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href="#Role_in_the_military_justice_system"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Role in the military justice system</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Role_in_the_military_justice_system-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Salary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Salary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Salary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Salary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_secretaries_of_defense" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_secretaries_of_defense"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>List of secretaries of defense</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_secretaries_of_defense-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Secretary_succession"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Secretary succession</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Secretary_succession-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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reading</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Further reading subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Primary_historical_sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_historical_sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Primary historical sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_historical_sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Online_sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Online_sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1</span> <span>Online sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Online_sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB%C5%9E_M%C3%BCdafi%C9%99_naziri" title="ABŞ Müdafiə naziri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="ABŞ Müdafiə naziri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلرین دیفاع ویزارتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلرین دیفاع ویزارتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%97%D0%A8%D0%90" title="Міністр абароны ЗША – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Міністр абароны ЗША" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretari_de_Defensa_dels_Estats_Units" title="Secretari de Defensa dels Estats Units – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Secretari de Defensa dels Estats Units" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministr_obrany_Spojen%C3%BDch_st%C3%A1t%C5%AF_americk%C3%BDch" title="Ministr obrany Spojených států amerických – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ministr obrany Spojených států amerických" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ysgrifennydd_Amddiffyn_yr_Unol_Daleithiau" title="Ysgrifennydd Amddiffyn yr Unol Daleithiau – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ysgrifennydd Amddiffyn yr Unol Daleithiau" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verteidigungsminister_der_Vereinigten_Staaten" title="Verteidigungsminister der Vereinigten Staaten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Verteidigungsminister der Vereinigten Staaten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerika_%C3%9Chendriikide_kaitseminister" title="Ameerika Ühendriikide kaitseminister – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ameerika Ühendriikide kaitseminister" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A5%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%86%CE%BC%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%97%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD" title="Υπουργός Άμυνας των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Υπουργός Άμυνας των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretario_de_Defensa_de_los_Estados_Unidos" title="Secretario de Defensa de los Estados Unidos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Secretario de Defensa de los Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usona_ministro_pri_defendo" title="Usona ministro pri defendo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Usona ministro pri defendo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="وزیر دفاع ایالات متحده آمریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وزیر دفاع ایالات متحده آمریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secr%C3%A9taire_%C3%A0_la_D%C3%A9fense_des_%C3%89tats-Unis" title="Secrétaire à la Défense des États-Unis – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Secrétaire à la Défense des États-Unis" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EB%B0%A9%EB%B6%80_%EC%9E%A5%EA%B4%80" title="미국의 국방부 장관 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미국의 국방부 장관" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%84%D5%86-%D5%AB_%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%80" title="ԱՄՆ-ի պաշտպանության նախարար – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="ԱՄՆ-ի պաշտպանության նախարար" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekretaris_Pertahanan_Amerika_Serikat" title="Sekretaris Pertahanan Amerika Serikat – Indonesian" lang="id" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;">United States Secretary of Defense</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/180px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_Defense.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_Defense.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_Defense.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Secretary_of_Defense.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="648" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Flags_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces#Personal_flags" title="Flags of the United States Armed Forces">Flag of the secretary</a><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></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pete_Hegseth_Official_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Pete_Hegseth_Official_Portrait.jpg/220px-Pete_Hegseth_Official_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Pete_Hegseth_Official_Portrait.jpg/330px-Pete_Hegseth_Official_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Pete_Hegseth_Official_Portrait.jpg/440px-Pete_Hegseth_Official_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4007" data-file-height="5185" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hegseth" title="Pete Hegseth">Pete Hegseth</a><br /></div>since January 25, 2025</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</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">Mr. Secretary (informal)<br /><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable#United_States" title="The Honourable">The Honorable</a> (formal)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">SecDef</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">Cabinet</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</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"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">No fixed term</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/10/113">§ 113</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">Secretary of War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">September 17, 1947<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1947-09-17</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Forrestal" title="James Forrestal">James Forrestal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession" title="United States presidential line of succession">Sixth</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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><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">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Executive_Schedule" title="Executive Schedule">Executive Schedule, level I</a><sup id="cite_ref-UnitedStatesCode|5|5312_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UnitedStatesCode|5|5312-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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.defense.gov/">defense.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>United States secretary of defense</b> (<a href="/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">acronym</a>: <b>SecDef</b>) is the head of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> (DoD), the <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_executive_departments" title="United States federal executive departments">executive department</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">U.S. Armed Forces</a>, and is a high-ranking member of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">federal cabinet</a>.<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-5100.1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5100.1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The secretary of defense's position of command and authority over the military is second only to that of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a>, who is the <a href="/wiki/Powers_of_the_president_of_the_United_States#Commander-in-chief" title="Powers of the president of the United States">commander-in-chief</a>. This position corresponds to what is generally known as a <a href="/wiki/Defense_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Minister">defense minister</a> in many other countries.<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> The president appoints the secretary of defense with the <a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">advice and consent</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>, and is by custom a member of the Cabinet and by law a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To ensure <a href="/wiki/Civilian_control_of_the_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Civilian control of the military">civilian control of the military</a>, U.S. law provides that the secretary of defense cannot have served as an active-duty <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">commissioned officer</a> in the military in the preceding seven years except for <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">generals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">admirals</a>, who cannot have served on active duty within the previous ten years. Congress can legislatively waive this restriction<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> and has done so three times, for <a href="/wiki/George_C._Marshall" title="George C. Marshall">George C. Marshall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mattis" title="Jim Mattis">James N. Mattis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd J. Austin III</a>. </p><p>Subject only to the orders of the president, the secretary of defense is in the <a href="/wiki/Chain_of_command" class="mw-redirect" title="Chain of command">chain of command</a> and exercises <a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">command and control</a>, for both operational and administrative purposes, over all DoD-administered service branches  – the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a> – as well as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a> when its command and control is transferred to the Department of Defense.<sup id="cite_ref-UnitedStatesCode|10|162_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UnitedStatesCode|10|162-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JP1:II9-11_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JP1:II9-11-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only the secretary of defense (or the president or Congress) can authorize the transfer of operational control of forces between the three military departments (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">the Navy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">the Air Force</a>) and the eleven <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">Unified Combatant Commands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UnitedStatesCode|10|162_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UnitedStatesCode|10|162-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the secretary of defense is vested with legal powers that exceed those of any <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">commissioned officer</a>, and is second only to the president in the military hierarchy, its incumbent has sometimes unofficially been referred to as "deputy commander-in-chief".<sup id="cite_ref-DoD50:11-52_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoD50:11-52-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SupCom:231_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SupCom:231-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <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> is the principal military adviser to the secretary of defense and the president; while the chairman may assist the secretary and president in their command functions, the chairman is not in the chain of command.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">secretary of state</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">secretary of the treasury</a>, the secretary of defense, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">attorney general</a> are generally regarded as the four most important (and are officially the four most senior and oldest) cabinet officials because of the size and importance of their respective departments.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current secretary of defense is <a href="/wiki/Pete_Hegseth" title="Pete Hegseth">Pete Hegseth</a>, who was nominated by President-elect <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> and was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> on January 25, 2025. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Military_Establishment_(1947%E2%80%931949).