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href="/wiki/File:Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg/220px-Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg/330px-Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg/440px-Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2296" data-file-height="2870" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Del_Toro" title="Carlos Del Toro">Carlos Del Toro</a><br /></div>since 9 August 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mister Secretary<br />The Honorable (formally)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">SECNAV</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data">The <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a>,<br />with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> <a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">advice and consent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/8013">§ 8013</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">18 June 1798<span class="noprint">; 226 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">18 June 1798</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stoddert" title="Benjamin Stoddert">Benjamin Stoddert</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense#Succession" title="United States Secretary of Defense">3rd in SecDef succession</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data">The <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary</a><br />(Principal Civilian Deputy)<br /><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a><br />(Navy Advisor and Deputy)<br />The <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant</a><br />(Marine Corps Advisor and Deputy)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Executive_Schedule" title="Executive Schedule">Executive Schedule, level II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.secnav.navy.mil/">www<wbr />.secnav<wbr />.navy<wbr />.mil</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>secretary of the Navy</b> (<b>SECNAV</b>) is a statutory officer (<a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/8013">§ 8013</a>) and the head (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a>, a military department within the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a>. </p><p>By law, the secretary of the Navy must <a href="/wiki/Civilian_control_of_the_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Civilian control of the military">be a civilian</a> at least five years removed from active military service. The secretary is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a> and requires confirmation by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>. </p><p>The secretary of the Navy was, from its creation in 1798, a member of the president's <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Cabinet">Cabinet</a> until 1949, when the secretary of the Navy (and the secretaries of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Air Force</a>) were by amendments to the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a> made subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 7, 2021, <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Del_Toro" title="Carlos Del Toro">Carlos Del Toro</a> was confirmed as secretary of the Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2001 to 2019, proposals to rename the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, which would have also renamed the secretary of the Navy to the <b>secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps</b>, were introduced with wide support in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>, but failed due to the opposition of Senator and retired U.S. Navy officer <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Department of the Navy (DoN) consists of two <a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services of the United States">uniformed services</a>: the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The secretary of the Navy is responsible for, and has statutory authority (<a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/8013">§ 8013</a>) to "conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy", i.e. as its chief executive officer, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the president and the secretary of defense. In effect, all authority within the Navy and Marine Corps, unless specifically exempted by law, is derivative of the authority vested in the secretary of the Navy. </p><p>Specifically enumerated responsibilities of the SECNAV in the aforementioned section are: recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The secretary also oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment, and facilities. SECNAV is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the president or the secretary of defense.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The secretary of the Navy is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_Board" title="Defense Acquisition Board">Defense Acquisition Board</a> (DAB), chaired by the <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Acquisition_and_Sustainment" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment">Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics</a>. Furthermore, the secretary has several statutory responsibilities under the <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a> (UCMJ) with respect to the administration of the military justice system for the Navy & the Marine Corps, including the authority to convene general courts-martial and to commute sentences. </p><p>The principal military advisers to the SECNAV are the two service chiefs of the naval services: for matters regarding the Navy the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">chief of naval operations</a> (CNO), and for matters regarding the Marine Corps the <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">commandant of the Marine Corps</a> (CMC). The CNO and the Commandant act as the principal executive agents of the SECNAV within their respective services to implement the orders of the secretary. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navy_Regulations">Navy Regulations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Navy Regulations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Regulations" title="United States Navy Regulations">United States Navy Regulations</a> is the principal regulatory document of the Department of the Navy, and all changes to it must be approved by the secretary of the Navy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Coast_Guard">U.S. Coast Guard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. Coast Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whenever the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> operates as a service within the Department of the Navy, the secretary of the Navy has the same powers and duties with respect to the Coast Guard as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">secretary of homeland security</a> when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Navy_Secretariat">The Navy Secretariat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Navy Secretariat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Office of the Secretary of the Navy</b>, also known within DoD as the <i>Navy Secretariat</i> or simply just as the <i>Secretariat</i> in a DoN setting, is the immediate headquarters staff that supports the secretary in discharging his duties. The principal officials of the Secretariat include the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">under secretary of the Navy</a> (the secretary's principal civilian deputy), the <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy">assistant secretaries of the Navy</a> (ASN), the <a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Navy" title="General Counsel of the Navy">general counsel of the Navy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Judge Advocate General of the Navy">judge advocate general of the Navy</a> (JAG), the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Inspector_General" title="Naval Inspector General">Naval inspector general</a> (NIG), the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Legislative_Affairs_(United_States_Navy)" title="Office of Legislative Affairs (United States Navy)">chief of Legislative Affairs</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Research" title="Chief of Naval Research">chief of naval research</a>. The Office of the Secretary of the Navy has sole responsibility within the Department of the Navy for acquisition, auditing, financial and information management, legislative affairs, and public affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pursuant to SecNavInst 5090.5F, the Department of the Navy <i>Environmental Programs Manual</i>, the secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations recognize a number of commands annually for achievements in such areas as <a href="/wiki/Environmental_quality" title="Environmental quality">environmental quality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Environmental_remediation" title="Environmental remediation">environmental cleanup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservation_in_the_United_States" title="Conservation in the United States">natural resources conservation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cultural_resources_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural resources management">cultural resources management</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pollution_prevention_in_the_US" class="mw-redirect" title="Pollution prevention in the US">pollution prevention</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Recycling" title="Recycling">recycling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-usn_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The chief of naval operations and the commandant of the Marine Corps have their own separate staffs, the <i><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Chief of Naval Operations">Office of the Chief of Naval Operations</a></i> (also known by its acronym OPNAV) and <i><a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretaries_of_the_Navy">Secretaries of the Navy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Secretaries of the Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: black;background-color:#E6E6AA; color:black;"> </span> Denotes <a href="/wiki/Acting_(law)" title="Acting (law)">acting</a> secretaries</div><p><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continental_Congress">Continental Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Continental Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Term of office </th></tr> <tr> <td>Chairman of the Marine Committee </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gilbert_Stuart,_John_Adams,_c._1800-1815,_NGA_42933.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Gilbert_Stuart%2C_John_Adams%2C_c._1800-1815%2C_NGA_42933.jpg/74px-Gilbert_Stuart%2C_John_Adams%2C_c._1800-1815%2C_NGA_42933.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Gilbert_Stuart%2C_John_Adams%2C_c._1800-1815%2C_NGA_42933.jpg/111px-Gilbert_Stuart%2C_John_Adams%2C_c._1800-1815%2C_NGA_42933.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Gilbert_Stuart%2C_John_Adams%2C_c._1800-1815%2C_NGA_42933.jpg/148px-Gilbert_Stuart%2C_John_Adams%2C_c._1800-1815%2C_NGA_42933.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3299" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> </td> <td>13 October 1775 – 1779 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member of the Marine Committee </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_langdon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/John_langdon.jpg/75px-John_langdon.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/John_langdon.jpg/113px-John_langdon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/John_langdon.jpg/150px-John_langdon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="742" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Langdon_(politician)" title="John Langdon (politician)">John Langdon</a> </td> <td>13 October 1775–? </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member of the Marine Committee </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Silas_Deane_-_Du_Simitier_and_B.L._Prevost.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Silas_Deane_-_Du_Simitier_and_B.L._Prevost.jpg/75px-Silas_Deane_-_Du_Simitier_and_B.L._Prevost.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Silas_Deane_-_Du_Simitier_and_B.L._Prevost.jpg/113px-Silas_Deane_-_Du_Simitier_and_B.L._Prevost.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Silas_Deane_-_Du_Simitier_and_B.L._Prevost.jpg/150px-Silas_Deane_-_Du_Simitier_and_B.L._Prevost.jpg 2x" data-file-width="836" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Silas_Deane" title="Silas Deane">Silas Deane</a> </td> <td>13 October 1775–? </td></tr> <tr> <td>Member of the Marine Committee </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Hewes.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Joseph_Hewes.png/75px-Joseph_Hewes.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Joseph_Hewes.png/113px-Joseph_Hewes.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Joseph_Hewes.png/150px-Joseph_Hewes.png 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="768" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hewes" title="Joseph Hewes">Joseph Hewes</a> </td> <td>1775<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Continental Navy Board<br />(under Marine Committee) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>6 November 1776 – 28 October 1779 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chairman of the Continental Board of Admiralty </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_Lewis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Francis_Lewis.jpg/75px-Francis_Lewis.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Francis_Lewis.jpg/113px-Francis_Lewis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Francis_Lewis.jpg/150px-Francis_Lewis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="254" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Lewis" title="Francis Lewis">Francis Lewis</a> </td> <td>December 1779 – 1780 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secretary of Marine </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AlexanderMcdougall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/AlexanderMcdougall.jpg/75px-AlexanderMcdougall.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/AlexanderMcdougall.jpg/113px-AlexanderMcdougall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/AlexanderMcdougall.jpg/150px-AlexanderMcdougall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1917" data-file-height="2091" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_McDougall" title="Alexander McDougall">Alexander McDougall</a> </td> <td>7 February 1781 – 29 August 1781 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Agent of Marine<br />(devolved onto <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_Finance_of_the_United_States" title="Superintendent of Finance of the United States">Superintendent of Finance</a>) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Morris_by_Charles_Willson_Peale,_c._1782_(New_Orleans_Mus_of_Art_78.2)_-_wide_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Robert_Morris_by_Charles_Willson_Peale%2C_c._1782_%28New_Orleans_Mus_of_Art_78.2%29_-_wide_crop.jpg/75px-Robert_Morris_by_Charles_Willson_Peale%2C_c._1782_%28New_Orleans_Mus_of_Art_78.2%29_-_wide_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Robert_Morris_by_Charles_Willson_Peale%2C_c._1782_%28New_Orleans_Mus_of_Art_78.2%29_-_wide_crop.jpg/112px-Robert_Morris_by_Charles_Willson_Peale%2C_c._1782_%28New_Orleans_Mus_of_Art_78.2%29_-_wide_crop.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Executive Department, 1798–1949"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>State </th> <th>Term of office </th> <th>Served under </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Benjamin_Stoddert_SecNavy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Benjamin_Stoddert_SecNavy.jpg/75px-Benjamin_Stoddert_SecNavy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Benjamin_Stoddert_SecNavy.jpg/113px-Benjamin_Stoddert_SecNavy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Benjamin_Stoddert_SecNavy.jpg/150px-Benjamin_Stoddert_SecNavy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3977" data-file-height="4993" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Stoddert" title="Benjamin Stoddert">Benjamin Stoddert</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td>18 June 1798 – 31 March 1801 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a>/<a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Smith_SecNavy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Robert_Smith_SecNavy.jpg/75px-Robert_Smith_SecNavy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Robert_Smith_SecNavy.jpg/113px-Robert_Smith_SecNavy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Robert_Smith_SecNavy.jpg/150px-Robert_Smith_SecNavy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="745" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Smith_(Cabinet_member)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Smith (Cabinet member)">Robert Smith</a> </td> <td>Maryland </td> <td>27 July 1801 – 4 March 1809 </td> <td>Thomas Jefferson </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Hamilton_SecNavy.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Paul_Hamilton_SecNavy.jpeg/75px-Paul_Hamilton_SecNavy.jpeg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Paul_Hamilton_SecNavy.jpeg/113px-Paul_Hamilton_SecNavy.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Paul_Hamilton_SecNavy.jpeg/150px-Paul_Hamilton_SecNavy.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="743" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hamilton_(politician)" title="Paul Hamilton (politician)">Paul Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> </td> <td>15 May 1809 – 31 December 1812 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William-Jones.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/William-Jones.jpg/75px-William-Jones.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/William-Jones.jpg/113px-William-Jones.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/William-Jones.jpg/150px-William-Jones.jpg 2x" data-file-width="605" data-file-height="729" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Jones_(statesman)" title="William Jones (statesman)">William Jones</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>19 January 1813 – 1 December 1814 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">5 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BWCrowninshield.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BWCrowninshield.jpg/75px-BWCrowninshield.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BWCrowninshield.jpg/113px-BWCrowninshield.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BWCrowninshield.jpg/150px-BWCrowninshield.jpg 2x" data-file-width="617" data-file-height="723" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Williams_Crowninshield" title="Benjamin Williams Crowninshield">Benjamin W. Crowninshield</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">16 January 1815 – 30 September 1818 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 45px"> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">James Monroe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SmithThompson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/SmithThompson.jpg/75px-SmithThompson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/SmithThompson.jpg/113px-SmithThompson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/SmithThompson.jpg/150px-SmithThompson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Smith_Thompson" title="Smith Thompson">Smith Thompson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td>1 January 1819 – 31 August 1823 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">7 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_L._Southard_SecNavy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Samuel_L._Southard_SecNavy.jpg/75px-Samuel_L._Southard_SecNavy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Samuel_L._Southard_SecNavy.jpg/113px-Samuel_L._Southard_SecNavy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Samuel_L._Southard_SecNavy.jpg/150px-Samuel_L._Southard_SecNavy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="741" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Southard" title="Samuel L. Southard">Samuel L. Southard</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">16 September 1823 – 4 March 1829 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 45px"> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">John Quincy Adams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnBranch2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/JohnBranch2.jpg/75px-JohnBranch2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/JohnBranch2.jpg/113px-JohnBranch2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/JohnBranch2.jpg/150px-JohnBranch2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="729" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Branch" title="John Branch">John Branch</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> </td> <td>9 March 1829 – 12 May 1831 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Levi_Woodbury.