Peter Pace
16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff · United States · On the map · Born 1945 · age 81
Peter Pace is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Pace as a brigadier general in 1992.
Pace is sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by outgoing Chairman Richard Myers, September 30, 2005.
General Pace meeting with soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq in December 2006
Pace awaiting President George W. Bush in the auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for a ceremony honoring his service as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Pace at the 20th White House Tee Ball Initiative in 2008.
Pace wearing his medals, ribbons, and four stars.
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Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman and the first Marine officer to be appointed to three different four-star assignments; the others were as the sixth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2001, to August 12, 2005, and as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command from September 8, 2000, to September 30, 2001. Appointed chairman by President George W. Bush, Pace succeeded U.S. Air Force General Richard Myers on September 30, 2005.