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The secretary of the Navy ( SECNAV) is a statutory officer ( 10 U.S.C. § 8013) and the head ( chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense . By law, the secretary of the Navy must be a civilian at least five years removed from active military service.
Carlos Del Toro's voice. Del Toro's opening statement at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the FY2024 Navy and Marine Corps posture. Recorded March 28, 2023. Carlos Del Toro (born 1961) [1] is a Cuban-American entrepreneur and retired United States Navy officer who serves as the 78th United States Secretary of the Navy since 2021.
The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, at the urging of Secretary of War James McHenry, to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy (USN); since 1834, it has exercised jurisdiction over the ...
Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. Meredith Ashley Berger [1] is an American government official who is serving as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment; a position she has held since August 5, 2021. From August 25, 2021, until April 13, 2022, she concurrently served ...
World War I. James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet -level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. [1] Forrestal came from a very strict middle-class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the ...
Under Secretary. The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the United States Department of the Navy. The Under Secretary, called the "Under" in Pentagon slang, reports to the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). Before the creation of the Under Secretary's office, the second-highest civilian at the Department ...
The secretary of war was the head of the War Department. At first, he was responsible for all military affairs, including naval affairs. In 1798, the secretary of the Navy was created by statute, and the scope of responsibility for this office was reduced to the affairs of the United States Army.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy was established in 1861, to provide a senior deputy to the Secretary. The Assistant Secretary was responsible for the Navy's civilian personnel, as well as for administration of shore facilities (such as naval bases and shipyards). Gustavus Fox was the first to hold the post, serving throughout ...