The first U.S. Armed Forces Chess Championship (USAFCC) was held in 1960, and continued uninterrupted through 1993.
Chess Center collaborated to host an open Swiss replacement event, the U.S. Armed Forces Open Chess Championship (USAFOCC).
[1] IM Emory Tate won the Armed Forces Chess Championship five times in 1983, 1984, and three times in a row in 1987 through 1989.
Robert Keough has also won five times in 1999, 2000, 2009;[2] 2008 (tied), and 2013.
[1] In 2018, Larry Larkins won his sixth Armed Forces Chess Championship.