Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman
The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( SEAC ) is the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ) in matters pending before the noncommissioned officer corps of the armed forces, particularly in the area of the mixed composite operations concerns. As the first soldier Command Sergeant Major William Joseph Gainey took from October 1, 2005 to April 25, 2008 this task. After Gaineys retirement of the post was only in 2011 re- occupied.
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The SEAC is to serve the individual branches of the armed forces and the Unified Combatant Commands, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the performance of his duties as a link between the leading non-commissioned officer representatives (Senior Enlisted Advisors, short SEAs ). Likewise, the SEAC the discourse with the SEAs of the armed forces ( USA, USAF, USMC, USN ) on questions concerning the NCOs, sure. To this end, he puts on regular meetings. The SEAC is after step E-9 (NATO: OR- 9) salaried and is equivalent to the SEAs of the armed services.
The main task of SEAC is to advise the Chief of Staff ( chairman ) in all aspects of composite operations, integration of individual delegations in major units, their use and development. In addition, he is concerned with the development of training content for non-commissioned officers, are employed in managerial uses in association rods.
The SEAC will also oversee various areas entrusted to it by the Chief of Staff, true. At the same time he is also spokesman for the chief of staff for the senior non-commissioned officers of the armed forces. On the other hand, the SEAC is also spokesman for all NCOs in conferences with the chiefs of staff of the armed forces, civilian representatives or non-commissioned officers of other nations. Although not set before the SEAs of the armed forces and the Unified Combatant Commands in the direct chain of command, he is within the communication chain, the direct connection between them and the Chief of Staff.
The responsibilities of the SEAC including inspections of the armed forces in action and remedy for the problems that are thereby established policy. Once such problems are identified and resolved together with the corresponding branches of the armed force, it is also among its tasks to implement the solutions in the other branches of the armed forces.
The SEAC travels a lot to discuss, inter alia, through composite operations with many non-commissioned officers. In application areas, it is also his task factors that affect the morale and welfare of the non-commissioned officers to identify and influence.
The advice of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to policies and programs, military training, which are used in management positions of officers regulates falls just as in his area of responsibility. Even the U.S. Congress he is to answer questions and is also committed with members of all levels of government apart.
The chief of staff can summon the SEAC in various consulting staffs or committees, for example, dealing with aspects of morality, welfare, recreation, the United Service Organization ( USO) or the American Red Cross to where the affairs of the non-commissioned officers in the United Associations to represent.