U.S._Military_Representative,_NATO_Military_Committee

United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee

United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee

American military representative to the NATO Military Committee

The United States military representative to the NATO Military Committee (USMILREP) is the senior uniformed representative of the United States Armed Forces on the NATO Military Committee. The appointee, an officer of the United States Armed Forces at the rank of lieutenant general or vice admiral, represents the United States on the NATO Military Committee and is responsible for articulating and providing military advice to the Chair of the NATO Military Committee. The representative has a deputy who holds the one-star rank of brigadier general or rear admiral.

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The position was initially a four-star billet from 1950 to 1993, but was downgraded in order to grant precedence to the director of strategic plans and policy of the Joint Staff, a three-star officer who is dual-hatted as the senior member of the United States delegation to the United Nations Military Staff Committee.

The position has been held by Vice Admiral Shoshana S. Chatfield since December 2023.

Organization

  • U.S. Military Representative: Vacant

List of representatives

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Notes

  1. Served as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1949 to 1951.
  2. Served as Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1969 to 1971.
  3. Served as Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1998 to 2001.

References

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    "AAP-15: NATO GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NATO DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS" (PDF). www.jcs.mil. 2013.
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    "Ruffner, Clark Louis". Retrieved December 15, 2021.
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    "Commanders Digest". 1976.
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