Aug. 12, 2019
McConville Succeeds Milley as Army Chief of Staff
JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Virginia —
Acting Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy swore in Gen. James C. McConville as the 40th Army chief of staff during an Aug. 9 ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia. McConville succeeds Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, who has been confirmed as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and will take office at the end of September.