Post: | United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee |
Flag: | Flag of NATO.svg |
Flagsize: | 100px |
Flagcaption: | Flag of NATO |
Incumbent: | Vice Admiral Shoshana S. Chatfield |
Incumbentsince: | December 13, 2023 |
Department: | U.S. Delegation to the NATO Military Committee |
Type: | Senior military representative |
Abbreviation: | USMILREP[1] |
Member Of: | NATO Military Committee |
Reports To: | Chair of the NATO Military Committee |
Seat: | Brussels, Belgium |
Appointer: | The President |
Appointer Qualified: | with Senate advice and consent |
Termlength: | Not fixed; 2–3 years |
Inaugural: | Omar Bradley |
Formation: | 1950 |
Deputy: | Deputy United States 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.
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.
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