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Current Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army Peter W. Chiarelli

The Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (VCSA) is the principal advisor and assistant to the Army Chief of Staff. He handles the day to day administration of the Army 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 while so serving. He is the Army's designated representative to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC). When the Chief of Staff is incapacitated, the Vice Chief serves as acting Chief.^[1]^[2]

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 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 Army capabilities, requirements, policy, plans, and programs in Joint fora. The incumbent Vice Chief of Staff is General Peter Chiarelli.^[1]

[edit] List of Vice Chiefs of Staff^[3]

Photo	Name	From	To
1	LTG (GEN) J. Lawton Collins	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	1988	1989
22	GEN Gordon R. Sullivan	1990	1991
23	GEN Dennis J. Reimer	1991	1993
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	1998	1999
29	GEN John M. Keane	1999	2003
30	GEN George W. Casey, Jr.	2003	2004
31	GEN Richard A. Cody	June 24, 2004	July 31, 2008
32	GEN Peter W. Chiarelli	August 4, 2008^[4]	Incumbent