What officer ranks are allowed to be apart of Joint Chiefs of Staff?

2017-12-03T05:51:51-05:00

Response by SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL made Dec 3 at 2017 7:43 AM

2017-12-03T07:43:50-05:00

Will Boyd awesome questions: I would suspect Senior Field Grade Officers O-6 and higher.

Response by COL Keith Chinn made Dec 3 at 2017 11:28 AM

2017-12-03T11:28:50-05:00

The Joint Chiefs themselves or to serve on the Joint Staff?

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Dec 3 at 2017 1:20 PM

2017-12-03T13:20:31-05:00

Will Boyd when I was assigned to agencies in the Pentagon I saw Army Captain through Full General working on JCS for certain and there may be 1LT [Ensigns] there as well.
The JCS staff of J-1 through J-9 has most ranks represented across its depth and breadth.
I worked with Captain through Colonel, Naval LT through Captain when I worked on tasks with JCS [1998-2009] while I was assigned to the Army Staff and afterwards.
I saw E-4 to E-9 there as well.
Seeing a 2LT or a PVT in the Pentagon attracted more attention than seeing a General because the cost of living is so high in DC and the requirements don't have authorizations for 2LTs or PVTs.
Thanks for mentioning me SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL

Response by LTC Eric Udouj made Dec 4 at 2017 7:24 AM

2017-12-04T07:24:53-05:00

All the replies answered the question - but thought would provide a "little more" in the details. The Joint Staff is not all at the Pentagon.. which after the rolling up of JFCOM into the Joint Staff brought along several different staff pieces and positions that Joint Forces Command had previously been the lead on. So you now have part of the JS J3 in Norfolk, and JS J7 in Suffolk. Some folks getting assigned to the JS with orders to Norfolk or Suffolk are usually surprised that they are not going to the Pentagon. Far better to be in Hampton Roads as a Joint Officer..