Title 10 lays out who is eligible to be CJCS: must’ve served as Vice Chair, a service chief, or a combatant commander.
The president can waive this requirement in the interests of national security, but the message that sends to mil ldrship is:

I don’t trust a single one of you to be chair
Reposted from David Burbach
Trump is nominating a retired Air National Guard 3-star to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Highest major command was Deputy Commander, CENTSOC

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