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Seal_of_the_United_States_National_Military_Establishment_%281947%E2%80%931949%29.png" decoding="async" width="192" height="191" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="191" /></a><figcaption>Seal of the <a href="/wiki/National_Military_Establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="National Military Establishment">National Military Establishment</a> (1947–1949)</figcaption></figure> <p>An Army, Navy, and Marine Corps were established in 1775, in concurrence with the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">War Department</a>, headed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">secretary of war</a>, was created by <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">Act of Congress</a> in 1789 and was responsible for both the Army and Navy until the founding of a separate <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> in 1798. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Associate_Supreme_Court_Justice_Potter_Stewart_Swearing_Donald_Rumsfeld_in_as_Secretary_of_Defense_at_the_Pentagon_in_Arlington,_Virginia_-_NARA_-_23898551.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Associate_Supreme_Court_Justice_Potter_Stewart_Swearing_Donald_Rumsfeld_in_as_Secretary_of_Defense_at_the_Pentagon_in_Arlington%2C_Virginia_-_NARA_-_23898551.jpg/257px-Associate_Supreme_Court_Justice_Potter_Stewart_Swearing_Donald_Rumsfeld_in_as_Secretary_of_Defense_at_the_Pentagon_in_Arlington%2C_Virginia_-_NARA_-_23898551.jpg" decoding="async" width="257" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Associate_Supreme_Court_Justice_Potter_Stewart_Swearing_Donald_Rumsfeld_in_as_Secretary_of_Defense_at_the_Pentagon_in_Arlington%2C_Virginia_-_NARA_-_23898551.jpg/386px-Associate_Supreme_Court_Justice_Potter_Stewart_Swearing_Donald_Rumsfeld_in_as_Secretary_of_Defense_at_the_Pentagon_in_Arlington%2C_Virginia_-_NARA_-_23898551.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Associate_Supreme_Court_Justice_Potter_Stewart_Swearing_Donald_Rumsfeld_in_as_Secretary_of_Defense_at_the_Pentagon_in_Arlington%2C_Virginia_-_NARA_-_23898551.jpg/514px-Associate_Supreme_Court_Justice_Potter_Stewart_Swearing_Donald_Rumsfeld_in_as_Secretary_of_Defense_at_the_Pentagon_in_Arlington%2C_Virginia_-_NARA_-_23898551.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3614" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a> is sworn in as Secretary of Defense by <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States">Associate Supreme Court Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Potter_Stewart" title="Potter Stewart">Potter Stewart</a> as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald R. Ford</a> and <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> General <a href="/wiki/George_Scratchley_Brown" title="George Scratchley Brown">George S. Brown</a> watch at <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a> on November 20, 1975.</figcaption></figure> <p>Based on the experiences of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, proposals were soon made on how to more effectively manage the large combined military establishment. The Army generally favored centralization while the Navy had institutional preferences for decentralization and the status quo. The resulting <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a> was largely a compromise between these divergent viewpoints. It renamed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">Department of War</a> the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a>, and added both it and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> to a newly established <a href="/wiki/National_Military_Establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="National Military Establishment">National Military Establishment</a> (NME). The Act also separated the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a> from the Army to become its own branch of service, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. </p><p>A new title was coined by the Act for the head of the NME: Secretary of Defense. At first, each of the service secretaries maintained cabinet status. The first secretary of defense, <a href="/wiki/James_Forrestal" title="James Forrestal">James Forrestal</a>, who in his previous capacity as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">secretary of the Navy</a> had opposed the creation of the new position, found it difficult to exercise authority over the other branches with the limited powers his office had at the time. To address this and other problems, the National Security Act was amended in 1949 to further consolidate the national defense structure in order to reduce <a href="/wiki/Interservice_rivalry" title="Interservice rivalry">interservice rivalry</a>, directly subordinate the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">secretaries of the Army</a>, the Navy and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Air Force</a> to the secretary of defense in the chain of command, and rename the National Military Establishment as the Department of Defense, making it one <a href="/wiki/Executive_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive Department">Executive Department</a>. The position of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">deputy secretary of defense</a>, the number two position in the department, was also created at this time. </p><p>The general trend since 1949 has been to further centralize management in the Department of Defense, elevating the status and authorities of civilian <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">OSD</a> appointees and defense-wide organizations at the expense of the military departments and the services within them. The last major revision of the statutory framework concerning the position was done in the <a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Department_of_Defense_Reorganization_Act_of_1986" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986">Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986</a>. In particular, it elevated the status of joint service for commissioned officers, making it in practice a requirement before appointments to general officer and flag officer grades could be made. </p><p>As the secretary of defense is a civilian position intended to be independent of the active-duty leadership, a secretary is required to have been retired from service for at least seven (originally ten) years unless a waiver is approved by Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the creation of the position in 1947, such a waiver has been approved only three times, for Army general <a href="/wiki/George_Marshall" class="mw-redirect" title="George Marshall">George Marshall</a> in 1950, Marine Corps General <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mattis" title="Jim Mattis">Jim Mattis</a> in 2017, and retired Army general <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a> in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powers_and_functions">Powers and functions</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Organizational_structure_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="Organizational structure of the United States Department of Defense">Organizational structure of the United States Department of Defense</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg/350px-DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg/525px-DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg/700px-DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Department of Defense organizational chart (December 2013)</figcaption></figure> <p>The secretary of defense, appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a> with the advice and consent of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>, is by federal law (<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/10/113">§ 113</a>) the head of the Department of Defense, "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to Department of Defense", and has "authority, direction and control over the Department of Defense". Because the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a> vests all military authority in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> and the president, the statutory authority of the secretary of defense is derived from their constitutional authorities. Since it is impractical for either Congress or the president to participate in every piece of Department of Defense affairs, the secretary of defense and the secretary's subordinate officials generally exercise military authority. </p><p>As the head of DoD, all officials, employees and service members are "under" the secretary of defense. Some of those high-ranking officials, civil and military (outside of OSD and the Joint Staff) are: the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">secretary of the Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">secretary of the Navy</a>, and <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/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Army chief of staff</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>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">chief of naval operations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Air Force chief of staff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_space_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of space operations">chief of space operations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau" title="Chief of the National Guard Bureau">chief of the National Guard Bureau</a> and the combatant commanders of the <a href="/wiki/Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Combatant Command">Combatant Commands</a>. All these high-ranking positions, civil and military, require Senate confirmation. </p><p>The Department of Defense is composed of the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a> (OSD), the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> (JCS) and the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Staff">Joint Staff</a> (JS), <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General,_U.S._Department_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense">Office of the Inspector General</a> (DODIG), the <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">Combatant Commands</a>, the Military Departments (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> (DA), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> (DON) & <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> (DAF)), the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Department_of_Defense_agencies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Department of Defense agencies">Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a> (NGB), and such other offices, agencies, activities, organizations, and commands established or designated by law, or by the president or by the secretary of defense. </p><p>Department of Defense Directive 5100.01 describes the organizational relationships within the department and is the foundational issuance for delineating the major functions of the department. The latest version, signed by former secretary of defense <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> in December 2010, is the first major re-write since 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-DOMP_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOMP-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5100.1:1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5100.1:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a></div> <p>The secretary's principally civilian staff element is called the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a> (OSD) and is composed of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">deputy secretary of defense</a> (DEPSECDEF) and six under secretaries of defense in the fields of <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Acquisition,_Technology_and_Logistics" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics">acquisition & sustainment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Research_and_Engineering" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering">research & engineering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_(Comptroller)" title="Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)">comptroller/chief financial officer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence">intelligence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Personnel_and_Readiness" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness">personnel & readiness</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Policy" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Policy">policy</a>; several <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of Defense">assistant secretaries of defense</a>; other directors and the staffs under them. </p><p>The name of the principally military staff organization, organized under the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Staff">Joint Staff</a> (JS). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Defense_Distinguished_Service_Medal" title="Defense Distinguished Service Medal">Defense Distinguished Service Medal</a> (DDSM), the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Superior_Service_Medal" title="Defense Superior Service Medal">Defense Superior Service Medal</a> (DSSM), the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Meritorious_Service_Medal" title="Defense Meritorious Service Medal">Defense Meritorious Service Medal</a> (DMSM), the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Service_Commendation_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Service Commendation Medal">Joint Service Commendation Medal</a> (JSCM) and the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Service_Achievement_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Service Achievement Medal">Joint Service Achievement Medal</a> (JSAM) are awarded, to military personnel for service in joint duty assignments, in the name of the secretary of defense. In addition, there is the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Meritorious_Unit_Award" title="Joint Meritorious Unit Award">Joint Meritorious Unit Award</a> (JMUA), which is the only ribbon (as in non-medal) and unit award issued to joint DoD activities, also issued in the name of the secretary of defense. </p><p>The DDSM is analogous to the distinguished services medals issued by the military departments (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Army_Distinguished_Service_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Distinguished Service Medal">Army Distinguished Service Medal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navy_Distinguished_Service_Medal" title="Navy Distinguished Service Medal">Navy Distinguished Service Medal</a> & <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Distinguished Service Medal">Air Force Distinguished Service Medal</a>), the DSSM corresponds to the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a>, the DMSM to the <a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Service_Medal_(United_States)" title="Meritorious Service Medal (United States)">Meritorious Service Medal</a>, the JSCM to the service commendation medals, and the JSAM to the achievement medals issued by the services. While the approval authority for DSSM, DMSM, JSCM, JSAM and JMUA is delegated to inferior DoD officials: the DDSM can be awarded only by the secretary of defense. </p><p>Recommendations for the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> (MOH), formally endorsed in writing by the secretary of the military department concerned and the <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>, are processed through the <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Personnel_and_Readiness" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness">under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness</a>, and such recommendations be must approved by the secretary of defense before it can be handed over to the president, who is the final approval authority for the MOH, although it is awarded in the name of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a>. </p><p>The secretary of defense, with the concurrence of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">secretary of state</a>, is the approval authority for the acceptance and wear of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> medals issued by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_General_of_NATO" title="Secretary General of NATO">secretary general of NATO</a> and offered to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Permanent_Representative_to_NATO" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Permanent Representative to NATO">U.S. permanent representative to NATO</a> in recognition of U.S. servicemembers who meet the eligibility criteria specified by NATO.<sup id="cite_ref-1348.33,_V3:39_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1348.33,_V3:39-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congressional_committees">Congressional committees</h3></div> <p>As the head of the department, the secretary of defense is the chief witness for the congressional committees with oversight responsibilities over the Department of Defense. The most important committees, with respect to the entire department, are the two authorizing committees, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Armed Services Committee</a> (SASC) and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> (HASC), and the two appropriations committees, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States Senate Committee on Appropriations">Senate Appropriations Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States House Committee on Appropriations">House Appropriations Committee</a>. </p><p>For the DoD intelligence programs the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Senate Select Committee on Intelligence</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Permanent_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence">House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence</a> have the principal oversight role. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Security_Council">National Security Council</h3></div> <p>The secretary of defense is a statutory member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As one of the principals, the secretary along with the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice president</a>, secretary of state and the <a href="/wiki/Assistant_to_the_President_for_National_Security_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs">assistant to the president for national security affairs</a> participates in biweekly Principals Committee (PC) meetings, preparing and coordinating issues before they are brought before full NSC sessions chaired by the president. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role_in_the_military_justice_system">Role in the military justice system</h3></div> <p>The secretary is one of only five or six civilians – the others being the president, the three "service secretaries" (the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Army">secretary of the Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Navy">secretary of the Navy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Air Force">secretary of the Air Force</a>), and the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of Homeland Security">secretary of homeland security</a> (when the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> is under the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">United States Department of Homeland Security</a> and has not been transferred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> under the Department of Defense) – authorized to act as <a href="/wiki/Convening_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Convening authority">convening authority</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">military justice system</a> for <a href="/wiki/Courts-martial_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Courts-martial in the United States">General Courts-Martial</a> (<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/10/822">§ 822</a>: article 22, <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">UCMJ</a>), Special Courts-Martial (<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/10/823">§ 823</a>: article 23, UCMJ), and Summary Courts-Martial (<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/10/824">§ 824</a>: article 24 UCMJ). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Salary">Salary</h2></div> <p>The secretary of defense is a <a href="/wiki/Executive_Schedule#Level_I" title="Executive Schedule">Level I position in the Executive Schedule</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UnitedStatesCode|5|5312_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UnitedStatesCode|5|5312-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus earning a salary of <a href="/wiki/US_Dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="US Dollar">US$</a>246,400, as of October 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-Salary_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salary-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_secretaries_of_defense">List of secretaries of defense</h2></div> <p>The longest-serving secretary of defense is <a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a>, who served for a total of 7<span class="nowrap"> </span>years, 39 days. Combining his two non-sequential services as the secretary of defense, the second-longest serving is <a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a>, who served just ten days fewer than McNamara. The second-longest unbroken tenure was Caspar Weinberger's, at 6<span class="nowrap"> </span>years, 306 days. </p><p>The shortest-serving secretary of defense is <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Richardson" title="Elliot Richardson">Elliot Richardson</a>, who served 114 days and then was appointed <a href="/wiki/US_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="US Attorney General">U.S. attorney general</a> amid the <a href="/wiki/Richard_Kleindienst" title="Richard Kleindienst">resignations</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Watergate_Scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="Watergate Scandal">Watergate Scandal</a>. (This is not counting <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">deputy secretaries of defense</a> <a href="/wiki/William_P._Clements" class="mw-redirect" title="William P. Clements">William P. Clements</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft_IV" title="William Howard Taft IV">William Howard Taft IV</a>, who each served a few weeks as temporary/acting secretary of defense). </p><p>For precursors to this position prior to the establishment of the Department of Defense, see the lists of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy#Executive_Department,_1798–1949" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">secretaries of the Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War#Secretary_of_War_(1789–1947)" title="United States Secretary of War">secretaries of war</a> prior to 1947. </p> <dl><dt>Parties</dt></dl> <p><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><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#3333FF; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E81B23; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> / Unknown</span> </p> <dl><dt>Status</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: black;background-color:#E6E6AA; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Denotes an <i><a href="/wiki/Acting_(law)" title="Acting (law)">acting</a> secretary of defense</i></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th class="unsortable">Image </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Start </th> <th>End </th> <th>Duration </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Home State </th> <th colspan="2">President(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><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><span data-sort-value="Forrestal, James"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Forrestal" title="James Forrestal">James Forrestal</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_James_V._Forrestal_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_James_V._Forrestal-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001947-09-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 17, 1947</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-03-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 28, 1949</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002558000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 192 days </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span data-sort-value="Truman, Harry S."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1945–1953)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_Johnson_official_DoD_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Louis_Johnson_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-Louis_Johnson_official_DoD_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Louis_Johnson_official_DoD_photo.jpg/113px-Louis_Johnson_official_DoD_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Louis_Johnson_official_DoD_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="160" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Louis A."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Louis_A._Johnson" title="Louis A. Johnson">Louis A. Johnson</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Louis_A._Johnson_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Louis_A._Johnson-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-03-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 28, 1949</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001950-09-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 19, 1950</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002540000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 175 days </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg/46px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_George_C._Marshall,_official_military_photo,_1946_(cropped).JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/General_George_C._Marshall%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1946_%28cropped%29.JPEG/75px-General_George_C._Marshall%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1946_%28cropped%29.JPEG" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/General_George_C._Marshall%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1946_%28cropped%29.JPEG/113px-General_George_C._Marshall%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1946_%28cropped%29.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/General_George_C._Marshall%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1946_%28cropped%29.JPEG/150px-General_George_C._Marshall%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1946_%28cropped%29.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="743" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Marshall, George C."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_C._Marshall" title="George C. Marshall">George C. Marshall</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_George_C._Marshall_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_George_C._Marshall-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001950-09-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 21, 1950</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001951-09-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 12, 1951</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002356000000000000♠"></span>356 days </td> <td style="background: #DDDDBB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/41px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_A._Lovett_cph.3a47036.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Robert_A._Lovett_cph.3a47036.jpg/75px-Robert_A._Lovett_cph.3a47036.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Robert_A._Lovett_cph.3a47036.jpg/113px-Robert_A._Lovett_cph.3a47036.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Robert_A._Lovett_cph.3a47036.jpg/150px-Robert_A._Lovett_cph.3a47036.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1178" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Lovett, Robert A."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Lovett" title="Robert A. Lovett">Robert A. Lovett</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Robert_A._Lovett_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Robert_A._Lovett-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001951-09-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 17, 1951</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1953</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002491000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 125 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Wilson_official_DoD_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Charles_Wilson_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-Charles_Wilson_official_DoD_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Charles_Wilson_official_DoD_photo.jpg/113px-Charles_Wilson_official_DoD_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Charles_Wilson_official_DoD_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="160" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Wilson, Charles Erwin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson" title="Charles Erwin Wilson">Charles Erwin Wilson</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Charles_E._Wilson_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Charles_E._Wilson-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 28, 1953</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-10-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 8, 1957</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003171400000000000♠"></span>4 years, 253 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="457" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="Eisenhower, Dwight D."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1953–1961)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg/113px-Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg/150px-Neil_McElroy_official_DoD_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="155" data-file-height="191" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="McElroy, Neil H."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Neil_H._McElroy" title="Neil H. McElroy">Neil H. McElroy</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Neil_H._McElroy_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Neil_H._McElroy-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-10-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 9, 1957</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001959-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 1, 1959</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002783000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 53 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Ohio.svg/25px-Flag_of_Ohio.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Ohio.svg/38px-Flag_of_Ohio.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Ohio.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ohio.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="320" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </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/113px-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><span data-sort-value="Gates Jr., Thomas S."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gates_Jr." title="Thomas S. Gates Jr.">Thomas S. Gates Jr.</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Thomas_S._Gates,_Jr._35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Thomas_S._Gates,_Jr.-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001959-12-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 2, 1959</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001961-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1961</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002415000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 49 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/41px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg/75px-Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg/113px-Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg/150px-Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2440" data-file-height="3050" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="McNamara, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Robert_S._McNamara_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Robert_S._McNamara-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001961-01-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 21, 1961</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-02-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 29, 1968</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003259500000000000♠"></span>7 years, 39 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Michigan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="457" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Kennedy, John F."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1961–1963)</span><br /><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Lyndon B."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1963–1969)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clark_Clifford_photo_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Clark_Clifford_photo_portrait.jpg/75px-Clark_Clifford_photo_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Clark_Clifford_photo_portrait.jpg/113px-Clark_Clifford_photo_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Clark_Clifford_photo_portrait.jpg/150px-Clark_Clifford_photo_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Clifford, Clark"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Clark_Clifford" title="Clark Clifford">Clark Clifford</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Clark_M._Gifford_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Clark_M._Gifford-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-03-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 1, 1968</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001969-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1969</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002325000000000000♠"></span>325 days </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Lyndon B."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1963–1969)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG/75px-Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG/113px-Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG/150px-Melvin_Laird_official_photo.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Laird, Melvin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Laird" title="Melvin Laird">Melvin Laird</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Melvin_R._Laird_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Melvin_R._Laird-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001969-01-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 22, 1969</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-01-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 29, 1973</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003146800000000000♠"></span>4 years, 7 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/45px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="Nixon, Richard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1969–1974)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg/75px-ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg/113px-ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg/150px-ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="558" data-file-height="684" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Richardson, Elliot"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Elliot_Richardson" title="Elliot Richardson">Elliot Richardson</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Elliot_L._Richardson_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Elliot_L._Richardson-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-01-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 30, 1973</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-05-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 24, 1973</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002114000000000000♠"></span>114 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/23px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/35px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/46px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e6e6aa;"> <td>– </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clements_Deputy_DoD.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Clements_Deputy_DoD.jpg/75px-Clements_Deputy_DoD.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Clements_Deputy_DoD.jpg/113px-Clements_Deputy_DoD.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Clements_Deputy_DoD.jpg/150px-Clements_Deputy_DoD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Clements, Bill"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clements" title="Bill Clements">Bill Clements</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span><sup id="cite_ref-Citizen_Airmen_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Citizen_Airmen-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-05-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 24, 1973</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-07-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2, 1973</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001390000000000000♠"></span>39 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td rowspan=""><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/35px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/45px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td rowspan=""><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo_BW_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo_BW_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo_BW_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo_BW_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo_BW_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo_BW_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-James_Schlesinger_official_DoD_photo_BW_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="718" data-file-height="930" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan=""><span data-sort-value="Schlesinger, James R."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_R._Schlesinger" title="James R. Schlesinger">James R. Schlesinger</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_James_R._Schlesinger_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_James_R._Schlesinger-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan=""><span data-sort-value="000000001973-07-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 2, 1973</span> </td> <td rowspan=""><span data-sort-value="000000001975-11-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 19, 1975</span> </td> <td rowspan=""><span data-sort-value="7002870000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 140 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan=""><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td rowspan=""><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Nixon, Richard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1969–1974)</span><br /><span data-sort-value="Ford, Gerald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974–1977)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rumsfeld_Ford_admin_Secretary_of_Defense.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Rumsfeld_Ford_admin_Secretary_of_Defense.jpg/75px-Rumsfeld_Ford_admin_Secretary_of_Defense.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Rumsfeld_Ford_admin_Secretary_of_Defense.jpg/113px-Rumsfeld_Ford_admin_Secretary_of_Defense.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Rumsfeld_Ford_admin_Secretary_of_Defense.jpg/150px-Rumsfeld_Ford_admin_Secretary_of_Defense.jpg 2x" data-file-width="735" data-file-height="1052" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Rumsfeld, Donald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Rumsfeld_Ford_Administration_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Rumsfeld_Ford_Administration-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001975-11-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 20, 1975</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1977</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002427000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 61 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/23px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/35px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/46px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan=""><span data-sort-value="Ford, Gerald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974–1977)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg/75px-Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg/113px-Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg/150px-Harold_Brown_photo_portrait_standing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2249" data-file-height="2862" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Brown, Harold"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Brown_(Secretary_of_Defense)" title="Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)">Harold Brown</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Harold_Brown_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Harold_Brown-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1977</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1981</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003146100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 0 days </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/23px-Flag_of_California.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/35px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/45px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Carter, Jimmy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977–1981)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg/75px-Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg/113px-Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg/150px-Caspar_Weinberger_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Weinberger, Caspar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger" title="Caspar Weinberger">Caspar Weinberger</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Caspar_W._Weinberger_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Caspar_W._Weinberger-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-01-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 21, 1981</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-11-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 23, 1987</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003249700000000000♠"></span>6 years, 306 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/23px-Flag_of_California.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/35px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/45px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="Reagan, Ronald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1981–1989)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_Carlucci_official_portrait.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Frank_Carlucci_official_portrait.JPEG/75px-Frank_Carlucci_official_portrait.JPEG" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Frank_Carlucci_official_portrait.JPEG/113px-Frank_Carlucci_official_portrait.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Frank_Carlucci_official_portrait.JPEG/150px-Frank_Carlucci_official_portrait.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2558" data-file-height="3210" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Carlucci, Frank"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carlucci" title="Frank Carlucci">Frank Carlucci</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Frank_C._Carlucci_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Frank_C._Carlucci-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-11-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 23, 1987</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001989-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1989</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002424000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 58 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">– </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Howard_Taft_IV,_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense,_official_portrait.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/William_Howard_Taft_IV%2C_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_portrait.JPEG/75px-William_Howard_Taft_IV%2C_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_portrait.JPEG" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/William_Howard_Taft_IV%2C_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_portrait.JPEG/113px-William_Howard_Taft_IV%2C_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_portrait.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/William_Howard_Taft_IV%2C_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_portrait.JPEG/150px-William_Howard_Taft_IV%2C_Deptuty_Secretary_of_Defense%2C_official_portrait.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2355" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="Taft IV, William Howard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft_IV" title="William Howard Taft IV">William Howard Taft IV</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="000000001989-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1989</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="000000001989-03-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 21, 1989</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="7001600000000000000♠"></span>60 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Ohio.svg/25px-Flag_of_Ohio.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Ohio.svg/38px-Flag_of_Ohio.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Ohio.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ohio.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="320" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="Bush, George H. W."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1989–1993)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney,_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Secretary_of_Defense_Richard_B._Cheney%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1258" data-file-height="1688" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cheney, Dick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Richard_B._Cheney_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Richard_B._Cheney-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001989-03-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 21, 1989</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1993</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003140100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 305 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Wyoming.svg/22px-Flag_of_Wyoming.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Wyoming.svg/33px-Flag_of_Wyoming.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Wyoming.svg/43px-Flag_of_Wyoming.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg/75px-Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg/113px-Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg/150px-Les_Aspin_official_DoD_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="639" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Aspin, Les"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Les_Aspin" title="Les Aspin">Les Aspin</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Leslie_Aspin_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Leslie_Aspin-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DODKO_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DODKO-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CQAlmanac1993_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CQAlmanac1993-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1993</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-02-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 3, 1994</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002379000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 14 days </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/45px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="Clinton, Bill"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1993–2001)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Perry_official_DoD_photo_(retouched).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/William_Perry_official_DoD_photo_%28retouched%29.jpg/75px-William_Perry_official_DoD_photo_%28retouched%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/William_Perry_official_DoD_photo_%28retouched%29.jpg/113px-William_Perry_official_DoD_photo_%28retouched%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/William_Perry_official_DoD_photo_%28retouched%29.jpg/150px-William_Perry_official_DoD_photo_%28retouched%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="978" data-file-height="1260" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Perry, William"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_J._Perry" title="William J. Perry">William Perry</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_William_J._Perry_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_William_J._Perry-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DODKO_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DODKO-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-02-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 3, 1994</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-01-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 24, 1997</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003108600000000000♠"></span>2 years, 356 days </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg/41px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Cohen,_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/William_Cohen%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-William_Cohen%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/William_Cohen%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-William_Cohen%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/William_Cohen%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-William_Cohen%2C_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1437" data-file-height="1947" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cohen, William"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Cohen" title="William Cohen">William Cohen</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_William_S._Cohen_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_William_S._Cohen-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-01-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 24, 1997</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2001</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003145700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 362 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/19px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/29px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Maine.svg/38px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rumsfeld1_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Rumsfeld1_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Rumsfeld1_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Rumsfeld1_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Rumsfeld1_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Rumsfeld1_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Rumsfeld1_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1620" data-file-height="2169" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Rumsfeld, Donald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Rumsfeld_Bush_Administration_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Rumsfeld_Bush_Administration-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2001</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-12-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 18, 2006</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003215800000000000♠"></span>5 years, 332 days<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(7 years, 29 days total)</span> </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/23px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/35px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/46px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan=""><span data-sort-value="Bush, George W."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2001–2009)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">22 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Gates,_official_DoD_photo_portrait,_2006_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Robert_Gates%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Robert_Gates%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Robert_Gates%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Robert_Gates%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Robert_Gates%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Robert_Gates%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1808" data-file-height="2166" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="Gates, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Robert_M._Gates_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Robert_M._Gates-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DODKO_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DODKO-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="000000002006-12-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 18, 2006</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="000000002011-06-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 30, 2011</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003165500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 194 days </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/35px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/45px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan=""><span data-sort-value="Bush, George W."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2001–2009)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Obama, Barack"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009–2017)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leon_Panetta,_official_DoD_photo_portrait,_2011_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Leon_Panetta%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Leon_Panetta%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Leon_Panetta%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Leon_Panetta%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Leon_Panetta%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Leon_Panetta%2C_official_DoD_photo_portrait%2C_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1573" data-file-height="2038" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Panetta, Leon"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Leon_Panetta" title="Leon Panetta">Leon Panetta</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Leon_E._Panetta_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Leon_E._Panetta-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002011-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 1, 2011</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-02-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 26, 2013</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002606000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 240 days </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/23px-Flag_of_California.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/35px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_California.svg/45px-Flag_of_California.