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The SEAC is appointed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to serve as a spokesperson to address the issues of enlisted personnel to the highest positions in the Department of Defense. As such, the SEAC is the primary enlisted advisor to the chairman , and serves at the pleasure of the secretary of defense.

Command sergeant major

The SEAC's exact duties vary, depending on the chairman, though the SEAC generally devotes much of their time traveling throughout the Department of Defense , to observe training and communicating to service members and their families. The SEAC's normal term of assignment runs concurrently with the chairman, but an incumbent may be reappointed to serve longer.

Although Army and Marine headquarters from battalions and regiments , up to divisions , to corps , army headquarters and higher, have traditionally each had a sergeant major ; and Navy and Coast Guard vessels have traditionally each had a command master chief or chief of the boat ; the services' national headquarters generally had no counterpart position.

The Marine Corps was the exception, having a Sergeant Major from until , and a sergeant major of the Marine Corps from 23 May onwards, as the senior enlisted advisor to the commandant of the Marine Corps. The other services followed during the Vietnam War , creating the counterpart positions of sergeant major of the Army in , master chief petty officer of the Navy and chief master sergeant of the Air Force in , and master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard in The National Guard established its own equivalent position, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau , in The chief master sergeant of the Space Force was established in The positions are generically or collectively referred to as "senior enlisted advisors" "SEAs".

Only one soldier, sailor, marine, airman, guardian, or coast guardsman can hold that rank at any one time; moreover, the position's singularity is not deemed to prevent the technical overlap of a few weeks while a recently "retired" SEA remains legally on active duty for the duration of his accrued back-leave, known as "transitional leave".

Each advises his or her service chief chief of staff of the Army , commandant of the Marine Corps , chief of naval operations , chief of staff of the Air Force , chief of space operations , and commandant of the Coast Guard and other senior service leaders on all enlisted matters, makes decisions affecting enlisted personnel and their families, and is often invited to testify before Congress.

Who is the current seac

The position of senior enlisted advisor to the chairman was created in under General Peter Pace. The newly created position was established to advise the chairman on all matters involving enlisted personnel in a joint environment. Gainey had more than 30 years of active-duty experience including an extensive background in joint operations.