs of Staff of each of the four arms (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps) ;
- The inter-arm organs:
- Director of Military Intelligence;
- Commander of Special Operations;
- Military Medical Services;
- Military Fuel Services;
- the Inter-arm infrastructure and Information Systems directorate.