The Deputy Chief of Chaplains (DCCH) serves as the chief strategist for the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps and senior coordinating general officer for actions assigned to Assistant Chiefs of Chaplains (Reserve Component) and the USACHCS Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army.

As directed by the CCH, serves as the intermediate rater for senior-level active duty chaplains.

The current DCCH is Chaplain (Brigadier General) Jack Stumme Chaplain (COL) Leonard F. Stegman was nominated and selected in November 1973 to be the Deputy Chief of Chaplains but declined the nomination for personal reasons)