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The secretary of the Army (SA or SECARMY) is a senior civilian official within the United States Department of Defense, with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications and financial management.
The President of the United States is, according to the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Federal Government. The Secretary of Defense is the "Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense", and is vested with statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 113) to lead the Department and all of its component ...
Recorded May 5, 2022. Christine Elizabeth Wormuth[1] (born April 19, 1969) is an American defense official and career civil servant who serves as the United States Secretary of the Army since 2021. [2] She is the first female United States Secretary of the Army. [3]
While McCarthy served as Acting Army Secretary, McPherson served as Acting Under Secretary. Ryan D. McCarthy (born 1973 or 1974) [1] is an American business executive and former U.S. Army Ranger who served as the 24th United States Secretary of the Army, from 2019 to 2021. [3] He previously held the office in an acting capacity in 2017 and 2019.
The department was established in 1947 and is currently divided into three major Departments—the Department of the Army, Navy and Air Force—and has a military staff of 1,418,542 (553,044 US Army; 329,304 US Navy; 202,786 US Marine Corps; 333,408 US Air Force). [1] The DoD is headed by the Secretary of Defense.
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth speaks during the Fort Gordon installation redesignation ceremony to Fort Eisenhower on the base on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Following the ceremony, Wormuth ...
No. Image Name Term of office President(s) served under 1 Kenneth Claiborne Royall: September 18, 1947 – April 27, 1949 Harry S. Truman: 2 Gordon Gray [1]: April 28, 1949 – April 12, 1950
The Department of the Army is a Military Department within the United States Department of Defense. The department is headed by the secretary of the army, who by statute must be a civilian, appointed by the president with the confirmation by the United States Senate. The secretary of the Army is responsible for and has the authority to conduct ...