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="Obama, Barack"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009–2017)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chuck_Hagel_Defense_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Chuck_Hagel_Defense_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Chuck_Hagel_Defense_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Chuck_Hagel_Defense_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Chuck_Hagel_Defense_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Chuck_Hagel_Defense_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Chuck_Hagel_Defense_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1829" data-file-height="2316" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hagel, Chuck"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Chuck_Hagel_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Chuck_Hagel-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-02-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 27, 2013</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-02-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 17, 2015</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002720000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 355 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Nebraska.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nebraska.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Nebraska.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nebraska.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Nebraska.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nebraska.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ash_Carter_DOD_Secretary_Portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Ash_Carter_DOD_Secretary_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Ash_Carter_DOD_Secretary_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Ash_Carter_DOD_Secretary_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Ash_Carter_DOD_Secretary_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Ash_Carter_DOD_Secretary_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Ash_Carter_DOD_Secretary_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2661" data-file-height="3387" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Carter, Ash"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ash_Carter" title="Ash Carter">Ash Carter</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_Ashton_B._Carter_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_Ashton_B._Carter-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DODKO_49-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DODKO-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-02-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 17, 2015</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2017</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002703000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 338 days </td> <td style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/23px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/35px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/46px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Mattis_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/James_Mattis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-James_Mattis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/James_Mattis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-James_Mattis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/James_Mattis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-James_Mattis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1528" data-file-height="2058" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Mattis, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mattis" title="Jim Mattis">Jim Mattis</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Historical_Office_James_N._Mattis_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Historical_Office_James_N._Mattis-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2017</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 1, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002710000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 345 days </td> <td style="background: #DDDDBB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/23px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/35px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/46px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="658" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><span data-sort-value="Trump, Donald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017–2021)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e6e6aa;"> <td>– </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patrick_Shanahan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Patrick_Shanahan_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Patrick_Shanahan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Patrick_Shanahan_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Patrick_Shanahan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Patrick_Shanahan_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Patrick_Shanahan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1710" data-file-height="2380" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Shanahan, Patrick M."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_M._Shanahan" title="Patrick M. Shanahan">Patrick M. Shanahan</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 1, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-06-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 23, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002173000000000000♠"></span>173 days </td> <td style="background: #DDDDBB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/23px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/35px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/46px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="658" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e6e6aa;"> <td>– </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_T._Esper_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mark_T._Esper_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Mark_T._Esper_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mark_T._Esper_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Mark_T._Esper_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mark_T._Esper_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Mark_T._Esper_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1730" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Esper, Mark"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Esper" title="Mark Esper">Mark Esper</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span><sup id="cite_ref-esperbio_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esperbio-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-06-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 24, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-07-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 15, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001210000000000000♠"></span>21 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e6e6aa;"> <td>– </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_V._Spencer_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Richard_V._Spencer_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Richard_V._Spencer_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Richard_V._Spencer_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Richard_V._Spencer_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Richard_V._Spencer_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Richard_V._Spencer_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Spencer, Richard V."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_V._Spencer" title="Richard V. Spencer">Richard V. Spencer</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span><sup id="cite_ref-SpencerActingSecDef_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpencerActingSecDef-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-07-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 15, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-07-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 23, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠"></span>8 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Wyoming.svg/22px-Flag_of_Wyoming.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Wyoming.svg/33px-Flag_of_Wyoming.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Wyoming.svg/43px-Flag_of_Wyoming.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Mark_T._Esper_%E2%80%93_Secretary_of_Defense_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Dr._Mark_T._Esper_%E2%80%93_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Dr._Mark_T._Esper_%E2%80%93_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Dr._Mark_T._Esper_%E2%80%93_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Dr._Mark_T._Esper_%E2%80%93_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Dr._Mark_T._Esper_%E2%80%93_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Dr._Mark_T._Esper_%E2%80%93_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="840" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Esper, Mark"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Esper" title="Mark Esper">Mark Esper</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-esperbio_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esperbio-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-07-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 23, 2019</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-11-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 9, 2020</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002475000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 109 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e6e6aa;"> <td>– </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christopher_C._Miller_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Christopher_C._Miller_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Christopher_C._Miller_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Christopher_C._Miller_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Christopher_C._Miller_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Christopher_C._Miller_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Christopher_C._Miller_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2240" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Miller, Christopher C."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_C._Miller" title="Christopher C. Miller">Christopher C. Miller</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span><sup id="cite_ref-esperbio_61-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esperbio-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-11-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 9, 2020</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2021</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001720000000000000♠"></span>72 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Iowa.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="477" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">– </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_L._Norquist_%E2%80%93_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/David_L._Norquist_%E2%80%93_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-David_L._Norquist_%E2%80%93_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/David_L._Norquist_%E2%80%93_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-David_L._Norquist_%E2%80%93_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/David_L._Norquist_%E2%80%93_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-David_L._Norquist_%E2%80%93_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="Norquist, David"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Norquist" title="David Norquist">David Norquist</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="000000002021-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2021</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="000000002021-01-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 22, 2021</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠"></span>2 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/23px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/35px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg/46px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #3333FF;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="Biden, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2021–2025)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_of_Defense_Lloyd_Austin,_official_portrait,_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Secretary_of_Defense_Lloyd_Austin%2C_official_portrait%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Secretary_of_Defense_Lloyd_Austin%2C_official_portrait%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Secretary_of_Defense_Lloyd_Austin%2C_official_portrait%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Secretary_of_Defense_Lloyd_Austin%2C_official_portrait%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Secretary_of_Defense_Lloyd_Austin%2C_official_portrait%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Secretary_of_Defense_Lloyd_Austin%2C_official_portrait%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1700" data-file-height="2217" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Austin, Lloyd"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-01-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 22, 2021</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2025</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003145900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 364 days </td> <td style="background: #DDDDBB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_State_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">– </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Salesses_in_2005_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Robert_Salesses_in_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Robert_Salesses_in_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Robert_Salesses_in_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Robert_Salesses_in_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Robert_Salesses_in_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Robert_Salesses_in_2005_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1814" data-file-height="2406" /></a></span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="Salesses, Robert G."