[2] The current Deputy Chair of the NATO Military Committee is U.S. Army Lieutenant General Andrew Rohling.

The DCMC assists the Chair, advises the Deputy Secretary General[3] and serves as the principal agent for coordination of nuclear, biological, and chemical matters for the Military Committee.

[5][6] The Deputy Chair, always a US general or flag officer, provides a particular and ideal vantage point to serve the Alliance's Transatlantic bond.

[10] Two dynamics served as the catalyst to establish the Deputy Chairman position on the Military Committee as it reflects today: 1.

The NAC approved the proposal on January 6, 1967, to formally establish the position of Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee.