| Title | Chairman |
| Start Date | 1970-07-02 |
| Board member | yes |
| Notes | President Lyndon B. Johnson elevated Admiral Moorer to Chief of Naval Operations and President Richard M. Nixon reappointed him on June 12, 1969. The Senate confirmed his nomination to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on June 17, 1970, and he took office July 2—the first former Chief of Naval Operations to hold the post. |