Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the nation's highest-ranking military officer and the principal military advisor to the president, the secretary of war and the National Security Council.

About

Air Force Gen. Dan Caine became the 22nd chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on April 11, 2025. Previously, he was the associate director for military affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency. He has served in a wide range of operational, staff and joint assignments, primarily as an F-16 fighter pilot, weapons officer, member of the White House staff and special operations officer. Caine was commissioned in 1990 through the ROTC program at the Virginia Military Institute, and he has a master’s in air warfare from the American Military University.

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Today's Events

The chairman testifies at a Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Budget Hearing with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Jules W. Hurst III, the acting War Department comptroller and chief financial officer, at 8 a.m. EDT, Capitol Complex, 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

The chairman testifies at a Subcommittee on Defense of the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing a review of the President’s Fiscal 2027 Budget Request for the Department of Defense with the Secretary of War the Hon. Pete Hegseth, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Dirksen Senate Office Building 192, Washington, D.C.

Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper

Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist