Senator Barry Goldwater (R.-Ariz.), and Representative Bill Nichols (D.-Ala.), the measure was en- acted over opposition from the services. It made the JCS chairman the "principal mil- itary adviser" to the president, the Na- tional Security Council, and the secretary of defense. The other service chiefs were relegated to secondary roles and put di- rectly under the chairman. The military chain of command now runs from the sec- retary of defense through the chairman and then out to the...