Chain of Command

Commander in Chief: Honorable Barack Obama
Vice Commander In Chief: Honorable Joseph Biden
Secretary of Defense: Honorable Leon E. Panetta
Deputy Secretary of Defense: Honorable William J. Lynn
Secretary of Air Force: Honorable Michael B. Donley
Chief of Staff of Air Force: GEN Norton A. Schwartz
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force: GEN Philip M. Breedlove
Asst Vice Chief of Staff: Lt. GEN Richard Y. Newton III
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force: CMSAF James A. Roy
SASI: LT COL Barbara Warner (USAF Retired)
ASI: MSgt. Mike Watt (USAF Retired)

  Competition Chain of Command (in no particular order)

Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Gen. Martin E. Dempsey
Chief of Naval Operations: ADM Jonathan W. Greenert
Commandant of the Marine Corps: GEN James F. Amos
Secretary of the Army: Honorable John McHugh
Secretary of the Navy: Honorable Ray Mabus
Chief of Staff of the Army: Gen. Raymond T. Odierno