As of December 2006, Jones was one of five serving Marine Corps four-star general officers who outranked the current commandant of the Marine Corps ( General James T. Conway ) in terms of seniority and time in grade — the others being Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace ; former commandant Michael Hagee, commander of U. S. Strategic Command James E. Cartwright, and Assistant Commandant Robert Magnus.

Notable graduates include former U. S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, U. S. Senator John McCain, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Wesley Clark, former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace and Hugh Shelton, former National Security Advisor and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James L. Jones, former U. S Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki, former U. S. Chief of Naval Operations Elmo Zumwalt, retired Air Force General Arnold W. Braswell, U. S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle, World War II submarine officer and best-selling novelist Edward L. Beach, Jr., former military aide to President John F. Kennedy Godfrey McHugh, murdered U. S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, and U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff Norton A. Schwartz.

Participants include Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, NSC Advisor Gen. James " Jim " Jones, Director of National Intelligence ( DNI ) Dennis Blair, Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, White House Counsel Greg Craig, CIA Director Leon Panetta, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright, and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel

In 2009, this version was also released as an unlockable extra of the Wii action game Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, and as a digitally distributed Steam title.

The " talkie " version was later included as an extra game mode in the Wii version of the 2009 action game Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, and distributed via the digital content delivery software Steam as a port for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X that same year.

A fund-raising campaign called " Promise & Distinction " raised $ 730. 6 million as of October 3, 2008, increasing the university's total endowment to more than $ 1. 1 billion ; by March 2009, Yvette Jones, Tulane's Chief Operating Officer, told Tulane's Staff Advisory Council that the endowment " has lost close to 37 %", affected by the late-2000s recession.

* Staff Jones ( born 1959 ), Wales international rugby union player of the 1980s

In 2011, several former senior US officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, three former chairmen of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, two former directors of the CIA, former commander of NATO Wesley Clark, two former US Ambassadors to the United Nations, the former U. S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, a former White House Chief of Staff, a former commander of the United States Marine Corps, former U. S. National Security Advisor Frances Townsend, and US President Barack Obama's retired National Security Adviser General James L. Jones called for the MEK to be removed from its official listing on the U. S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, on the grounds that they constituted a viable opposition to the Iranian regime.

* David Charles Jones ( born 1921 ), Chairman U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978 – 1982

* David C. Jones ( born 1921 ), U. S. Air Force general, Chairman Joints Chief of Staff

In Indianapolis, a vibrant 1970s punk rock and New Wave scene existed, including Latex Novelties, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Dow Jones and the Industrials ( from West Lafayette ).

Jones frequently had to battle against entrenched interests in the armed forces, but, in addition to enjoying Churchill's confidence, had strong support from, among others, Churchill's scientific advisor F. D. Lindemann and the Chief of the Air Staff Sir Charles Portal.

Gen. David C. Jones, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

* David C. Jones, General, USAF-former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( 1978 – 82 )

The Fletcher Jones and Staff Pty Ltd clothing factory opened in 1948 and was closed in 2005.

David Charles Jones ( born July 9, 1921 ) is a retired U. S. Air Force general and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Jones was the final Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be decorated for service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

A later CAS, George Jones, contended that Ellington had been " invited to Australia in order to inspect Williams rather than the air force and to recommend his removal from the post of Chief of the Air Staff if necessary ".

All other senior RAAF commanders who were veteran pilots of World War I, with the exception of the-then Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Jones, were also dismissed, ostensibly to make way for the advancement of younger officers.

In the judgment of Chief of Staff Scott it was ironic that the draft policy of a Democratic President, aimed at Germany, had to be pushed through the House of Representatives by the ranking minority member of the Military Affairs Committee -- a Republican Jew born in Germany!!

Richard Bowman Myers ( born March 1, 1942 ) is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In 1896, Baden-Powell was assigned to the Matabeleland region in Southern Rhodesia ( now Zimbabwe ) as Chief of Staff to Gen. Frederick Carrington during the Second Matabele War, and it was here that he first met and began a lifelong friendship with Frederick Russell Burnham, the American born Chief of Scouts for the British.

* Barbara Staff ( born 1924 ), American political activist

* David Staff ( born 1979 ), English footballer for Boston United and Rugby Town

* Hanne Staff ( born 1972 ), Norwegian orienteering athlete

* Jamie Staff MBE ( born 1973 ), English BMX and track racing cyclist and coach

* Ole Johannesen Staff ( born 1789 ), Norwegian politician

* John P. Jumper ( born 1945 ), former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force

), ( born February 9, 1912 ) was the Chief of Naval Operations and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

* William J. Crowe-Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff born here.

* David Thatcher, a Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force and the last survivor of the crew of the " Ruptured Duck " during the Doolittle Raid, was born here.

* General Raymond T. Odierno ( born 1954 ), Chief of Staff of the United States Army and former commander of United States Forces – Iraq.

* Monica Crowley ( born 1968 ), conservative radio and TV talk show personality .< ref > Staff.

* David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley ( born 1929 ) — House of Lords crossbencher and former Chief of the Defence Staff

* Kelly R. Lusk ( born 1980 ), Attorney, Staff Editor of the New York University Law Review

* W. Marvin Watson, who served as U. S. Postmaster General, White House Appointments Secretary and then as White House Chief of Staff under President Lyndon B. Johnson, was born in Oakhurst in 1924.

* John Stevens ( admiral ) ( born 1927 ), Australian Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ( 1979 – 1981 )

Sununu, one of eight siblings, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nancy ( née Hayes ) and former Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu.

General Hilmi Özkök ( born 1940 in Turgutlu, Manisa Province ) was the 24th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.

John Henry Sununu ( born July 2, 1939 ) served as the 75th Governor of New Hampshire ( 1983 – 89 ) and later White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.

George Decker, the General and Chief of Staff US Army during the Kennedy Administration, was born in Catskill.