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_G._Salesses" title="Robert G. Salesses">Robert G. Salesses</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2025</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 25, 2025</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠"></span>5 days </td> <td style="background: #DDDDBB;"> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg/19px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg/30px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg/39px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="580" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="Trump, Donald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2025–present)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_of_Defense_Pete_Hegseth_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Secretary_of_Defense_Pete_Hegseth_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Secretary_of_Defense_Pete_Hegseth_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Secretary_of_Defense_Pete_Hegseth_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Secretary_of_Defense_Pete_Hegseth_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Secretary_of_Defense_Pete_Hegseth_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Secretary_of_Defense_Pete_Hegseth_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1537" data-file-height="1993" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Hegseth, Pete"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hegseth" title="Pete Hegseth">Pete Hegseth</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 25, 2025</span> </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001220000000000000♠"></span>22 days </td> <td style="background: #E81B23;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Succession">Succession</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_succession">Presidential succession</h3></div> <p>The secretary of defense is sixth in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession" title="United States presidential line of succession">presidential line of succession</a>, following the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">secretary of the treasury</a> and preceding the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">attorney general</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_succession">Secretary succession</h3></div> <p>On December 10, 2020, President Donald Trump modified the order of succession for the office of Secretary of Defense in Executive Order 13963. The order of succession is:<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Office </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Policy" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Policy">Under Secretary of Defense for Policy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence">Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>- </td> <td><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>** </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><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 and Sustainment</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Research_and_Engineering" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering">Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_(Comptroller)" title="Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)">Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Personnel_and_Readiness" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness">Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Policy#Principal_Deputy" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Policy">Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security; </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td>Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness </td></tr> <tr> <td>15* </td> <td><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><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Assistant Secretary of Defense">Assistant Secretaries of Defense</a><br />Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation<br />Director of Operational Test and Evaluation<br />Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense </td></tr> <tr> <td>16* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Under Secretary of the Army">Under Secretary of the Army</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a><br /><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> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army">Assistant Secretaries of the Army</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy">Assistant Secretaries of the Navy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force">Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force</a><br /><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Army" title="General Counsel of the Army">General Counsel of the Army</a><br /><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Navy" title="General Counsel of the Navy">General Counsel of the Navy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="General Counsel of the Air Force">General Counsel of the Air Force</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>*Order of Succession is determined by the seniority of officials in their role.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>**Office dissolved on January 1, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Notes">Notes</h4></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to the Executive Order precedence states – in layman’s terms – that appointees designated the same succession number are determined by the order in which the date they were appointed (senate confirmed) to their position. However appointees designated the same succession number and have the same appointment (senate confirmed) date shall be determined by the order in which they have taken the oath to serve in that office.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Congress disestablished the CMO position with the passage of the <a href="/wiki/William_M._(Mac)_Thornberry_National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2021" class="mw-redirect" title="William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021">William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021</a> effective 1 January 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Base_Realignment_and_Closure_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Base Realignment and Closure Commission">Base Realignment and Closure Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">Boeing E-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Challenge_coin" title="Challenge coin">Challenge coin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_Exclusion_Policy" title="Combat Exclusion Policy">Combat Exclusion Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_to_Assess_the_Ballistic_Missile_Threat_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States">Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuity_of_Operations_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Continuity of Operations Plan">Continuity of Operations Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONPLAN_8022-02" title="CONPLAN 8022-02">CONPLAN 8022-02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Policy_Board_Advisory_Committee" title="Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee">Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Support_of_Civil_authorities" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Support of Civil authorities">Defense Support of Civil authorities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Directive_2310" title="Department of Defense Directive 2310">Department of Defense Directive 2310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Designated_survivor" title="Designated survivor">Designated survivor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emergency_Action_Message" title="Emergency Action Message">Emergency Action Message</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Command_and_Control_System" title="Global Command and Control System">Global Command and Control System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Codes" title="Gold Codes">Gold Codes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamdan_v._Rumsfeld" title="Hamdan v. Rumsfeld">Hamdan v. Rumsfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Worldwide_Intelligence_Communications_System" title="Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System">Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Agreement" title="Key West Agreement">Key West Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCarran_Internal_Security_Act" title="McCarran Internal Security Act">McCarran Internal Security Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006" title="Military Commissions Act of 2006">Military Commissions Act of 2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_operation_plan" title="Military operation plan">Military operation plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Command_Authority_(United_States)" title="National Command Authority (United States)">National Command Authority (United States)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Industrial_Security_Program" title="National Industrial Security Program">National Industrial Security Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Strategy_(United_States)" title="National Security Strategy (United States)">National Security Strategy (United States)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_Identification_Badge" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge">Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Packard_Commission" title="Packard Commission">Packard Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permissive_Action_Link" class="mw-redirect" title="Permissive Action Link">Permissive Action Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Successor_Support_System" title="Presidential Successor Support System">Presidential Successor Support System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadrennial_Defense_Review" title="Quadrennial Defense Review">Quadrennial Defense Review</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rules_of_engagement" title="Rules of engagement">Rules of engagement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Defense_Employer_Support_Freedom_Award" title="Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award">Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single_Integrated_Operational_Plan" title="Single Integrated Operational Plan">Single Integrated Operational Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_secrets_privilege" title="State secrets privilege">State secrets privilege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stop-loss_policy" title="Stop-loss policy">Stop-loss policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-man_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-man rule">Two-man rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unconventional_warfare_(United_States_Department_of_Defense_doctrine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unconventional warfare (United States Department of Defense doctrine)">Unconventional warfare (United States Department of Defense doctrine)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Military_Financing" title="United States Foreign Military Financing">United States Foreign Military Financing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/US_Commission_on_National_Security/21st_Century" class="mw-redirect" title="US Commission on National Security/21st Century">US Commission on National Security/21st Century</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-DoD50:177-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DoD50:177_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#DoD50">Trask & Goldberg</a>: p. 177.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 4,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=3+U.S.+Code+%C2%A7+19+%E2%80%93+Vacancy+in+offices+of+both+President+and+Vice+President%3B+officers+eligible+to+act&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.cornell.edu%2Fuscode%2Ftext%2F3%2F19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-UnitedStatesCode|5|5312-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UnitedStatesCode|5|5312_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UnitedStatesCode|5|5312_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Title_5_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 5 of the United States Code">5 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/5312">§ 5312</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><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/10/113">§ 113</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5100.1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5100.1_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#5100.1">DoDD 5100.1</a>: Enclosure 2: a</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Title_5_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 5 of the United States Code">5 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/101">§ 101</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</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://www.nato.int/cps/en/SID-C0FDE451-36F2483B/natolive/nato_countries.htm">"NATO – member countries"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130517140516/http://www.nato.int/cps/en/SID-C0FDE451-36F2483B/natolive/nato_countries.htm">Archived</a> from the original on May 17, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 4,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NATO&rft.atitle=NATO+%E2%80%93+member+countries&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nato.int%2Fcps%2Fen%2FSID-C0FDE451-36F2483B%2Fnatolive%2Fnato_countries.