Joseph Patrick McGee (born c. 1967) is a United States Army lieutenant general who serves as the director for strategy, plans, and policy of the Joint Staff.

A native of Atherton, California, McGee is a 1986 graduate of Saint Francis High School in nearby Mountain View.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from West Point, a master's degree in Administration from Central Michigan University, and is an alumnus of the army's Senior Fellows program, having served as a National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University for the 2010–2011 academic year.

[3] He was assigned to succeed Brett Sylvia as vice director for strategy, plans, and policy of the Joint Staff.

[8] In March 2024, he was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as director for strategy, plans, and policy of the Joint Staff.