General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosts his predecessors at the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the chairmanship at the Pentagon, August 1999. Left to right: General Colin L. Powell; General John W. Vessey, Jr.; General David C. Jones; General Shelton; Admiral Thomas H. Moorer; General John M. Shalikashvili; Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr.