DoD’s Warfighting Concept with the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

This event has reached capacity for in person audience. The livestream will be available to watch beginning at 1:00 p.m. on May 1, 2024. 

For those registered to come in person, please bring a valid government ID as we will be checking IDs and registration upon entry. 

Admiral Chris Grady is the twelfth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation’s second highest-ranking military officer. In past assignments, he commanded USS ARDENT; USS CHIEF; USS COLE; Destroyer Squadron TWENTY-TWO; Carrier Strike Group ONE and USS CARL VINSON Carrier Strike Group; Naval Surface Forces Atlantic; and the U.S. Navy's SIXTH Fleet, and concurrently Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO.  

He most recently served as the Commander of United States Fleet Forces Command, based in Norfolk, Virginia where he was responsible for providing combat-ready forces forward to Numbered Fleets and Combatant Commanders around the globe in support of U.S. national interests, and concurrently served as the Commander Naval Forces Northern Command, Commander Naval Forces Strategic Command, and the Strategic Command Joint Force Maritime Component Commander, and Commander Task Force Atlantic. Admiral Grady is the Navy’s “Old Salt,” recognizing his extensive knowledge and expertise as a professional mariner and as the longest-serving active-duty Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy.