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Vice Director of the Joint Staff

The vice director of the Joint Staff (VDJS) is a two-star officer in the Joint Staff. The vice director reports to the director of the Joint Staff and provides oversight to Joint Staff support activities, including administration and action management, budget, information technology and services, support services, and security.[1] The vice director also oversees the directorate of management in the Joint Staff.[2]

Vice Director of the Joint Staff
Seal of the Joint Staff
Incumbent
Maj Gen Michael L. Downs, USAF
since May 2023
Joint Staff
AbbreviationVDJS
Reports toDirector of the Joint Staff
SeatThe Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
AppointerThe CJCS
Websitewww.jcs.mil

List of vice directors of the Joint Staff edit

No. Vice Director Term Service branch Ref(s)
Portrait Name Took office Left office Term length
1Rear Admiral
Joseph H. Wellings
(1903–1988)		30 September 1958~30 April 1962~3 years, 212 days 
U.S. Navy		[3][4][5][6]
2Major General
John M. Reynolds		~30 April 1962~January 1963~246 days 
U.S. Air Force		[7][8]
3Major General
Ashton H. Manhart
(1909–1969)		~January 1963~January 1966~3 years 
U.S. Army		[8][9]
4Rear Admiral
Louis Joseph Kirn
(1908–1995)		January 1966December 1966~1 year, 334 days 
U.S. Navy		[10][11]
5Major General
John B. McPherson
(born 1917)		~May 1967~August 1968~1 year, 92 days 
U.S. Air Force		[12]
6Major General
Kelsie L. Reaves
(1911–1994)		~August 1968~January 1969~153 days 
U.S. Army		[13]
7Major General
Charles M. Mount		~January 1969~August 1970~1 year, 212 days 
U.S. Army		[14]
8Rear Admiral
Mason B. Freeman
(1914–2003)		August 1970~March 1972~1 year, 213 days 
U.S. Navy		[15][16][17]
9Major General
Martin G. Colladay
(born 1925)		May 1972~March 1974~1 year, 304 days 
U.S. Air Force		[18][19]
10Major General
Adrian St. John II
(1921–2007)		~March 1974~January 1977~2 years, 306 days 
U.S. Army		[20]
11Major General
Philip D. Shutler
(born 1926)		~January 1977~July 1978~1 year, 181 days 
U.S. Marine Corps		[21]
12Major General
James E. Dalton
(born 1930)		July 1978~July 1980~2 years 
U.S. Air Force		[22]
13Major General
Charles W. Dyke
(born 1935)		~July 19801982~1 year, 364 days 
U.S. Army		[23]
14Major General
George B. Crist
(born 1931)		1982~June 1984~1 year, 337 days 
U.S. Marine Corps		[24]
15Major General
Bradley C. Hosmer
(born 1937)		June 1984September 1986~2 years 
U.S. Air Force		[25]
16Major General
Howard D. Graves
(1939–2003)		~September 1986~September 1987~1 year, 0 days 
U.S. Army		[26]
17Major General
Richard B. Goetze
(born 1935)		September 1987~December 1989~2 years, 91 days 
U.S. Air Force		[27]
18Major General
Gene A. Deegan
(born 1936)		~December 1989~January 1992~2 years, 31 days 
U.S. Marine Corps		[28]
19Major General
Rudolph Ostovich III
(born 1941)		~January 1992~June 1993~1 year, 151 days 
U.S. Army		[29]
20Major General
Charles T. Robertson Jr.
(born 1946)		June 1993June 1995~2 years 
U.S. Air Force		[30]
21Major General
Carlton W. Fulford Jr.
(born 1944)		~June 1995~June 1996~1 year 
U.S. Marine Corps		[31]
22Major General
Stephen T. Rippe		~June 1996June 1999~3 years 
U.S. Army		[32][33]
23Major General
Garry R. Trexler		June 1999August 2001~2 years, 61 days 
U.S. Air Force		[34]
24Major General
James A. Hawkins		September 2001December 2003~2 years, 91 days 
U.S. Air Force		[35]
25Major General
Michael D. Maples
(born 1971)		December 2003October 2005~1 year, 304 days 
U.S. Army		[36]
26Major General
Scott S. Custer		October 2005February 2007~1 year, 123 days 
U.S. Air Force		[37]
27Major General
Stephen M. Goldfein		February 200728 July 2008~1 year, 178 days 
U.S. Air Force		[1]
28Major General
Walter E. Gaskin		28 July 2008May 2009~277 days 
U.S. Marine Corps		[38]
29Rear Admiral
Bruce E. Grooms
(born 1958)		May 2009November 2010~1 year, 184 days 
U.S. Navy
30Major General
Craig A. Franklin		November 2010~30 March 2012~1 year, 150 days 
U.S. Air Force		[39]
31Rear Admiral
Nora W. Tyson
(born 1957)		~30 March 2012July 2013~1 year, 93 days 
U.S. Navy
32Major General
Frederick S. Rudesheim		~July 2013February 2015~1 year, 215 days 
U.S. Army		[40]
33Major General
Jacqueline Van Ovost
(born 1965)		February 2015August 2017~2 years, 181 days 
U.S. Air Force		[41]
34Rear Admiral
Mike Dumont		~August 2017August 2018~1 year 
U.S. Navy		[42]
35Major General
Glen D. VanHerck
(born 1962)		August 2018~26 September 2019~1 year, 56 days 
U.S. Air Force		[43]
36Rear Admiral
William D. Byrne Jr.		26 September 201910 May 20211 year, 226 days 
U.S. Navy		[44]
37Rear Admiral
George Wikoff
(born 1968)		10 May 2021May 2023~2 years, 5 days 
U.S. Navy		[45]
38Major General
Michael L. Downs
(born c. 1971)		May 2023Incumbent~352 days 
U.S. Air Force		[46]

References edit

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