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Levi_Woodbury.jpg/75px-Levi_Woodbury.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Levi_Woodbury.jpg/113px-Levi_Woodbury.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Levi_Woodbury.jpg/150px-Levi_Woodbury.jpg 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="765" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Levi_Woodbury" title="Levi Woodbury">Levi Woodbury</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> </td> <td>23 May 1831 – 30 June 1834 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">10 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahlon_Dickerson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mahlon_Dickerson.jpg/75px-Mahlon_Dickerson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mahlon_Dickerson.jpg/113px-Mahlon_Dickerson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mahlon_Dickerson.jpg/150px-Mahlon_Dickerson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="608" data-file-height="739" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mahlon_Dickerson" title="Mahlon Dickerson">Mahlon Dickerson</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">New Jersey </td> <td rowspan="2">1 July 1834 – 30 June 1838 </td></tr> <tr style="height: 45px"> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JKPaulding.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/JKPaulding.jpg/75px-JKPaulding.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/JKPaulding.jpg/113px-JKPaulding.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/JKPaulding.jpg/150px-JKPaulding.jpg 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="730" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_K._Paulding" class="mw-redirect" title="James K. Paulding">James K. Paulding</a> </td> <td>New York </td> <td>1 July 1838 – 4 March 1841 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">12 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Edmund_Badger,_half-length_portrait,_facing_three-quarters_to_left_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/George_Edmund_Badger%2C_half-length_portrait%2C_facing_three-quarters_to_left_%28cropped%29.jpg/74px-George_Edmund_Badger%2C_half-length_portrait%2C_facing_three-quarters_to_left_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/George_Edmund_Badger%2C_half-length_portrait%2C_facing_three-quarters_to_left_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-George_Edmund_Badger%2C_half-length_portrait%2C_facing_three-quarters_to_left_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/George_Edmund_Badger%2C_half-length_portrait%2C_facing_three-quarters_to_left_%28cropped%29.jpg/149px-George_Edmund_Badger%2C_half-length_portrait%2C_facing_three-quarters_to_left_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2536" data-file-height="3242" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/George_E._Badger" class="mw-redirect" title="George E. Badger">George E. Badger</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">North Carolina </td> <td rowspan="2">6 March 1841 – 11 September 1841 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 45px"> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abel_P._Upshur_SecNavy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Abel_P._Upshur_SecNavy.jpg/75px-Abel_P._Upshur_SecNavy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Abel_P._Upshur_SecNavy.jpg/113px-Abel_P._Upshur_SecNavy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Abel_P._Upshur_SecNavy.jpg/150px-Abel_P._Upshur_SecNavy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="605" data-file-height="737" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abel_P._Upshur" title="Abel P. Upshur">Abel P. Upshur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td> <td>11 October 1841 – 23 July 1843 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Henshaw_SecNavy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/David_Henshaw_SecNavy.jpg/75px-David_Henshaw_SecNavy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/David_Henshaw_SecNavy.jpg/113px-David_Henshaw_SecNavy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/David_Henshaw_SecNavy.jpg/150px-David_Henshaw_SecNavy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="744" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Henshaw_(American_politician)" title="David Henshaw (American politician)">David Henshaw</a> </td> <td>Massachusetts </td> <td>24 July 1843 – 18 February 1844 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Gilmer_newer.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Thomas_Gilmer_newer.jpeg/75px-Thomas_Gilmer_newer.jpeg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Thomas_Gilmer_newer.jpeg/113px-Thomas_Gilmer_newer.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Thomas_Gilmer_newer.jpeg/150px-Thomas_Gilmer_newer.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="738" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_W._Gilmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas W. Gilmer">Thomas W. Gilmer</a> </td> <td>Virginia </td> <td>19 February 1844 – 28 February 1844 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JYMason.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/JYMason.jpg/75px-JYMason.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/JYMason.jpg/113px-JYMason.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/JYMason.jpg/150px-JYMason.jpg 2x" data-file-width="632" data-file-height="780" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Y._Mason" title="John Y. Mason">John Y. Mason</a> </td> <td>Virginia </td> <td>26 March 1844 – 4 March 1845 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Bancroft_United_States_Secretary_of_Navy_c._1860.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/George_Bancroft_United_States_Secretary_of_Navy_c._1860.jpg/75px-George_Bancroft_United_States_Secretary_of_Navy_c._1860.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/George_Bancroft_United_States_Secretary_of_Navy_c._1860.jpg/113px-George_Bancroft_United_States_Secretary_of_Navy_c._1860.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/George_Bancroft_United_States_Secretary_of_Navy_c._1860.jpg/150px-George_Bancroft_United_States_Secretary_of_Navy_c._1860.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4370" data-file-height="5884" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Bancroft" title="George Bancroft">George Bancroft</a> </td> <td>Massachusetts </td> <td>11 March 1845 – 9 September 1846 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JYMason.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/JYMason.jpg/75px-JYMason.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/JYMason.jpg/113px-JYMason.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/JYMason.jpg/150px-JYMason.jpg 2x" data-file-width="632" data-file-height="780" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Y._Mason" title="John Y. Mason">John Y. Mason</a> </td> <td>Virginia </td> <td>10 September 1846 – 4 March 1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WmBdPreston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/WmBdPreston.jpg/75px-WmBdPreston.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/WmBdPreston.jpg/113px-WmBdPreston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/WmBdPreston.jpg/150px-WmBdPreston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2814" data-file-height="3651" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_B._Preston" title="William B. Preston">William B. Preston</a> </td> <td>Virginia </td> <td>8 March 1849 – 22 July 1850 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Zachary Taylor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Alexander_Graham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/William_Alexander_Graham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/75px-William_Alexander_Graham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/William_Alexander_Graham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/113px-William_Alexander_Graham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/William_Alexander_Graham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/150px-William_Alexander_Graham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="3400" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Graham" title="William Alexander Graham">William A. Graham</a> </td> <td>North Carolina </td> <td>2 August 1850 – 25 July 1852 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Pendleton_Kennedy_Smithosonian_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_Pendleton_Kennedy_Smithosonian_1.jpg/74px-John_Pendleton_Kennedy_Smithosonian_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_Pendleton_Kennedy_Smithosonian_1.jpg/112px-John_Pendleton_Kennedy_Smithosonian_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_Pendleton_Kennedy_Smithosonian_1.jpg/149px-John_Pendleton_Kennedy_Smithosonian_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1784" data-file-height="2108" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_P._Kennedy" title="John P. Kennedy">John P. Kennedy</a> </td> <td>Maryland </td> <td>26 July 1852 – 4 March 1853 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Cochran_Dobbin,_attributed_to_John_Cranch,_c._1845,_oil_on_canvas,_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-9300792A.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/James_Cochran_Dobbin%2C_attributed_to_John_Cranch%2C_c._1845%2C_oil_on_canvas%2C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-9300792A.jpg/74px-James_Cochran_Dobbin%2C_attributed_to_John_Cranch%2C_c._1845%2C_oil_on_canvas%2C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-9300792A.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/James_Cochran_Dobbin%2C_attributed_to_John_Cranch%2C_c._1845%2C_oil_on_canvas%2C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-9300792A.jpg/112px-James_Cochran_Dobbin%2C_attributed_to_John_Cranch%2C_c._1845%2C_oil_on_canvas%2C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-9300792A.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/James_Cochran_Dobbin%2C_attributed_to_John_Cranch%2C_c._1845%2C_oil_on_canvas%2C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-9300792A.jpg/149px-James_Cochran_Dobbin%2C_attributed_to_John_Cranch%2C_c._1845%2C_oil_on_canvas%2C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-9300792A.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5853" data-file-height="7231" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_C._Dobbin" title="James C. Dobbin">James C. Dobbin</a> </td> <td>North Carolina </td> <td>8 March 1853 – 4 March 1857 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Franklin Pierce</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Isaac_Toucey_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Isaac_Toucey_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/75px-Isaac_Toucey_-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Isaac_Toucey_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/113px-Isaac_Toucey_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Isaac_Toucey_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/150px-Isaac_Toucey_-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="4472" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Toucey" title="Isaac Toucey">Isaac Toucey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </td> <td>7 March 1857 – 4 March 1861 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">24 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gideon_Welles_cph.3b20114_(3x4a).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Gideon_Welles_cph.3b20114_%283x4a%29.jpg/75px-Gideon_Welles_cph.3b20114_%283x4a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Gideon_Welles_cph.3b20114_%283x4a%29.jpg/112px-Gideon_Welles_cph.3b20114_%283x4a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Gideon_Welles_cph.3b20114_%283x4a%29.jpg/150px-Gideon_Welles_cph.3b20114_%283x4a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="899" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Welles" title="Gideon Welles">Gideon Welles</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Connecticut </td> <td rowspan="2">7 March 1861 – 4 March 1869 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height: 45px"> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adolph_Borie,_Brady-Handy_bw_photo_portrait,_ca1860-1875.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Adolph_Borie%2C_Brady-Handy_bw_photo_portrait%2C_ca1860-1875.jpg/75px-Adolph_Borie%2C_Brady-Handy_bw_photo_portrait%2C_ca1860-1875.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Adolph_Borie%2C_Brady-Handy_bw_photo_portrait%2C_ca1860-1875.jpg/113px-Adolph_Borie%2C_Brady-Handy_bw_photo_portrait%2C_ca1860-1875.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Adolph_Borie%2C_Brady-Handy_bw_photo_portrait%2C_ca1860-1875.jpg/150px-Adolph_Borie%2C_Brady-Handy_bw_photo_portrait%2C_ca1860-1875.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3053" data-file-height="3848" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adolph_E._Borie" title="Adolph E. Borie">Adolph E. Borie</a> </td> <td>Pennsylvania </td> <td>9 March 1869 – 25 June 1869 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Robeson_1865_1880.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/George_Robeson_1865_1880.jpg/75px-George_Robeson_1865_1880.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/George_Robeson_1865_1880.jpg/113px-George_Robeson_1865_1880.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/George_Robeson_1865_1880.jpg/150px-George_Robeson_1865_1880.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2104" data-file-height="2841" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_M._Robeson" title="George M. Robeson">George M. Robeson</a> </td> <td>New Jersey </td> <td>26 June 1869 – 4 March 1877 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Faxon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/William_Faxon.jpg/74px-William_Faxon.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/William_Faxon.jpg/112px-William_Faxon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/William_Faxon.jpg/149px-William_Faxon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="348" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/William_Faxon" title="William Faxon">William Faxon</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">4 March 1877 – 13 March 1877 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Rutherford B. Hayes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RWThompson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/RWThompson.jpg/75px-RWThompson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/RWThompson.jpg/113px-RWThompson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/RWThompson.jpg/150px-RWThompson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="523" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_W._Thompson" title="Richard W. Thompson">Richard W. Thompson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a> </td> <td>13 March 1877 – 20 December 1880 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nathan_Goff,_Jr._-_Brady-Handy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Nathan_Goff%2C_Jr._-_Brady-Handy.jpg/75px-Nathan_Goff%2C_Jr._-_Brady-Handy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Nathan_Goff%2C_Jr._-_Brady-Handy.jpg/113px-Nathan_Goff%2C_Jr._-_Brady-Handy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Nathan_Goff%2C_Jr._-_Brady-Handy.jpg/150px-Nathan_Goff%2C_Jr._-_Brady-Handy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2091" data-file-height="2855" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Goff_Jr." title="Nathan Goff Jr.">Nathan Goff Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> </td> <td>7 January 1881 – 4 March 1881 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">29 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William-Henry-Hunt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/William-Henry-Hunt.jpg/75px-William-Henry-Hunt.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/William-Henry-Hunt.jpg/113px-William-Henry-Hunt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/William-Henry-Hunt.jpg/150px-William-Henry-Hunt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="563" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/William_H._Hunt" title="William H. Hunt">William H. Hunt</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">7 March 1881 – 16 April 1882 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield">James A. Garfield</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur" title="Chester A. Arthur">Chester A. Arthur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wm_Eaton_Chandler_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Wm_Eaton_Chandler_%281%29.jpg/75px-Wm_Eaton_Chandler_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Wm_Eaton_Chandler_%281%29.jpg/112px-Wm_Eaton_Chandler_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Wm_Eaton_Chandler_%281%29.jpg/150px-Wm_Eaton_Chandler_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="764" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_E._Chandler" title="William E. Chandler">William E. Chandler</a> </td> <td>New Hampshire </td> <td>16 April 1882 – 4 March 1885 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Collins_Whitney_by_Charles_Milton_Bell_c1892.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/William_Collins_Whitney_by_Charles_Milton_Bell_c1892.jpg/75px-William_Collins_Whitney_by_Charles_Milton_Bell_c1892.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/William_Collins_Whitney_by_Charles_Milton_Bell_c1892.jpg/113px-William_Collins_Whitney_by_Charles_Milton_Bell_c1892.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/William_Collins_Whitney_by_Charles_Milton_Bell_c1892.jpg/150px-William_Collins_Whitney_by_Charles_Milton_Bell_c1892.jpg 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="643" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_C._Whitney" class="mw-redirect" title="William C. Whitney">William C. Whitney</a> </td> <td>New York </td> <td>7 March 1885 – 4 March 1889 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BFTracy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/BFTracy.jpg/75px-BFTracy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/BFTracy.jpg/113px-BFTracy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/BFTracy.jpg/150px-BFTracy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="873" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Tracy" title="Benjamin F. Tracy">Benjamin F. Tracy</a> </td> <td>New York </td> <td>6 March 1889 – 4 March 1893 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Benjamin Harrison</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hilary_A._Herbert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Hilary_A._Herbert.jpg/75px-Hilary_A._Herbert.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Hilary_A._Herbert.jpg/113px-Hilary_A._Herbert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Hilary_A._Herbert.jpg/150px-Hilary_A._Herbert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="526" data-file-height="659" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hilary_A._Herbert" title="Hilary A. Herbert">Hilary A. Herbert</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> </td> <td>7 March 1893 – 4 March 1897 </td> <td>Grover Cleveland </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">34 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JDLong.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/JDLong.jpg/75px-JDLong.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/JDLong.jpg/113px-JDLong.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/JDLong.jpg/150px-JDLong.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_Long" title="John Davis Long">John Davis Long</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Massachusetts </td> <td rowspan="2">6 March 1897 – 30 April 1902 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">William McKinley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>35</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WHMoody.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/WHMoody.jpg/75px-WHMoody.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/WHMoody.jpg/113px-WHMoody.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/WHMoody.jpg/150px-WHMoody.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1101" data-file-height="1422" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Moody" title="William Henry Moody">William H. Moody</a> </td> <td>Massachusetts </td> <td>1 May 1902 – 30 June 1904 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Morton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Paul_Morton.jpg/75px-Paul_Morton.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Paul_Morton.jpg/113px-Paul_Morton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Paul_Morton.jpg/150px-Paul_Morton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Morton_(politician)" title="Paul Morton (politician)">Paul Morton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td>1 July 1904 – 30 June 1905 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CJBonaparte.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/CJBonaparte.jpg/75px-CJBonaparte.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/CJBonaparte.jpg/113px-CJBonaparte.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/CJBonaparte.jpg/150px-CJBonaparte.jpg 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="833" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Bonaparte" title="Charles Joseph Bonaparte">Charles J. Bonaparte</a> </td> <td>Maryland </td> <td>1 July 1905 – 16 December 1906 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Victor_H_Metcalf_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Victor_H_Metcalf_002.jpg/75px-Victor_H_Metcalf_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Victor_H_Metcalf_002.jpg/113px-Victor_H_Metcalf_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Victor_H_Metcalf_002.jpg/150px-Victor_H_Metcalf_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="736" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_H._Metcalf" title="Victor H. Metcalf">Victor H. Metcalf</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td>17 December 1906 – 30 November 1908 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Truman_Handy_Newberry_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Truman_Handy_Newberry_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Truman_Handy_Newberry_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Truman_Handy_Newberry_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Truman_Handy_Newberry_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Truman_Handy_Newberry_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Truman_Handy_Newberry_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="605" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Truman_Handy_Newberry" class="mw-redirect" title="Truman Handy Newberry">Truman Handy Newberry</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> </td> <td>1 December 1908 – 4 March 1909 </td></tr> <tr> <td>40</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_George_von_Lengerke_Meyer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Portrait_of_George_von_Lengerke_Meyer.jpg/75px-Portrait_of_George_von_Lengerke_Meyer.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Portrait_of_George_von_Lengerke_Meyer.jpg/112px-Portrait_of_George_von_Lengerke_Meyer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Portrait_of_George_von_Lengerke_Meyer.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_George_von_Lengerke_Meyer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="711" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_von_Lengerke_Meyer" title="George von Lengerke Meyer">George von Lengerke Meyer</a> </td> <td>Massachusetts </td> <td>6 March 1909 – 4 March 1913 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">William Howard Taft</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>41</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Josephus_Daniels_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Josephus_Daniels_1.jpg/75px-Josephus_Daniels_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Josephus_Daniels_1.jpg/113px-Josephus_Daniels_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Josephus_Daniels_1.jpg/150px-Josephus_Daniels_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="613" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josephus_Daniels" title="Josephus Daniels">Josephus Daniels</a> </td> <td>North Carolina </td> <td>5 March 1913 – 4 March 1921 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">42 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ECDenby.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/ECDenby.jpg/75px-ECDenby.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/ECDenby.jpg/113px-ECDenby.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/ECDenby.jpg/150px-ECDenby.jpg 2x" data-file-width="668" data-file-height="888" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Denby_(politician)" title="Edwin Denby (politician)">Edwin Denby</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Michigan </td> <td rowspan="2">6 March 1921 – 10 March 1924 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. Harding">Warren G. Harding</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LC-DIG-ggbain-37582.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/LC-DIG-ggbain-37582.jpg/75px-LC-DIG-ggbain-37582.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/LC-DIG-ggbain-37582.jpg/112px-LC-DIG-ggbain-37582.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/LC-DIG-ggbain-37582.jpg/149px-LC-DIG-ggbain-37582.jpg 2x" data-file-width="788" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Jr." title="Theodore Roosevelt Jr.">Theodore Roosevelt Jr.</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">10 March 1924 – 19 March 1924 </td></tr> <tr> <td>43</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Curtis_D._Wilbur,_(3-24-24)_LOC_npcc.10863_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Curtis_D._Wilbur%2C_%283-24-24%29_LOC_npcc.10863_%28cropped%29.jpg/74px-Curtis_D._Wilbur%2C_%283-24-24%29_LOC_npcc.10863_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Curtis_D._Wilbur%2C_%283-24-24%29_LOC_npcc.10863_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Curtis_D._Wilbur%2C_%283-24-24%29_LOC_npcc.10863_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Curtis_D._Wilbur%2C_%283-24-24%29_LOC_npcc.10863_%28cropped%29.jpg/149px-Curtis_D._Wilbur%2C_%283-24-24%29_LOC_npcc.10863_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2162" data-file-height="3109" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Curtis_D._Wilbur" title="Curtis D. Wilbur">Curtis D. Wilbur</a> </td> <td>California </td> <td>19 March 1924 – 4 March 1929 </td></tr> <tr> <td>44</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Francis_Adams%E2%85%A2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Charles_Francis_Adams%E2%85%A2.jpg/75px-Charles_Francis_Adams%E2%85%A2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Charles_Francis_Adams%E2%85%A2.jpg/112px-Charles_Francis_Adams%E2%85%A2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Charles_Francis_Adams%E2%85%A2.jpg/149px-Charles_Francis_Adams%E2%85%A2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="323" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Francis_Adams_III" title="Charles Francis Adams III">Charles Francis Adams III</a> </td> <td>Massachusetts </td> <td>5 March 1929 – 4 March 1933 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>45</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SWANSON,_CLAUDE._HONORABLE_LCCN2016856629_(3x4a).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/SWANSON%2C_CLAUDE._HONORABLE_LCCN2016856629_%283x4a%29.jpg/75px-SWANSON%2C_CLAUDE._HONORABLE_LCCN2016856629_%283x4a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/SWANSON%2C_CLAUDE._HONORABLE_LCCN2016856629_%283x4a%29.jpg/112px-SWANSON%2C_CLAUDE._HONORABLE_LCCN2016856629_%283x4a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/SWANSON%2C_CLAUDE._HONORABLE_LCCN2016856629_%283x4a%29.jpg/150px-SWANSON%2C_CLAUDE._HONORABLE_LCCN2016856629_%283x4a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3390" data-file-height="4520" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Swanson" title="Claude A. Swanson">Claude A. Swanson</a> </td> <td>Virginia </td> <td>4 March 1933 – 7 July 1939 </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">46 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Edison.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Charles_Edison.jpg/75px-Charles_Edison.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Charles_Edison.jpg/113px-Charles_Edison.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Charles_Edison.jpg/150px-Charles_Edison.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="496" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edison" title="Charles Edison">Charles Edison</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">New Jersey </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">7 July 1939 – 2 January 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 January 1940 – 24 June 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lewis_Compton_(Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lewis_Compton_%28Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy%29.jpg/75px-Lewis_Compton_%28Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lewis_Compton_%28Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy%29.jpg/113px-Lewis_Compton_%28Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Lewis_Compton_%28Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy%29.jpg/150px-Lewis_Compton_%28Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="755" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Compton" title="Lewis Compton">Lewis Compton</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">24 June 1940 – 11 July 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td>47 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fknox.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Fknox.jpg/75px-Fknox.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Fknox.jpg/113px-Fknox.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Fknox.jpg/150px-Fknox.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4524" data-file-height="5796" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Knox" title="Frank Knox">Frank Knox</a> </td> <td>Illinois </td> <td>11 July 1940 – 28 April 1944 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ralph_A._Bard_cph.3a40857.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ralph_A._Bard_cph.3a40857.jpg/75px-Ralph_A._Bard_cph.3a40857.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ralph_A._Bard_cph.3a40857.jpg/112px-Ralph_A._Bard_cph.3a40857.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ralph_A._Bard_cph.3a40857.jpg/150px-Ralph_A._Bard_cph.3a40857.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1506" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Austin_Bard" title="Ralph Austin Bard">Ralph Austin Bard</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">28 April 1944 – 19 May 1944 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">48 </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Forrestal_-_SecOfDef.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/James_Forrestal_-_SecOfDef.jpg/75px-James_Forrestal_-_SecOfDef.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/James_Forrestal_-_SecOfDef.jpg/113px-James_Forrestal_-_SecOfDef.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/James_Forrestal_-_SecOfDef.jpg/150px-James_Forrestal_-_SecOfDef.jpg 2x" data-file-width="543" data-file-height="657" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/James_Forrestal" title="James Forrestal">James Forrestal</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">New York </td> <td rowspan="3">19 May 1944 – 17 September 1947 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Franklin D. Roosevelt </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>49 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_L_Sullivan_SecofNavy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/John_L_Sullivan_SecofNavy.jpg/75px-John_L_Sullivan_SecofNavy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/John_L_Sullivan_SecofNavy.jpg/113px-John_L_Sullivan_SecofNavy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/John_L_Sullivan_SecofNavy.jpg/150px-John_L_Sullivan_SecofNavy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="523" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_L._Sullivan_(United_States_Navy)" title="John L. Sullivan (United States Navy)">John L. Sullivan</a> </td> <td>New Hampshire </td> <td>18 September 1947 – 24 May 1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td>50 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_P._Matthews.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Francis_P._Matthews.jpg/75px-Francis_P._Matthews.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Francis_P._Matthews.jpg/113px-Francis_P._Matthews.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Francis_P._Matthews.jpg/150px-Francis_P._Matthews.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_P._Matthews" title="Francis P. Matthews">Francis P. Matthews</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> </td> <td>25 May 1949 – 10 August 1949 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"></small></p><small><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: black;background-color:#E6E6AA; color:black;"> </span> Denotes an <i><a href="/wiki/Acting_(law)" title="Acting (law)">Acting</a> United States Secretary of the Navy</i></div></small> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_Department_(Department_of_Defense),_1949–present"><span id="Military_Department_.28Department_of_Defense.29.2C_1949.E2.80.93present"></span>Military Department (Department of Defense), 1949–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Military Department (Department of Defense), 1949–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">No. </th> <th rowspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th colspan="2">Served under </th></tr> <tr> <th>Began </th> <th>Ended </th> <th>Days of service </th> <th><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>50 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_P._Matthews.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Francis_P._Matthews.jpg/75px-Francis_P._Matthews.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Francis_P._Matthews.jpg/113px-Francis_P._Matthews.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Francis_P._Matthews.jpg/150px-Francis_P._Matthews.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </td> <td>Francis P. Matthews </td> <td>10 August 1949 </td> <td>31 July 1951 </td> <td>797 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_A._Johnson" title="Louis A. Johnson">Louis A. Johnson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_C._Marshall" title="George C. Marshall">George C. Marshall</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Harry S. Truman </td></tr> <tr> <td>51 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DanAKimball.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/DanAKimball.jpg/75px-DanAKimball.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/DanAKimball.jpg/113px-DanAKimball.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/DanAKimball.jpg/150px-DanAKimball.jpg 2x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="741" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_A._Kimball" title="Dan A. Kimball">Dan A. Kimball</a> </td> <td>31 July 1951 </td> <td>20 January 1953 </td> <td>539 </td> <td>George C. Marshall<br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Lovett" title="Robert A. Lovett">Robert A. Lovett</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>52 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:80-G-K-14927_Robert_B._Anderson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/80-G-K-14927_Robert_B._Anderson.jpg/75px-80-G-K-14927_Robert_B._Anderson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/80-G-K-14927_Robert_B._Anderson.jpg/113px-80-G-K-14927_Robert_B._Anderson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/80-G-K-14927_Robert_B._Anderson.jpg/150px-80-G-K-14927_Robert_B._Anderson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4587" data-file-height="5812" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Anderson_(Texas_politician)" title="Robert B. Anderson (Texas politician)">Robert B. Anderson</a> </td> <td>4 February 1953 </td> <td>3 March 1954 </td> <td>392 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson" title="Charles Erwin Wilson">Charles E. Wilson</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>53 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CharlesSThomas_Cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/CharlesSThomas_Cropped.jpg/75px-CharlesSThomas_Cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/CharlesSThomas_Cropped.jpg/113px-CharlesSThomas_Cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/CharlesSThomas_Cropped.jpg/150px-CharlesSThomas_Cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="539" data-file-height="624" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_(Secretary_of_the_Navy)" title="Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy)">Charles Thomas</a> </td> <td>3 May 1954 </td> <td>1 April 1957 </td> <td>1064 </td></tr> <tr> <td>54 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_S_Gates_Jr..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Thomas_S_Gates_Jr..jpg/75px-Thomas_S_Gates_Jr..jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Thomas_S_Gates_Jr..jpg/112px-Thomas_S_Gates_Jr..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Thomas_S_Gates_Jr..jpg/150px-Thomas_S_Gates_Jr..jpg 2x" data-file-width="5259" data-file-height="6733" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gates_Jr." title="Thomas S. Gates Jr.">Thomas S. Gates Jr.</a> </td> <td>1 April 1957 </td> <td>8 June 1959 </td> <td>798 </td> <td>Charles E. Wilson<br /><a href="/wiki/Neil_H._McElroy" title="Neil H. McElroy">Neil H. McElroy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>55 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:K-19407_William_B._Franke_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/K-19407_William_B._Franke_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-K-19407_William_B._Franke_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/K-19407_William_B._Franke_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-K-19407_William_B._Franke_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/K-19407_William_B._Franke_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-K-19407_William_B._Franke_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4448" data-file-height="5691" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_B._Franke" title="William B. Franke">William B. Franke</a> </td> <td>8 June 1959 </td> <td>19 January 1961 </td> <td>591 </td> <td>Neil H. McElroy<br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gates,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas S. Gates, Jr.">Thomas S. Gates, Jr.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>56 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Connally.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/John_Connally.jpg/75px-John_Connally.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/John_Connally.jpg/113px-John_Connally.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/John_Connally.jpg/150px-John_Connally.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1520" data-file-height="1890" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Connally" title="John Connally">John Connally</a> </td> <td>25 January 1961 </td> <td>20 December 1961 </td> <td>329 </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>57 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FredKorth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/FredKorth.jpg/75px-FredKorth.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/FredKorth.jpg/113px-FredKorth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/FredKorth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="148" data-file-height="219" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Korth" title="Fred Korth">Fred Korth</a> </td> <td>4 January 1962 </td> <td>1 November 1963 </td> <td>666 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PaulBFay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/PaulBFay.jpg/75px-PaulBFay.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/PaulBFay.jpg/113px-PaulBFay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/PaulBFay.jpg/150px-PaulBFay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="240" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Fay" title="Paul B. Fay">Paul B. Fay</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">2 November 1963 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">28 November 1963 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">26 </td> <td>John F. Kennedy<br /><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>58 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nitze,_Paul.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Nitze%2C_Paul.jpg/74px-Nitze%2C_Paul.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Nitze%2C_Paul.jpg/112px-Nitze%2C_Paul.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Nitze%2C_Paul.jpg/149px-Nitze%2C_Paul.jpg 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nitze" title="Paul Nitze">Paul Nitze</a> </td> <td>29 November 1963 </td> <td>30 June 1967 </td> <td>1309 </td> <td rowspan="2">Lyndon B. Johnson </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Baird" title="Charles F. Baird">Charles F. Baird</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">1 July 1967 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">31 August 1967 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">61 </td></tr> <tr> <td>59 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ignatius,_Paul_Robert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ignatius%2C_Paul_Robert.jpg/75px-Ignatius%2C_Paul_Robert.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ignatius%2C_Paul_Robert.jpg/113px-Ignatius%2C_Paul_Robert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ignatius%2C_Paul_Robert.jpg/150px-Ignatius%2C_Paul_Robert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ignatius" title="Paul Ignatius">Paul Ignatius</a> </td> <td>1 September 1967 </td> <td>24 January 1969 </td> <td>511 </td> <td>Robert McNamara<br /><a href="/wiki/Clark_Clifford" title="Clark Clifford">Clark Clifford</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Laird" title="Melvin Laird">Melvin Laird</a> </td> <td>Lyndon B. Johnson<br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>60 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J.L._3814_John_H._Chafee,_1969_(cropped)-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/J.L._3814_John_H._Chafee%2C_1969_%28cropped%29-2.jpg/75px-J.L._3814_John_H._Chafee%2C_1969_%28cropped%29-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/J.L._3814_John_H._Chafee%2C_1969_%28cropped%29-2.jpg/112px-J.L._3814_John_H._Chafee%2C_1969_%28cropped%29-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/J.L._3814_John_H._Chafee%2C_1969_%28cropped%29-2.jpg/150px-J.L._3814_John_H._Chafee%2C_1969_%28cropped%29-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3068" data-file-height="3852" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Chafee" title="John Chafee">John Chafee</a> </td> <td>31 January 1969 </td> <td>4 May 1972 </td> <td>1189 </td> <td>Melvin Laird </td> <td rowspan="2">Richard Nixon </td></tr> <tr> <td>61 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_W_Warner_Sec_of_Navy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/John_W_Warner_Sec_of_Navy.jpg/89px-John_W_Warner_Sec_of_Navy.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/John_W_Warner_Sec_of_Navy.jpg/133px-John_W_Warner_Sec_of_Navy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/John_W_Warner_Sec_of_Navy.jpg/178px-John_W_Warner_Sec_of_Navy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4552" data-file-height="5739" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">John Warner</a> </td> <td>4 May 1972 </td> <td>8 April 1974 </td> <td>704 </td> <td>Melvin Laird<br /><a href="/wiki/Elliot_Richardson" title="Elliot Richardson">Elliot Richardson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/James_R._Schlesinger" title="James R. Schlesinger">James R. Schlesinger</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>62 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_William_Middendorf_(1969).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/John_William_Middendorf_%281969%29.jpg/74px-John_William_Middendorf_%281969%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/John_William_Middendorf_%281969%29.jpg/112px-John_William_Middendorf_%281969%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/John_William_Middendorf_%281969%29.jpg/148px-John_William_Middendorf_%281969%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="881" data-file-height="1174" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._William_Middendorf" title="J. William Middendorf">J. William Middendorf</a> </td> <td>8 April 1974 </td> <td>20 January 1977 </td> <td>1018 </td> <td>James R. Schlesinger<br /><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a> </td> <td>Richard Nixon<br /><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>63 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W._Graham_Claytor_1984.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/W._Graham_Claytor_1984.jpg/75px-W._Graham_Claytor_1984.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/W._Graham_Claytor_1984.jpg/113px-W._Graham_Claytor_1984.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/W._Graham_Claytor_1984.jpg/150px-W._Graham_Claytor_1984.jpg 2x" data-file-width="670" data-file-height="670" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/W._Graham_Claytor_Jr." title="W. Graham Claytor Jr.">W. Graham Claytor Jr.</a> </td> <td>14 February 1977 </td> <td>24 August 1979 </td> <td>921 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Brown_(Secretary_of_Defense)" title="Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)">Harold Brown</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>64 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I06944k.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/I06944k.jpg/75px-I06944k.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/I06944k.jpg/113px-I06944k.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/I06944k.jpg/150px-I06944k.jpg 2x" data-file-width="715" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hidalgo" title="Edward Hidalgo">Edward Hidalgo</a> </td> <td>24 October 1979 </td> <td>20 January 1981 </td> <td>454 </td></tr> <tr> <td>65 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Lehman,_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy,_1982.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/John_Lehman%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_1982.JPEG/75px-John_Lehman%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_1982.JPEG" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/John_Lehman%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_1982.JPEG/113px-John_Lehman%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_1982.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/John_Lehman%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_1982.JPEG/150px-John_Lehman%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_1982.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Lehman" title="John Lehman">John Lehman</a> </td> <td>5 February 1981 </td> <td>10 April 1987 </td> <td>2255 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger" title="Caspar Weinberger">Caspar Weinberger</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>66 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Webb,_Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense,_official_photo.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/James_Webb%2C_Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_photo.JPEG/75px-James_Webb%2C_Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_photo.JPEG" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/James_Webb%2C_Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_photo.JPEG/113px-James_Webb%2C_Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_photo.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/James_Webb%2C_Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_photo.JPEG/150px-James_Webb%2C_Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_photo.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2420" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Jim Webb</a> </td> <td>1 May 1987 </td> <td>23 February 1988 </td> <td>298 </td> <td>Caspar Weinberger<br /><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carlucci" title="Frank Carlucci">Frank Carlucci</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>67 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_of_the_Navy_William_Ball.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Secretary_of_the_Navy_William_Ball.jpg/75px-Secretary_of_the_Navy_William_Ball.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Secretary_of_the_Navy_William_Ball.jpg/113px-Secretary_of_the_Navy_William_Ball.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Secretary_of_the_Navy_William_Ball.jpg/150px-Secretary_of_the_Navy_William_Ball.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2363" data-file-height="2963" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_L._Ball" title="William L. Ball">William L. Ball</a> </td> <td>28 March 1988 </td> <td>15 May 1989 </td> <td>413 </td> <td>Frank Carlucci<br /><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Richard B. Cheney</a> </td> <td>Ronald Reagan<br /><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>68 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Lawrence_Garrett_III,_official_Navy_photo,_1987.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Henry_Lawrence_Garrett_III%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1987.jpg/75px-Henry_Lawrence_Garrett_III%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1987.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Henry_Lawrence_Garrett_III%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1987.jpg/113px-Henry_Lawrence_Garrett_III%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1987.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Henry_Lawrence_Garrett_III%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1987.jpg/150px-Henry_Lawrence_Garrett_III%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1987.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Garrett_III" title="Henry L. Garrett III">Henry L. Garrett III</a> </td> <td>15 May 1989 </td> <td>26 June 1992 </td> <td>1138 </td> <td rowspan="4">Richard B. Cheney </td> <td rowspan="4">George H. W. Bush </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J._Daniel_Howard,_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/J._Daniel_Howard%2C_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy_%282%29.jpg/75px-J._Daniel_Howard%2C_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/J._Daniel_Howard%2C_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy_%282%29.jpg/113px-J._Daniel_Howard%2C_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/J._Daniel_Howard%2C_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy_%282%29.jpg/150px-J._Daniel_Howard%2C_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/J._Daniel_Howard" title="J. Daniel Howard">Daniel Howard</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">26 June 1992 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">7 July 1992 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">69 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sean_O%27Keefe,_official_Navy_photo,_1992.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sean_O%27Keefe%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1992.jpg/75px-Sean_O%27Keefe%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1992.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sean_O%27Keefe%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1992.jpg/113px-Sean_O%27Keefe%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1992.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sean_O%27Keefe%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1992.jpg/150px-Sean_O%27Keefe%2C_official_Navy_photo%2C_1992.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sean_O%27Keefe" title="Sean O'Keefe">Sean O'Keefe</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">7 July 1992 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">2 October 1992 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">87 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 October 1992 </td> <td>20 January 1993 </td> <td>110 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiral_Frank_Kelso,_official_military_photo.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Admiral_Frank_Kelso%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG/75px-Admiral_Frank_Kelso%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Admiral_Frank_Kelso%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG/113px-Admiral_Frank_Kelso%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Admiral_Frank_Kelso%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG/150px-Admiral_Frank_Kelso%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2571" data-file-height="3270" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">Admiral <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kelso" title="Frank Kelso">Frank B. Kelso II</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">20 January 1993 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">21 July 1993 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">182 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Les_Aspin" title="Les Aspin">Les Aspin</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>70 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DaltonJohn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/DaltonJohn.jpg/75px-DaltonJohn.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/DaltonJohn.jpg/113px-DaltonJohn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/DaltonJohn.jpg/150px-DaltonJohn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2357" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_H._Dalton" class="mw-redirect" title="John H. Dalton">John H. Dalton</a> </td> <td>22 July 1993 </td> <td>16 November 1998 </td> <td>1943 </td> <td>Les Aspin<br /><a href="/wiki/William_J._Perry" title="William J. Perry">William J. Perry</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_Cohen" title="William Cohen">William Cohen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>71 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Danzig,_official_Navy_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Richard_Danzig%2C_official_Navy_photo.jpg/75px-Richard_Danzig%2C_official_Navy_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Richard_Danzig%2C_official_Navy_photo.jpg/113px-Richard_Danzig%2C_official_Navy_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Richard_Danzig%2C_official_Navy_photo.jpg/150px-Richard_Danzig%2C_official_Navy_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Danzig" title="Richard Danzig">Richard Danzig</a> </td> <td>16 November 1998 </td> <td>20 January 2001 </td> <td>796 </td> <td>William Cohen </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Pirie,_official_photo_portrait,_circa_2001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Robert_Pirie%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_circa_2001.jpg/75px-Robert_Pirie%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_circa_2001.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Robert_Pirie%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_circa_2001.jpg/113px-Robert_Pirie%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_circa_2001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Robert_Pirie%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_circa_2001.jpg/150px-Robert_Pirie%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_circa_2001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2350" data-file-height="2949" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Pirie_Jr." title="Robert B. Pirie Jr.">Robert B. Pirie Jr.</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">20 January 2001 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">24 May 2001 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">124 </td> <td rowspan="6">Donald Rumsfeld </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>72 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gordon_England_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Gordon_England_portrait.jpg/75px-Gordon_England_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Gordon_England_portrait.jpg/113px-Gordon_England_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Gordon_England_portrait.jpg/150px-Gordon_England_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="3008" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_R._England" title="Gordon R. England">Gordon R. England</a> </td> <td>24 May 2001 </td> <td>30 January 2003 </td> <td>616 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_030202-N-0000X-001_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/US_Navy_030202-N-0000X-001_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy.jpg/75px-US_Navy_030202-N-0000X-001_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/US_Navy_030202-N-0000X-001_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy.jpg/113px-US_Navy_030202-N-0000X-001_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/US_Navy_030202-N-0000X-001_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy.jpg/150px-US_Navy_030202-N-0000X-001_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2173" data-file-height="2833" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Livingstone" title="Susan Livingstone">Susan Livingstone</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">30 January 2003 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">7 February 2003 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_030402-N-0000X-001_Secretary_of_the_Navy_Hansford_T._Johnson_(Acting).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/US_Navy_030402-N-0000X-001_Secretary_of_the_Navy_Hansford_T._Johnson_%28Acting%29.jpg/75px-US_Navy_030402-N-0000X-001_Secretary_of_the_Navy_Hansford_T._Johnson_%28Acting%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/US_Navy_030402-N-0000X-001_Secretary_of_the_Navy_Hansford_T._Johnson_%28Acting%29.jpg/113px-US_Navy_030402-N-0000X-001_Secretary_of_the_Navy_Hansford_T._Johnson_%28Acting%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/US_Navy_030402-N-0000X-001_Secretary_of_the_Navy_Hansford_T._Johnson_%28Acting%29.jpg/150px-US_Navy_030402-N-0000X-001_Secretary_of_the_Navy_Hansford_T._Johnson_%28Acting%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1680" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Hansford_T._Johnson" title="Hansford T. Johnson">Hansford T. Johnson</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">7 February 2003 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">30 September 2003 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">235 </td></tr> <tr> <td>73 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gordon_England_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Gordon_England_portrait.jpg/75px-Gordon_England_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Gordon_England_portrait.jpg/113px-Gordon_England_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Gordon_England_portrait.jpg/150px-Gordon_England_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="3008" /></a></span> </td> <td>Gordon R. England </td> <td>1 October 2003 </td> <td>29 December 2005<sup id="cite_ref-aviles_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aviles-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>820 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AvilesDionel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/AvilesDionel.jpg/75px-AvilesDionel.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/AvilesDionel.jpg/113px-AvilesDionel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/AvilesDionel.jpg/150px-AvilesDionel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="750" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Dionel_M._Aviles" title="Dionel M. Aviles">Dionel M. Aviles</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">29 December 2005<sup id="cite_ref-aviles_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aviles-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">3 January 2006<sup id="cite_ref-aviles_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aviles-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>74 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Winter,_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy,_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Donald_Winter%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_2006.jpg/75px-Donald_Winter%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Donald_Winter%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_2006.jpg/113px-Donald_Winter%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Donald_Winter%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_2006.jpg/150px-Donald_Winter%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_C._Winter" title="Donald C. Winter">Donald C. Winter</a> </td> <td>3 January 2006<sup id="cite_ref-aviles_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aviles-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>13 March 2009<sup id="cite_ref-resign_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resign-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1165 </td> <td>Donald Rumsfeld<br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> </td> <td>George W. Bush<br /><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PennBJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/PennBJ.jpg/75px-PennBJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/PennBJ.jpg/113px-PennBJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/PennBJ.jpg/150px-PennBJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/B._J._Penn_(United_States_Navy)" title="B. J. Penn (United States Navy)">B. J. Penn</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">13 March 2009<sup id="cite_ref-resign_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resign-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">19 May 2009<sup id="cite_ref-ray_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ray-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">67 </td> <td>Robert Gates </td> <td rowspan="2">Barack Obama </td></tr> <tr> <td>75 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SECNAV-Mabus-OfficialPhoto2-2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/SECNAV-Mabus-OfficialPhoto2-2014.jpg/75px-SECNAV-Mabus-OfficialPhoto2-2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/SECNAV-Mabus-OfficialPhoto2-2014.jpg/113px-SECNAV-Mabus-OfficialPhoto2-2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/SECNAV-Mabus-OfficialPhoto2-2014.jpg/150px-SECNAV-Mabus-OfficialPhoto2-2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1193" data-file-height="1496" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Mabus" title="Ray Mabus">Ray Mabus</a> </td> <td>19 May 2009<sup id="cite_ref-resign_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resign-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 January 2017 </td> <td>2803 </td> <td>Robert Gates<br /><a href="/wiki/Leon_Panetta" title="Leon Panetta">Leon Panetta</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ash_Carter" title="Ash Carter">Ash Carter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sean_J._Stackley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Sean_J._Stackley.jpg/75px-Sean_J._Stackley.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Sean_J._Stackley.jpg/113px-Sean_J._Stackley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Sean_J._Stackley.jpg/150px-Sean_J._Stackley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Sean_Stackley" title="Sean Stackley">Sean Stackley</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">20 January 2017 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">3 August 2017 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">195 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mattis" title="Jim Mattis">Jim Mattis</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>76 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_V._Spencer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Richard_V._Spencer.jpg/75px-Richard_V._Spencer.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Richard_V._Spencer.jpg/113px-Richard_V._Spencer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Richard_V._Spencer.jpg/150px-Richard_V._Spencer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4055" data-file-height="5069" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_V._Spencer" title="Richard V. Spencer">Richard V. Spencer</a> </td> <td>3 August 2017 </td> <td>15 July 2019 </td> <td>711 </td> <td>Jim Mattis<br /><a href="/wiki/Patrick_M._Shanahan" title="Patrick M. Shanahan">Patrick M. 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Spencer">Richard V. Spencer</a> (Acting)<br />Mark Esper </td></tr> <tr> <td>76 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_V._Spencer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Richard_V._Spencer.jpg/75px-Richard_V._Spencer.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Richard_V._Spencer.jpg/113px-Richard_V._Spencer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Richard_V._Spencer.jpg/150px-Richard_V._Spencer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4055" data-file-height="5069" /></a></span> </td> <td>Richard V. Spencer </td> <td>31 July 2019 </td> <td>24 November 2019 </td> <td>116 </td> <td rowspan="4">Mark Esper </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_B._Modly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Thomas_B._Modly.jpg/75px-Thomas_B._Modly.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Thomas_B._Modly.jpg/113px-Thomas_B._Modly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Thomas_B._Modly.jpg/150px-Thomas_B._Modly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3412" data-file-height="4264" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">Thomas Modly </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">24 November 2019 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">7 April 2020 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">135 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_McPherson_Acting_Navy_Secretary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/James_McPherson_Acting_Navy_Secretary.jpg/75px-James_McPherson_Acting_Navy_Secretary.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/James_McPherson_Acting_Navy_Secretary.jpg/113px-James_McPherson_Acting_Navy_Secretary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/James_McPherson_Acting_Navy_Secretary.jpg/150px-James_McPherson_Acting_Navy_Secretary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3002" data-file-height="3753" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/James_E._McPherson" title="James E. McPherson">James E. McPherson</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">7 April 2020 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">29 May 2020 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td>77 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenneth_J._Braithwaite_II_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Kenneth_J._Braithwaite_II_official_photo.jpg/75px-Kenneth_J._Braithwaite_II_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Kenneth_J._Braithwaite_II_official_photo.jpg/113px-Kenneth_J._Braithwaite_II_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Kenneth_J._Braithwaite_II_official_photo.jpg/150px-Kenneth_J._Braithwaite_II_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3186" data-file-height="3983" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Braithwaite" title="Kenneth Braithwaite">Kenneth Braithwaite</a> </td> <td>29 May 2020<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 January 2021 </td> <td>236 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(acting)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_W._Harker_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Thomas_W._Harker_official_photo.jpg/75px-Thomas_W._Harker_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Thomas_W._Harker_official_photo.jpg/113px-Thomas_W._Harker_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Thomas_W._Harker_official_photo.jpg/150px-Thomas_W._Harker_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4079" data-file-height="5098" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Harker" title="Thomas Harker">Thomas Harker</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">20 January 2021 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">9 August 2021 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">201 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Norquist" title="David Norquist">David Norquist</a> (Acting)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>78 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg/75px-Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg/113px-Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg/150px-Carlos_Del_Toro_SECNAV_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2296" data-file-height="2870" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Del_Toro" title="Carlos Del Toro">Carlos Del Toro</a> </td> <td>9 August 2021 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td>1201 </td> <td>Lloyd Austin </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"></small></p><small><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: black;background-color:#E6E6AA; color:black;"> </span> Denotes an <i><a href="/wiki/Acting_(law)" title="Acting (law)">Acting</a> United States Secretary of the Navy</i></div></small> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit 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[...] BJ Penn will be the acting Secretary of the Navy until the Senate confirms a nominee chosen by President Barack Obama.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Navy+Secretary+Departs+Office&rft.pub=United+States+Department+of+Defense&rft.date=2009-03-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.defenselink.mil%2Freleases%2Frelease.aspx%3Freleaseid%3D12554&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+the+Navy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ray-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ray_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_reporter2005" class="citation web cs1">Staff reporter (19 May 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=18435">"Mabus Sworn in as New Navy Secretary"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 May</span> 2009</span>. <q>Ray Mabus, former Mississippi governor and U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was sworn in May 19 as the 75th secretary of the Navy.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mabus+Sworn+in+as+New+Navy+Secretary&rft.pub=NNS&rft.date=2005-05-19&rft.au=Staff+reporter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.defenselink.mil%2Fnews%2Fnewsarticle.aspx%3Fid%3D18435&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+the+Navy" class="Z3988"></span> (Archived by WebCite at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090527042630/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=45422">WebCite</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.usni.org/2020/05/29/kenneth-braithwaite-sworn-in-as-secretary-of-the-navy">"Kenneth Braithwaite Sworn in as Secretary of the Navy"</a>. <i>USNI News</i>. 29 May 2020. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200603165808/https://news.usni.org/2020/05/29/kenneth-braithwaite-sworn-in-as-secretary-of-the-navy">Archived</a> from the original on 3 June 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Anderson (Texas politician)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_(Secretary_of_the_Navy)" title="Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gates_Jr." title="Thomas S. Gates Jr.">T. Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Franke" title="William B. Franke">Franke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Connally" title="John Connally">Connally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Korth" title="Fred Korth">Korth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nitze" title="Paul Nitze">Nitze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ignatius" title="Paul Ignatius">Ignatius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chafee" title="John Chafee">Chafee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._William_Middendorf" title="J. William Middendorf">Middendorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Graham_Claytor_Jr." title="W. Graham Claytor Jr.">Claytor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hidalgo" title="Edward Hidalgo">Hidalgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lehman" title="John Lehman">Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Webb" title="Jim Webb">Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Ball" title="William L. Ball">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Garrett_III" title="Henry L. Garrett III">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_O%27Keefe" title="Sean O'Keefe">O'Keefe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Howard_Dalton" title="John Howard Dalton">Dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Danzig" title="Richard Danzig">Danzig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_R._England" title="Gordon R. England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_C._Winter" title="Donald C. Winter">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Mabus" title="Ray Mabus">Mabus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_V._Spencer" title="Richard V. Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Braithwaite" title="Kenneth Braithwaite">Braithwaite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Del_Toro" title="Carlos Del Toro">Del Toro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy.svg/160px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="430" /></span></span><br /><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/US-UnderSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg/80px-US-UnderSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/US-UnderSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg/120px-US-UnderSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/US-UnderSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg/160px-US-UnderSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="430" /></span></span><br /><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/US-AssistantSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg/80px-US-AssistantSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/US-AssistantSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg/120px-US-AssistantSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/US-AssistantSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg/160px-US-AssistantSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="430" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under<br />Secretaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Forrestal" title="James Forrestal">Forrestal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Austin_Bard" title="Ralph Austin Bard">Bard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemus_Gates" title="Artemus Gates">A. Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_L._Sullivan_(United_States_Navy)" title="John L. Sullivan (United States Navy)">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._John_Kenney" title="W. John Kenney">Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_A._Kimball" title="Dan A. Kimball">Kimball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_P._Whitehair" title="Francis P. Whitehair">Whitehair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_(Secretary_of_the_Navy)" title="Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gates_Jr." title="Thomas S. Gates Jr.">T. Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Franke" title="William B. Franke">Franke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_A._Bantz" title="Fred A. Bantz">Bantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Fay" title="Paul B. Fay">Fay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_E._BeLieu" title="Kenneth E. BeLieu">BeLieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._B._Baldwin" title="Robert H. B. Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Baird" title="Charles F. Baird">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_P._Sanders" title="Frank P. Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._William_Middendorf" title="J. William Middendorf">Middendorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Potter" title="David S. Potter">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_R._Macdonald" title="David R. Macdonald">Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._James_Woolsey_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="R. James Woolsey Jr.">Woolsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Murray" title="Robert J. Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._Goodrich" title="James F. Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Garrett_III" title="Henry L. Garrett III">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Daniel_Howard" title="J. Daniel Howard">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Danzig" title="Richard Danzig">Danzig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_MacArthur_Hultin" title="Jerry MacArthur Hultin">Hultin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Pirie_Jr." title="Robert B. Pirie Jr.">Pirie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Livingstone" title="Susan Livingstone">Livingstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionel_M._Aviles" title="Dionel M. Aviles">Aviles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_O._Work" title="Robert O. Work">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janine_A._Davidson" title="Janine A. Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Modly" title="Thomas Modly">Modly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_Raven" title="Erik Raven">Raven</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy">Assistant<br />Secretaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Pre–1954</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gustavus_Fox" title="Gustavus Fox">Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Faxon" title="William Faxon">Faxon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Soley" title="James R. Soley">Soley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McAdoo_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="William McAdoo (New Jersey politician)">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">T. Roosevelt Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Herbert_Allen" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Herbert Allen">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_W._Hackett" title="Frank W. Hackett">Hackett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hial_Darling" title="Charles Hial Darling">Darling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_H._Newberry" title="Truman H. Newberry">Newberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_L._Satterlee" title="Herbert L. Satterlee">Satterlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beekman_Winthrop" title="Beekman Winthrop">Winthrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">F. Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Woodbury" title="Gordon Woodbury">G. Woodbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Jr." title="Theodore Roosevelt Jr.">T. Roosevelt Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Douglas_Robinson" title="Theodore Douglas Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_L._Jahncke" title="Ernest L. Jahncke">Jahncke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Roosevelt" title="Henry L. Roosevelt">H. Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edison" title="Charles Edison">Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Compton" title="Lewis Compton">Compton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Austin_Bard" title="Ralph Austin Bard">Bard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Struve_Hensel" title="H. Struve Hensel">Hensel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._John_Kenney" title="W. John Kenney">Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_E._Andrews" title="Mark E. Andrews">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Koehler" title="John T. Koehler">Koehler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_R._Askins" title="Herbert R. Askins">Askins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_H._Fogler" title="Raymond H. Fogler">Fogler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Post–1954</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Financial_Management_and_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)">Financial Management and Comptroller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Energy,_Installations_and_Environment)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)">Energy, Installations and Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Manpower_and_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)">Manpower and Reserve Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Research,_Development_and_Acquisition)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)">Research, Development and Acquisitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Navy" title="General Counsel of the Navy">General Counsel of the Navy</a></li> <li>defunct: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(AIR)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR)">Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Installations_and_Logistics)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Logistics)">Installations and Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Material)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Material)">Material</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(AIR)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR)">Research and Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(AIR)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR)">Research, Engineering and Systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Shipbuilding_and_Logistics)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics)">Shipbuilding and Logistics</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Senior_officials_in_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a></b></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Hicks" title="Kathleen Hicks">Kathleen Hicks</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Secretaries of the Military Departments</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a>: <a href="/wiki/Christine_Wormuth" title="Christine Wormuth">Christine Wormuth</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretary of the Navy</a>: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Del_Toro" title="Carlos Del Toro">Carlos Del Toro</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a>: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kendall_III" title="Frank Kendall III">Frank Kendall III</a> </span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">Gen <a href="/wiki/Charles_Q._Brown_Jr." title="Charles Q. Brown Jr.">Charles Q. Brown Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a><br /></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Under Secretaries of Defense for</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Acquisition_and_Sustainment" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment">Acquisition and Sustainment</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._LaPlante&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William A. LaPlante (page does not exist)">William A. LaPlante</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Research_and_Engineering" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering">Research and Engineering</a>: <a href="/wiki/Heidi_Shyu" title="Heidi Shyu">Heidi Shyu</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Policy" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Policy">Policy</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amanda_J._Dory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amanda J. Dory (page does not exist)">Amanda J. Dory</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_(Comptroller)" title="Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)">Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer</a>: <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._McCord" title="Michael J. McCord">Michael J. McCord</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Personnel_and_Readiness" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness">Personnel and Readiness</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashish_Vazirani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashish Vazirani (page does not exist)">Ashish Vazirani</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence">Intelligence</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Milancy_Harris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milancy Harris (page does not exist)">Milancy Harris</a> (acting)</span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Under Secretaries of the Military Departments</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Under Secretary of the Army">Under Secretary of the Army</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Camarillo" title="Gabe Camarillo">Gabe Camarillo</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mancinelli" title="Thomas Mancinelli">Thomas Mancinelli</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">Under Secretary of the Air Force</a>: <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Dalton" title="Melissa Dalton">Melissa Dalton</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">ADM <a href="/wiki/Christopher_W._Grady" title="Christopher W. Grady">Christopher W. Grady</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a><br /></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Chiefs of the Military Services</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a>: GEN <a href="/wiki/Randy_George" title="Randy George">Randy A. George</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Eric_Smith_(general)" title="Eric Smith (general)">Eric M. Smith</a> </span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a>: ADM <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Franchetti" title="Lisa Franchetti">Lisa M. Franchetti</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/David_W._Allvin" title="David W. Allvin">David W. Allvin</a> </span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/B._Chance_Saltzman" title="B. Chance Saltzman">B. Chance Saltzman</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau" title="Chief of the National Guard Bureau">Chief of the National Guard Bureau</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">Gen <a href="/wiki/Steven_Nordhaus" title="Steven Nordhaus">Steven S. Nordhaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified Combatant Command</a> Commanders</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Michael_Langley" title="Michael Langley">Michael E. Langley</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a>: GEN <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kurilla" title="Michael Kurilla">Michael E. Kurilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Timothy_D._Haugh" title="Timothy D. Haugh">Timothy D. Haugh</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a>: GEN <a href="/wiki/Christopher_G._Cavoli" title="Christopher G. Cavoli">Christopher G. Cavoli</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a>: ADM <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paparo" title="Samuel Paparo">Samuel J. Paparo Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Guillot" title="Gregory Guillot">Gregory M. Guillot</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a>: ADM <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Holsey" title="Alvin Holsey">Alvin Holsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Whiting" title="Stephen Whiting">Stephen N. Whiting</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">USSF</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a>: GEN <a href="/wiki/Bryan_P._Fenton" title="Bryan P. Fenton">Bryan P. Fenton</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Anthony_J._Cotton" title="Anthony J. Cotton">Anthony J. Cotton</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Randall_Reed" title="Randall Reed">Randall Reed</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></span></dd></dl> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png 1.5x, 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<ul><li>Headquarters: <b><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Hicks" title="Kathleen Hicks">Kathleen Hicks</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="padding-left:100px;"><div id="Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense(including_defense_agencies_and_DoD_field_activities)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a><br /><span class="nobold">(including defense agencies and DoD field activities)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deputy%27s_Advisory_Working_Group" title="Deputy's Advisory Working Group">Deputy's Advisory Working Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Net_Assessment" title="Office of Net Assessment">Office of Net Assessment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Access_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Access Program">Special Access Program Oversight Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Acquisition_and_Sustainment" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment">Under Secretary of Defense<br />for Acquisition and Sustainment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Contract_Management_Agency" title="Defense Contract Management Agency">Defense Contract Management Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Logistics_Agency" title="Defense Logistics Agency">Defense Logistics Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Threat_Reduction_Agency" title="Defense Threat Reduction Agency">Defense Threat Reduction Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Economic_Adjustment" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of Economic Adjustment">Office of Economic Adjustment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_University" title="Defense Acquisition University">Defense Acquisition University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_Board" title="Defense Acquisition Board">Defense Acquisition Board</a></li> <li>Defense Microelectronics Activity</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Research_and_Engineering" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering">Under Secretary of Defense<br />for Research and Engineering</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DARPA" title="DARPA">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Innovation_Unit" title="Defense Innovation Unit">Defense Innovation Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Technical_Information_Center" title="Defense Technical Information Center">Defense Technical Information Center</a></li> <li>Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missile_Defense_Agency" title="Missile Defense Agency">Missile Defense Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Policy" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Policy">Under Secretary of Defense for Policy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Security_Cooperation_Agency" title="Defense Security Cooperation Agency">Defense Security Cooperation Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_POW/MIA_Accounting_Agency" title="Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency">Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Policy_Board_Advisory_Committee" title="Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee">Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_(Comptroller)" title="Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)">Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Contract_Audit_Agency" title="Defense Contract Audit Agency">Defense Contract Audit Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Finance_and_Accounting_Service" title="Defense Finance and Accounting Service">Defense Finance and Accounting Service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Personnel_and_Readiness" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness">Under Secretary of Defense<br />for Personnel and Readiness</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Commissary_Agency" title="Defense Commissary Agency">Defense Commissary Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Education_Activity" title="Department of Defense Education Activity">Department of Defense Education Activity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Human_Resources_Activity" title="Defense Human Resources Activity">Defense Human Resources Activity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Activity_for_Non-Traditional_Education_Support" title="Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support">Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Equal_Opportunity_Management_Institute" title="Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute">Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Travel_System" title="Defense Travel System">Defense Travel Management Office</a></li> <li>Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Health_Agency" title="Defense Health Agency">Defense Health Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_Services_University_of_the_Health_Sciences" title="Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences">Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence">Under Secretary of Defense<br />for Intelligence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Defense Intelligence Agency">Defense Intelligence Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Security_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Security Service">Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Information_Systems_Agency" title="Defense Information Systems Agency">Defense Information Systems Agency</a> (<a href="/wiki/White_House_Communications_Agency" title="White House Communications Agency">White House Communications Agency</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency" title="National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency">National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office" title="National Reconnaissance Office">National Reconnaissance Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency/Central Security Service</a> (<a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_National_Security_Agency" title="Director of the National Security Agency">Director/Chief</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Assistant_to_the_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Public_Affairs" title="Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs">Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Media_Activity" title="Defense Media Activity">Defense Media Activity</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Forces_Press_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="American Forces Press Service">American Forces Press Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Forces_Radio_and_Television_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="American Forces Radio and Television Service">American Forces Radio and Television Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_(newspaper)" title="Stars and Stripes (newspaper)">Stars and Stripes</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="The Pentagon Channel">The Pentagon Channel</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Department_of_Defense" title="General Counsel of the Department of Defense">General Counsel of the Department of Defense</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Department_of_Defense" title="General Counsel of the Department of Defense">Defense Legal Services Agency</a> (Office of Military Commissions)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Management_Officer_of_the_Department_of_Defense" title="Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense">Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pentagon_Force_Protection_Agency" title="Pentagon Force Protection Agency">Pentagon Force Protection Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Headquarters_Services" title="Washington Headquarters Services">Washington Headquarters Services</a> (<a href="/wiki/White_House_Military_Office" title="White House Military Office">White House Military Office</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="578" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="padding-left:100px;"><div id="Military_Departments" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense#Military_Departments" title="United States Department of Defense">Military Departments</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a></b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Army">The Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Under Secretary of the Army">Under Secretary of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_for_Acquisition,_Logistics,_and_Technology" title="United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology">Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Civil_Works)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)">Assistant Secretary for Civil Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Financial_Management_and_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary (Financial Management and Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Installations,_Energy_and_Environment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)">Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Manpower_and_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Army" title="General Counsel of the Army">General Counsel of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Administrative_Assistant_to_the_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army">The Administrative Assistant</a> <br /> The Army Staff: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Vice Chief of Staff of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army" title="Sergeant Major of the Army">Sergeant Major of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_Staff_G-8_of_the_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 of the United States Army">Deputy Chief of Staff G-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Judge Advocate General of the United States Army">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Provost_Marshal_General" title="United States Army Provost Marshal General">Provost Marshal General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Surgeon General of the United States Army">Surgeon General</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> field organizations: see <i><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Structure of the United States Army">Structure of the United States Army</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretary of the Navy</a></b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Navy">The Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Financial_Management_and_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Installations_and_Environment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Manpower_and_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Research,_Development_and_Acquisitions)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Navy" title="General Counsel of the Navy">General Counsel of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Judge Advocate General of the Navy">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Criminal_Investigative_Service" title="Naval Criminal Investigative Service">Naval Criminal Investigative Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Inspector_General" title="Naval Inspector General">Naval Inspector General</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a>: <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">Chaplain</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> field organizations: see <i><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">Organization of the United States Marine Corps</a></i> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Chief of Naval Operations">Office of the Chief of Naval Operations</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Vice Chief of Naval Operations">Vice Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Chief_Petty_Officer_of_the_Navy" title="Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy">Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reactors" title="Naval Reactors">Director of Naval Reactors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Chief of Naval Personnel">Chief of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Surgeon General of the United States Navy">Surgeon General</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> field organizations: see <i><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Structure of the United States Navy">Structure of the United States Navy</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a></b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Air Force">The Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">Under Secretary of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Acquisition)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Financial_Management_%26_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Installations,_Environment_%26_Logistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Logistics)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Logistics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Manpower_%26_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force">General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Office_of_Special_Investigations" title="Air