Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Flag of the Senior Enlisted Advisor
Incumbent SEAC Troy E. Black, USMC since 3 November 2023
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Type	Advisor
Abbreviation	SEAC
Member of	Joint Chiefs of Staff
Reports to	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Appointer	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Term length	4 years
Formation	1 October 2005
First holder	CSM William Gainey
Salary	$10,294.80 per month, regardless of the incumbent's service longevity [1]
Website	Official Website

The senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC) is the most senior non-commissioned officer (NCO) position overall in the United States Armed Forces. 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. 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.^[2] The first member to hold this post was William Gainey (appointed on 1 October 2005). The current SEAC is Troy E. Black, USMC who assumed the duties on 3 November 2023.^[2][3]