General Cartwright serves as the eighth 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.

As Vice Chairman, General Cartwright chairs the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, Co-Chairs the Defense Acquisition Board, and serves as a member of the National Security Council Deputies Committee, the Nuclear Weapons Council and the Missile Defense Executive Board. In addition, he Co-Chairs the Deputies Advisory Working Group, which provides advice to Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn on resourcing and other high level departmental business issues.

Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula is Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He is responsible to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force for policy formulation, planning, evaluation, oversight, and leadership of Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. As the Air Force's Senior Official of the Intelligence Community he is directly responsible to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.

Capt. Bob Dishman leads initiatives that support the Navy's strategy for persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as program manager for Naval Air Systems Command's Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems program office (PMA-262), Patuxent River, Md.

He is responsible for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), along with the BAMS-Demonstrator currently deployed in support of U. S. Central Command combat operations in the Arabian Gulf. He also oversees the Navy's airspace integration efforts across all groups of unmanned aircraft systems.

MajGen Heinz is the Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Lightning II Program in Arlington, VA.  He had previously served as the Deputy PEO since June 2006.

In June 2005, MajGen Heinz was assigned as the Deputy Director for Operations, National Military Command Center, J-3, Joint Staff, Pentagon.BGen Heinz has completed a Master of Science degree in Computer Science with a subspecialty in Artificial Intelligence from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval Warfare College. MajGen Heinz decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, Air Medal with bronze numeral 4, Navy Commendation Medal with 3 Gold Stars and the Navy Achievement Medal. He has flown over 3000 flight hours in 22 T/M/S aircraft.

Rear Admiral Bill Landay graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1978 and was commissioned as a surface warfare officer. His first assignment was as gunnery assistant and combat information center officer aboard USS Hepburn (FF 1055). Subsequent sea tours included ship control officer aboard USS Nicholas (FFG 47), commanding officer of USS Aquila (PHM 4) and commanding officer of USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60). During his tour, Paul Hamilton was awarded the Battle Efficiency “E” for operational performance, two Silver Anchor awards for retention excellence and the Spokane Trophy for outstanding Combat Systems Readiness.