Omar Bradley – the American five-star general who served as the 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 17th Chief of Staff of the Army – was born on this day – February 12, 1893 – in Clark, Missouri.
He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, Command and General Staff College, and the United States Army War College.
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Thomas Moorer – the American four-star admiral who served as the 7th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 18th Chief of Staff of the Navy – was born on this day – February 9, 1912 – in Mount Willing, Alabama.
He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and the Naval War College.
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Earle Wheeler – the American four-star general who served as the 6th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 21st Chief of Staff of the Army – was born on this day – January 13, 1908 – in Washington, D.C.
He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy and the Command and General Staff College.
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Hugh Shelton – the American four-star general who served as the 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the United States Special Operations Command – was born on this day – January 2, 1942 – in Tarboro, North Carolina.
He is a graduate of North Carolina State University, Auburn University, and the Air War College.
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William J. Crowe – the American four-star admiral who served as the 11th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom – was born on this day – January 2, 1925 – in La Grange, Kentucky.
He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Stanford University, and Princeton University.
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George C. Marshall – the American statesman and Army general – was born on this day – December 31, 1880 – in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
He was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute.
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Joseph Dunford – the American four-star general who served as the 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps – was born on this day – December 8, 1955 – in Boston, Massachusetts.
He is a graduate of Saint Michael’s College, Georgetown University, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
General Dunford is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
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Peter Pace – the American four-star general who served as the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 6th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – was born on this day – November 5, 1945 – in Brooklyn, New York.
He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, George Washington University, and attended the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
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Nathan F. Twining – the American four-star general who served as the 3rd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 3rd Chief of Staff of the Air Force – was born on this day – October 11, 1897 – in Monroe, Wisconsin.
He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, the Command and General Staff College, and the United States Army War College.
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Mike Mullen – the American four-star admiral who served as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 28th Chief of Naval Operations – was born on this day – October 4, 1946 – in Los Angeles, California.
He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Harvard Business School.
Admiral Mullen is a visiting professor at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
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