Force Office of Special Investigations">Air Force Office of Special Investigations</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">The Air Staff</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force" title="Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force">Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Safety_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Safety of the United States Air Force">Chief of Safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Scientist_of_the_U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force">Chief Scientist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Surgeon General of the United States Air Force">Surgeon General</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> field organizations: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_Commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force">Major Commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Reporting_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct Reporting Unit">Direct Reporting Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Space_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Staff">Space Staff</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> field organizations</li></ul> 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title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security">Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li>Committees on Armed Services <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States four-star officers">Active duty four-star officers</a></li> <li><a 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style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service branches and heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_Coast_Guard" title="Commandant of the Coast Guard">Commandant of the Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Reserves: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Reserve" title="United States Coast Guard Reserve">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">AF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Civilian auxiliaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Auxiliary_Radio_System" title="Military Auxiliary Radio System">Military Auxiliary Radio System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_14_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 14 of the United States Code">Title 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">Title 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">Title 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military bases">Installations</a></li> <li>Units: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Category:Units and formations of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Organization of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military logistics of the United States">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_of_the_military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Mass media of the military of the United States">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Armed_Forces_unit_mottoes" title="List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes">Unit mottoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations<br />and <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_deployments" title="United States military deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_United_States" title="List of conflicts in the United States">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States" title="List of wars involving the United States">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_civil_affairs_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces">Civil affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="History of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="History of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" title="Timeline of United States military operations">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">By ancestry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans" title="Military history of African Americans">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans" title="Military history of Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhists_in_the_United_States_military" title="Buddhists in the United States military">Buddhist Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Jewish_Americans" title="Military history of Jewish Americans">Jewish Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military" title="Muslims in the United States military">Muslim Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhs_in_the_United_States_military" title="Sikhs in the United States military">Sikh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Hispanic_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Hispanic Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Hispanics in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Hispanics in the United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Navy" title="Hispanics in the United States Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Naval_Academy" title="Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy">Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_History_Division" title="United States Marine Corps History Division">Marine Corps History Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/American_official_war_artists" title="American official war artists">War artists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Art_Program" title="United States Air Force Art Program">Air Force Art Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Service academies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">A</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Military Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">MC/N</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="Naval Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">AF/SF</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Officer candidate/training school: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Entrance_Processing_Command" title="United States Military Entrance Processing Command">MEPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> (MC)</li> <li>Enlisted recruit training: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Training_Center_Cape_May" title="United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_education_and_training_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Military education and training in the United States">Other education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces">Uniforms</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Awards & decorations</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-service_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military">Inter-service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorized_foreign_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military">Foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_decoration_authorized_by_the_US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="International military decoration authorized by the US military">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_award_devices" title="United States military award devices">Devices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States" title="Military badges of the United States">Badges</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identification_badges_of_the_uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States">Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Badges of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Badges of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">Ranks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Officer: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officers</a></li> <li>Enlisted: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_enlisted_ranks" title="List of United States Coast Guard enlisted ranks">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Oath: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment" title="United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment">Enlistment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">Officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Creeds & Codes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer%27s_creed" title="Noncommissioned officer's creed">NCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guardsman" title="Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Armed_Forces)" title="Service number (United States Armed Forces)">Service numbers</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Service number (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Coast_Guard)" title="Service number (United States Coast Guard)">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_code" title="United States military occupation code">Military Occupational Specialty</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Health_System" title="Military Health System">Military Health System</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tricare" title="Tricare">Tricare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_(United_States_military)" title="Separation (United States military)">Separation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States" title="Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States">Chiefs of Chaplains</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of equipment of the United States Armed Forces">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">A</a> (<a href="/wiki/Army_Nomenclature_System" title="Army Nomenclature System">Designations</a>)</li> <li>MC: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">other</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of equipment of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles" title="List of currently active United States military land vehicles">active</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_watercraft" title="List of currently active United States military watercraft">All watercraft</a></li> <li>Ships: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of ships of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy#Future_ships" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">future</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of ships of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_cutters" title="List of United States Coast Guard cutters">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Military_Sealift_Command_ships" title="List of Military Sealift Command ships">MSC</a></li></ul></li> <li>Weapons: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_weapons" title="List of United States Navy weapons">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_reactors" title="United States naval reactors">Reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="Lists of military aircraft of the United States">Aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_undesignated_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft" title="List of active United States military aircraft">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_future_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of future military aircraft of the United States">future</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_designation_systems" title="United States military aircraft designation systems">Aircraft designation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._helicopter_armament_subsystems" title="U.S. helicopter armament subsystems">Helicopter arms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army_during_World_War_II" title="List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II">WWII equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_football" title="Nuclear football">Nuclear football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States" title="List of military electronics of the United States">Electronics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Joint_Electronics_Type_Designation_System" title="Joint Electronics Type Designation System">designations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flags_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Flags of the United States Armed Forces">Flags</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Flag of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Flag of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Flag of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Flag of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Flag of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Flag of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_United_States" title="Ensign of the United States">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States" title="Jack of the United States">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guidon_(United_States)" title="Guidon (United States)">Guidons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_ration" title="United States military ration">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="United States and weapons of mass destruction">WMDs</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States" title="Nuclear weapons of the United States">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_biological_weapons_program" title="United States biological weapons program">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._chemical_weapons_topics" title="List of U.S. chemical weapons topics">Chemical</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_Navy_navbox" title="Template:US Navy navbox"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_Navy_navbox" title="Template talk:US Navy navbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_Navy_navbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US Navy navbox"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="23x20px&#124;border_&#124;alt=&#124;link=_United_States_Navy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:United_States_Navy" title="Category:United States Navy">Category</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretary of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Vice Chief of Naval Operations">Vice Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Chief_Petty_Officer_of_the_Navy" title="Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy">Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_four-star_admirals" title="List of United States Navy four-star admirals">4-star admirals</a></li> <li>3-star admirals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_on_active_duty_before_1960" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals on active duty before 1960">1864–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_since_2020" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_rear_admirals#Department_of_the_Navy" title="List of active duty United States rear admirals">2-star admirals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Seapower_and_Projection_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces">House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Seapower" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower">Senate Subcommittee on Seapower</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/120px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/160px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Structure of the United States Navy">Structure</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">Navy Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force" title="Fleet Marine Force">Fleet Marine Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Expeditionary_Combat_Command" title="Navy Expeditionary Combat Command">Expeditionary Combat Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_units_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of units of the United States Navy">Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">Active ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Future of the United States Navy">Future ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_aircraft_wings" title="List of United States Navy aircraft wings">Aircraft wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons">Aircraft squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_strike_group" title="Carrier strike group">Carrier strike group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_installations" title="List of United States Navy installations">Installations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Observatory" title="United States Naval Observatory">Naval Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_jet_base" title="Master jet base">Master jet base</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operating<br />forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command" title="United States Fleet Forces Command">Fleet Forces Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Fleet_Forces_Command" title="Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command">Commander</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">Pacific Fleet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Pacific_Fleet" title="Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet">Commander</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Forces_Europe-Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa">Naval Forces Europe – Naval Forces Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command" title="United States Naval Forces Central Command">Naval Forces Central Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Forces_Southern_Command" title="United States Naval Forces Southern Command">Naval Forces Southern Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Special_Warfare_Command" title="United States Naval Special Warfare Command">Naval Special Warfare Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">Naval Reserve Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Force" title="Operational Test and Evaluation Force">Operational Test and Evaluation Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Network_Warfare_Command" title="Naval Network Warfare Command">Naval Network Warfare Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Sealift_Command" title="Military Sealift Command">Military Sealift Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Shore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Sea_Systems_Command" title="Naval Sea Systems Command">Naval Sea Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Systems_Command" title="Naval Air Systems Command">Naval Air Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Facilities_Engineering_Systems_Command" title="Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command">Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Supply_Systems_Command" title="Naval Supply Systems Command">Naval Supply Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Information_Warfare_Systems_Command" title="Naval Information Warfare Systems Command">Naval Information Warfare Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Fleet_Cyber_Command" title="U.S. Fleet Cyber Command">Fleet Cyber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">Naval Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Naval Education and Training Command">Naval Education and Training Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Meteorology_and_Oceanography_Command" title="Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command">Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aviation_Warfighting_Development_Center" title="Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center">Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Legal_Service_Command" title="Naval Legal Service Command">Naval Legal Service Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Observatory" title="United States Naval Observatory">Naval Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Safety_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Safety Center">Naval Safety Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Bureau of Naval Personnel">Bureau of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Chief of Naval Personnel">Chief of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Medicine_and_Surgery" title="Bureau of Medicine and Surgery">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_Navy_Installations_Command" title="Commander, Navy Installations Command">Navy