Then, advised by the Architect of the Capitol, the Joint Committee for the Library, traditionally responsible for the works of art in the building, ordered the space cleared and painted in fresco, to show `` the Peace after the Civil War '', `` the Spanish-American War '', and `` the Birth of Aviation '', to match as nearly as feasible Brumidi's technique and composition.

Also while in Washington, Doubleday testified against George Meade at the United States Congress Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, criticizing him harshly over his conduct of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Johnson was named to the Joint Committee on Conduct of the War whose purpose was to goad-on laggard Union generals ; Johnson, to no avail, used this platform to voice the urgency of military intervention in East Tennessee.

* 1861 – American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U. S. Congress.

* 1999 – Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force ( KFor ) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

* 1947 – Cold War: U. S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.

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.

He officially took position as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( CJCS ) on October 1, 2001. he served as the principal military advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council during the earliest stages of the War on Terror, including planning of the War in Afghanistan and planning and execution of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The new strategic thinking found its place in the proposed Joint Emergency War Plan codenamed “ Halfmoon ”, which called for the dropping of fifty atomic bombs on twenty cities in the Soviet Union.

After World War II ended, the Congressional Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack received testimony on the intelligence failure.

Joint Navy SEALs and CIA operations go back to the famed MACV-SOG during the Vietnam War.

This committee was titled the Joint War Air Committee and its chairman was Lord Derby.

As with the pre-war Air Committee, the Joint War Air Committee lacked any executive powers and therefore was not effective.

The Joint War Air Committee was composed as follows:

The inclusion of Curzon, a Cabinet Minister, and other political figures was intended to give the Air Board greater status than the Joint War Air Committee.

However, in early 1865, the Congressional Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War exonerated Burnside and condemned Meade for changing the plan of attack ( which did little good for Burnside, whose reputation was ruined ).

However, in May 2006 the London insurance market ’ s Joint War Committee placed Yemen on its list of “ areas of perceived enhanced risk ,” which is expected to add a war-risk insurance premium to ships operating in the country ’ s coastal waters.

In these documents, which were often the transcripts of speeches before groups such as the National War College or events such as the 1955 Joint Secretaries Conference at the Quantico Marine Corps Base, LeMay clearly advocated using SAC as a preemptive weapon, if and when such was necessary.

Lockwood thinks that it is very likely that the U. S. did use insects dropped from aircraft during the Korean War to spread diseases, and that the Chinese and North Koreans were not simply engaged in a propaganda campaign when they made these allegations, since the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense had approved their use in the fall of 1950 at the " earliest practicable time ".

Unlike other Colleges and PPHs, St Benet's has a Joint Common Room of which all students at the Hall are members.

The mall has had a history of night clubs, as the space occupied now by Empire as well as other locations nearby the Edmonton Events Centre and Ed's Rec Room have seen several tenants over the years including The Joint and Ka ' os Nightclub.

( 1943 ), Go Down Death ( 1944 ), Of One Blood ( 1944 ), Dirty Gertie from Harlem U. S. A. ( 1946 ), The Girl in Room 20 ( 1946 ), Beale Street Mama ( 1947 ) and Juke Joint ( 1947 ).

One of the small blue buildings in the JSA is the MAC Conference Room, where talks take place between both sides, while the other one was the UNC Joint Duty Office building.

On the opposite side of the UNC Joint Duty Office building from the MAC Conference Room is a building officially titled " KPA Recreation Room ".

President of the United States | President George W. Bush ( at lectern ) announces the nominations of Mullen ( second from left ) and James Cartwright ( far left ) to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, respectively, on June 28, 2007, at the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

The next day, the band played to a standing-room-only audience at the Viper Room in West Hollywood ; the show ended with Lytle duetting with Bill Haley's youngest daughter, Gina Haley on " Rock the Joint " and a reprise of " Rock Around the Clock ".

A system of `` gold '' -- actually yellow -- phones connects him with the offices and action stations of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the SAC commander and other key men.

On September 12, 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dedicated the Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

There was disagreement among the U. S. Joint Chiefs over two proposed strategies to defeat the Japanese Empire.

In March 2008, ambassador Gustavo Machin Gomez met General Tariq Majid, the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee ( CJCSC ) at Joint Staff Headquarters and discussed issues related to military cooperation.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff unanimously agreed that a full-scale attack and invasion was the only solution.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff believed that the missiles would seriously alter the military balance, but Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara disagreed.

Category: Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Category: Joint Chiefs of Staff

* Colin Powell ( 1958 ), Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State

The Commandant of the Marine Corps ( CMC ) is normally the highest-ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In a separate capacity as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff () the CNO is a military adviser to the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, the Secretary of Defense, and the President.

The Chief of Naval Operations is typically the highest-ranking officer on active-duty in the U. S. Navy unless the Chairman and / or the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are naval officers.

The CNO is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and is thus the principal adviser to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense and to the National Security Council on the conduct of naval warfare.

Eisenhower followed the orders laid down by the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( JCS ) in directive JCS 1067, but softened them by bringing in 400, 000 tons of food for civilians and allowing more fraternization.

Approximately six months after his installation, he became the informal chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon.

The National Security Council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) devised detailed plans for nuclear war against China.

When Dien Bien Phu fell in May 1954, Ike refused to intervene despite urgings from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Vice President and the head of NCS.

A congressional bill to repeal DADT was enacted in December 2010, specifying that the policy would remain in place until the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certified that repeal would not harm military readiness, followed by a 60-day waiting period.

President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, sent that certification to Congress on July 22, 2011, which set the end of DADT for September 20, 2011.

Clinton called for legislation to overturn the ban, but encountered intense opposition from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, members of Congress, and portions of the public.

Retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Shalikashvili and former Senator and Secretary of Defense William Cohen opposed the policy in January 2007: " I now believe that if gay men and lesbians served openly in the United States military, they would not undermine the efficacy of the armed forces " Shalikashvili wrote.

On May 4, 2008, while Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen addressed the graduating cadets at West Point, a cadet asked what would happen if the next administration were supportive of legislation allowing gays to serve openly.