In 1996, it was made a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee.
Its antecedents were the very short-lived Advisory Board on Historical Work to the Army War College's Historical Section in 1928-1930 and, more directly, a group of three civilians and three officers, who met from May 1943 to 1946 to draft plans for the Army's history of the Second World War that led to the creation of what would become the United States Army Center of Military History.
The Secretary of the Army appoints members, which includes civilian scholars as well as those who represent the United States Military Academy, the Army War College, the Command and General Staff College, and the Training and Doctrine Command.
The committee meets annually to review and to advise on the current and future plans of the United States Army Center of Military History.
The following, listed in chronological order, have served as chairmen of the committee.