Installations Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Working_Capital_Fund" title="United States Navy Working Capital Fund">Navy Working Capital Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fleets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Second_Fleet" title="United States Second Fleet">Second Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Third_Fleet" title="United States Third Fleet">Third Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fourth_Fleet" title="United States Fourth Fleet">Fourth Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">Fifth Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet" title="United States Sixth Fleet">Sixth Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet" title="United States Seventh Fleet">Seventh Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Tenth_Fleet" title="United States Tenth Fleet">Tenth Fleet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">Ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_A%E2%80%93B" title="List of United States Navy ships: A–B">A–B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_C" title="List of United States Navy ships: C">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_D%E2%80%93F" title="List of United States Navy ships: D–F">D–F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_G%E2%80%93H" title="List of United States Navy ships: G–H">G–H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_I%E2%80%93K" title="List of United States Navy ships: I–K">I–K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_L" title="List of United States Navy ships: L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_M" title="List of United States Navy ships: M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_N%E2%80%93O" title="List of United States Navy ships: N–O">N–O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_P" title="List of United States Navy ships: P">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_Q%E2%80%93R" title="List of United States Navy ships: Q–R">Q–R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_S" title="List of United States Navy ships: S">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_T%E2%80%93V" title="List of United States Navy ships: T–V">T–V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_W%E2%80%93Z" title="List of United States Navy ships: W–Z">W–Z</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of airships of the United States Navy">Airships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_amphibious_warfare_ships" title="List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships">Amphibious warfare ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_auxiliaries_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy">Auxiliaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of battleships of the United States Navy">Battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cruisers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of cruisers of the United States Navy">Cruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of destroyers of the United States Navy">Destroyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_escorts_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy">Destroyer escorts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of escort carriers of the United States Navy">Escort carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of frigates of the United States Navy">Frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mine_warfare_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy">Mine warfare vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monitors_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of monitors of the United States Navy">Monitors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_patrol_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy">Patrol vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_patrol_craft" title="Section patrol craft">Registered civilian vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sailing_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy">Sailing frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_steam_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of steam frigates of the United States Navy">Steam frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_steam_gunboats_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of steam gunboats of the United States Navy">Steam gunboats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of ships of the line of the United States Navy">Ships of the line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sloops_of_war_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of sloops of war of the United States Navy">Sloops of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_submarines_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of submarines of the United States Navy">Submarines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_torpedo_boats_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of torpedo boats of the United States Navy">Torpedo boats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_torpedo_retrievers" title="United States Navy torpedo retrievers">Torpedo retrievers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unclassified_miscellaneous_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of unclassified miscellaneous vessels of the United States Navy">Unclassified miscellaneous vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_yard_and_district_craft_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of yard and district craft of the United States Navy">Yard and district craft</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel<br />and<br />training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_people" title="List of United States Navy people">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Officers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">Insignia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Naval_officer_designators" title="List of United States Naval officer designators">Designators</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Enlisted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">Rates</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Ratings</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Enlisted_Classification" title="Navy Enlisted Classification">Classification</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Chaplain_Corps" title="United States Navy Chaplain Corps">Chaplain Corps</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">Chief</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">Deputy Chief</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Explosive_ordnance_disposal_(United_States_Navy)" title="Explosive ordnance disposal (United States Navy)">Explosive ordnance disposal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Medical_Corps_(United_States_Navy)" title="Medical Corps (United States Navy)">Medical Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Dental_Corps" title="United States Navy Dental Corps">Dental Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Nurse_Corps" title="United States Navy Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Medical_Service_Corps" title="Navy Medical Service Corps">Medical Service Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Supply_Corps" title="Navy Supply Corps">Supply Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Civil_Engineer_Corps" title="Civil Engineer Corps">Civil Engineer Corps</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps">JAG Corps</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Judge Advocate General of the Navy">JAG</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy">DJAG</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Criminal_Investigative_Service" title="Naval Criminal Investigative Service">NCIS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boatswain%27s_mate_(United_States_Navy)" title="Boatswain's mate (United States Navy)">Boatswain's mates</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hospital_corpsman" title="Hospital corpsman">Hospital corpsman</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Aviator">Naval Aviator</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">SEALs</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Seabee" title="Seabee">Seabees</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Master-at-arms_(United_States_Navy)" title="Master-at-arms (United States Navy)">Master-at-arms</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Operations_specialist_(United_States_Navy)" title="Operations specialist (United States Navy)">Operations specialist</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Special_warfare_combatant-craft_crewmen" title="Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen">SWCCs</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_and_Latinos_in_the_United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanics and Latinos in the United States Navy">Hispanic sailors</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">Recruit</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">Officer Candidate School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/STA-21" title="STA-21">STA-21</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">NROTC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_University_System" title="Naval University System">Naval University System</a> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_War_College" title="Naval War College">Naval War College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School" title="Naval Postgraduate School">Naval Postgraduate School</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">Naval Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Community_College" title="United States Naval Community College">Naval Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_University" title="Marine Corps University">Marine Corps University</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Basic_Enlisted_Submarine_School" title="Basic Enlisted Submarine School">BESS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Battle_Force_Tactical_Training" title="Battle Force Tactical Training">BFTT</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Center_For_Naval_Aviation_Technical_Training_Unit_Keesler" title="Center For Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler">CNATT</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Composite_Training_Unit_Exercise" title="Composite Training Unit Exercise">COMPTUEX</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Warfare_Center_Training_Systems_Division" title="Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division">NAWCTSD</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Authoring_Instructional_Materials" title="Authoring Instructional Materials">AIM</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Chaplain_Corps#Naval_Chaplaincy_School_and_Center" title="United States Navy Chaplain Corps">Naval Chaplaincy School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Hospital_Corps_School" title="Naval Hospital Corps School">Naval Hospital Corps School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Naval_Justice_School" title="Naval Justice School">Naval Justice School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_School_of_Music" title="United States Armed Forces School of Music">United States Armed Forces School of Music</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Senior_Enlisted_Academy" title="United States Navy Senior Enlisted Academy">Navy Senior Enlisted Academy</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Navy_Supply_Corps_School" title="Navy Supply Corps School">Navy Supply Corps School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Power_School" title="Nuclear Power School">Nuclear Power School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Joint_Maritime_Training_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Maritime Training Center">JMTC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Strike_Fighter_Tactics_Instructor_program" title="United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program">TOPGUN</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Test_Pilot_School" title="United States Naval Test Pilot School">USNTPS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_Services_University_of_the_Health_Sciences" title="Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences">Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of equipment of the United States Navy">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">Uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">Awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">Current fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Future of the United States Navy">Future fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_reserve_fleets" title="United States Navy reserve fleets">Reserve fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_naval_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="List of currently active United States naval aircraft">Current aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_weapons" title="List of United States Navy weapons">Weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_reactors" title="United States naval reactors">Naval reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and <br /> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">History</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Anchors_Aweigh" title="Anchors Aweigh">Anchors Aweigh</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Navy" title="Continental Navy">Continental Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_United_States" title="Ensign of the United States">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Band_Activities" title="Fleet Band Activities">Fleet bands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Week" title="Fleet Week">Fleet Week</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States" title="Jack of the United States">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony" title="Line-crossing ceremony">Line-crossing ceremony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="National Museum of the United States Navy">National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Band" title="United States Navy Band">Navy Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Ceremonial_Guard" title="United States Navy Ceremonial Guard">Ceremonial Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Flag of the United States Navy">Navy Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eternal_Father,_Strong_to_Save" title="Eternal Father, Strong to Save">Navy Hymn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Memorial" title="United States Navy Memorial">Navy Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">Navy service numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Weeks" title="Navy Weeks">Navy Weeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Admirals" title="Revolt of the Admirals">Revolt of the Admirals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">Sailor's Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">Ship commissioning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning#Ship_decommissioning" title="Ship commissioning">Ship decommissioning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_ship_naming_conventions" title="United States ship naming conventions">Ship naming conventions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tingey_House" title="Tingey House">Tingey House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Constitution" title="USS Constitution">USS <i>Constitution</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVES" 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretary of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Secretary_to_the_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps">Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals">Marine Corps four-star generals</a></li> <li>Marine Corps three-star generals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_on_active_duty_before_1960" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals on active duty before 1960">1942–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_since_2010" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals since 2010">2010–present</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Major <br /> commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">Organization of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Command">Marine Forces Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/II_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="II Marine Expeditionary Force">II Marine Expeditionary Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Pacific" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific">Marine Forces Pacific</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="III Marine Expeditionary Force">III Marine Expeditionary Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">Marine Forces Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force" title="Fleet Marine Force">Fleet Marine Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force,_Atlantic" title="Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic">Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force,_Pacific" title="Fleet Marine Force, Pacific">Pacific</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Combat_Development_Command" title="Marine Corps Combat Development Command">Marine Corps Combat Development Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Training_and_Education_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command">Training & Education Command</a> (TECOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Warfighting_Laboratory" title="United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory">United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Systems_Command" title="Marine Corps Systems Command">Marine Corps Systems Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Auxiliary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Air-Ground Task Force">Marine Air-Ground Task Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_installations" title="List of United States Marine Corps installations">Bases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_battalions" title="List of United States Marine Corps battalions">Battalions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_regiments" title="List of United States Marine Corps regiments">Regiments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_brigades" title="List of United States Marine Corps brigades">Brigades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_divisions" title="List of United States Marine Corps divisions">Divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">MEF/Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Marine aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_unit" title="Marine expeditionary unit">Marine expeditionary unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Security_Guard" title="Marine Security Guard">Marine Security Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Forces_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Raiders" title="Marine Raiders">Marine Raiders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Raider_Regiment" title="Marine Raider Regiment">Marine Raider Regiment</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force_Reconnaissance" title="United States Marine Air-Ground Task Force Reconnaissance">Recon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance" title="United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance">Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reconnaissance_Battalions" title="United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions">Division</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel<br />and training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">Rank insignia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_MOS" title="List of United States Marine Corps MOS">MOS</a></dd> 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title="Category:Organizations associated with the United States Marine Corps">Associated organizations</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">Recruit Training</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_School_of_Infantry" title="United States Marine Corps School of Infantry">School of Infantry</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">Officer Candidates School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Martial_Arts_Program" title="Marine Corps Martial 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