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">50 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/402">§ 402</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <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/10/113">§ 113</a>. The <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a> originally required an interval of ten years after relief from active duty, which was reduced to seven years by Sec. 903(a) of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_the_Fiscal_Year_2008&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 2008 (page does not exist)">2008 National Defense Authorization Act</a>. In 1950 Congress passed special legislation (Pub. Law 81-788) to allow <a href="/wiki/George_C._Marshall" title="George C. Marshall">George C. 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It is hereby expressed as the sense of the Congress that after General Marshall leaves the office of Secretary of Defense, no additional appointments of military men to that office shall be approved.</p></blockquote> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/marshall.htm">Defenselink bio</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081118005624/http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/marshall.htm">Archived</a> November 18, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Retrieved February 8, 2010; and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marshallfoundation.org/about/chronology.html">Marshall Foundation bio</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110927043204/http://www.marshallfoundation.org/about/chronology.html">Archived</a> September 27, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Retrieved February 8, 2010. </p> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-UnitedStatesCode|10|162-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UnitedStatesCode|10|162_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UnitedStatesCode|10|162_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><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/10/162">§ 162</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JP1:II9-11-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JP1:II9-11_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#JP1">Joint Publication 1</a>: II-9, II-10 & II-11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><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/10/3011">§ 3011</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><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/10/5011">§ 5011</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><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/10/8011">§ 8011</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DoD50:11-52-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DoD50:11-52_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#DoD50">Trask & Goldberg</a>: pp.11 & 52</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SupCom:231-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SupCom:231_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#SupCom">Cohen</a>: p.231.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKorbOgden2006" class="citation web cs1">Korb, Lawrence J.; Ogden, Pete (October 31, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2006/10/31/2215/rumsfelds-management-failures/">"Rumsfeld's Management Failures"</a>. <i>Center for American Progress</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171022185308/https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2006/10/31/2215/rumsfelds-management-failures/">Archived</a> from the original on October 22, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8Y3tmhPrl44C&q=William+P.+Clements,+Jr.+Acting+Secretary+of+Defense&pg=PA252"><i>Citizen Airmen: A History of the Air Force Reserve 1946–1994</i></a>. DIANE Publishing. p. 252. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781428991620" title="Special:BookSources/9781428991620"><bdi>9781428991620</bdi></a>. <q>In June 1973, Representative O. C. Fisher complained to William P. Clements, Jr., acting Secretary of Defense, that the authority, responsibility, and, consequently, effectiveness of the chiefs of the various reserve components seemed to be eroding.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Citizen+Airmen%3A+A+History+of+the+Air+Force+Reserve+1946%E2%80%931994&rft.pages=252&rft.pub=DIANE+Publishing&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=9781428991620&rft.aulast=Cantwell&rft.aufirst=Gerald+T.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8Y3tmhPrl44C%26q%3DWilliam%2BP.%2BClements%2C%2BJr.%2BActing%2BSecretary%2Bof%2BDefense%26pg%3DPA252&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Historical_Office_James_R._Schlesinger-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Historical_Office_James_R._Schlesinger_41-0">^</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="http://history.defense.gov/Multimedia/Biographies/Article-View/Article/571289/james-r-schlesinger">"James R. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 14,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Joint+Publication+1-04+%E2%80%93+Legal+Support+to+Military+Operations&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.series=Joint+Publications&rft.pub=U.S.+Department+of+Defense&rft.date=2011-08-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dtic.mil%2Fdoctrine%2Fnew_pubs%2Fjp1_04.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="SupCom" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Eliot_A._Cohen" title="Eliot A. Cohen">Cohen, Eliot A.</a> (2003). <i>Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen and Leadership in Wartime</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Anchor_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Anchor Books">Anchor Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4000-3404-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4000-3404-8"><bdi>978-1-4000-3404-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Supreme+Command%3A+Soldiers%2C+Statesmen+and+Leadership+in+Wartime&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Anchor+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-4000-3404-8&rft.aulast=Cohen&rft.aufirst=Eliot+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="DoD1944-1978" class="citation book cs1">Cole, Alice C.; Goldberg, Alfred; Tucker, Samuel A.; et al., eds. (1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155622/http://history.defense.gov/resources/DODDocsEstandOrg1944-1978.pdf"><i>The Department of Defense: Documents on Establishment and Organization 1944–1978</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Washington, D.C.: Historical Office, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Government_Printing_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Government Printing Office">U.S. Government Printing Office</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://history.defense.gov/resources/DODDocsEstandOrg1944-1978.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on July 14, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Department+of+Defense%3A+Documents+on+Establishment+and+Organization+1944%E2%80%931978&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.pub=Historical+Office%2C+Office+of+the+Secretary+of+Defense%2FU.S.+Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1978&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhistory.defense.gov%2Fresources%2FDODDocsEstandOrg1944-1978.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="DODKO" class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://history.defense.gov/Portals/70/Documents/key_officials/KeyOfficials2019-01.pdf"><i>Department of Defense Key Officials September 1947 – February 2019</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Washington, D.C.: Historical Office, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a>. January 30, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Department+of+Defense+Key+Officials+September+1947+%E2%80%93+February+2019&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.pub=Historical+Office%2C+Office+of+the+Secretary+of+Defense&rft.date=2019-01-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.defense.gov%2FPortals%2F70%2FDocuments%2Fkey_officials%2FKeyOfficials2019-01.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Huntington" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_P._Huntington" title="Samuel P. Huntington">Huntington, Samuel P.</a> (1957). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Soldier_and_the_State" title="The Soldier and the State">The Soldier and the State</a></i>. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-81736-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-81736-2"><bdi>0-674-81736-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Soldier+and+the+State&rft.place=Cambridge%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pub=The+Belknap+Press+of+Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=1957&rft.isbn=0-674-81736-2&rft.aulast=Huntington&rft.aufirst=Samuel+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="King" class="citation book cs1">King, Archibald (1960) [1949]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/Command-Army_King.pdf"><i>Command of the Army</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Military Affairs. Charlottesville, Virginia: <a href="/wiki/The_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Legal_Center_and_School" title="The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School">The Judge Advocate General's School, U.S. Army</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080731074337/http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/Command-Army_King.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on July 31, 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Command+of+the+Army&rft.place=Charlottesville%2C+Virginia&rft.series=Military+Affairs&rft.pub=The+Judge+Advocate+General%27s+School%2C+U.S.+Army&rft.date=1960&rft.aulast=King&rft.aufirst=Archibald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Frr%2Ffrd%2FMilitary_Law%2Fpdf%2FCommand-Army_King.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Mahan, Erin R., and Jeffrey A. Larsen, eds. (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://history.defense.gov/Portals/70/Documents/special_studies/SpecStudy3.pdf">"Evolution of the Secretary of Defense in the Era of Massive Retaliation: Charles Wilson, Neil McElroy, and Thomas Gates, 1953–1961"</a>, Cold War Foreign Policy Series: Special Study<span class="nowrap"> </span>3 (September 2012), vii–41.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Stevenson" class="citation book cs1">Stevenson, Charles A. (2006). <i>SECDEF: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense</i>. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57488-794-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-57488-794-7"><bdi>1-57488-794-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=SECDEF%3A+The+Nearly+Impossible+Job+of+Secretary+of+Defense&rft.place=Dulles%2C+Virginia&rft.pub=Potomac+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-57488-794-7&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=Charles+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="DoD50" class="citation book cs1">Trask, Roger R.; Goldberg, Alfred (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140714174451/http://history.defense.gov/resources/DOD1947-1997OrgLeaders.pdf"><i>The Department of Defense 1997–1947: Organization and Leaders</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Washington, D.C.: Historical Office, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Government_Printing_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Government Printing Office">U.S. Government Printing Office</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-16-049163-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-16-049163-0"><bdi>0-16-049163-0</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://history.defense.gov/resources/DOD1947-1997OrgLeaders.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on July 14, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Department+of+Defense+1997%E2%80%931947%3A+Organization+and+Leaders&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.pub=Historical+Office%2C+Office+of+the+Secretary+of+Defense%2FU.S.+Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-16-049163-0&rft.aulast=Trask&rft.aufirst=Roger+R.&rft.au=Goldberg%2C+Alfred&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhistory.defense.gov%2Fresources%2FDOD1947-1997OrgLeaders.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_historical_sources">Primary historical sources</h3></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Cheney" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Cheney, Dick</a>; <a href="/wiki/Liz_Cheney" title="Liz Cheney">Cheney, Liz</a> (2011). <i><a href="/wiki/In_My_Time:_A_Personal_and_Political_Memoir" title="In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir">In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir</a></i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4391-7619-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4391-7619-1"><bdi>978-1-4391-7619-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+My+Time%3A+A+Personal+and+Political+Memoir&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-4391-7619-1&rft.aulast=Cheney&rft.aufirst=Dick&rft.au=Cheney%2C+Liz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Rumsfeld" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Rumsfeld, Donald</a> (2011). <i><a href="/wiki/Known_and_Unknown:_A_Memoir" title="Known and Unknown: A Memoir">Known and Unknown: A Memoir</a></i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Sentinel_(publisher)" title="Sentinel (publisher)">Sentinel</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59523-067-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59523-067-6"><bdi>978-1-59523-067-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Known+and+Unknown%3A+A+Memoir&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Sentinel&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-59523-067-6&rft.aulast=Rumsfeld&rft.aufirst=Donald&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Online_sources">Online sources</h4></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="DOMP" class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130507124537/http://odam.defense.gov/omp/Functions/Organizational_Portfolios/Evolution%20of%205100.1.html">"Department of Defense Directive 5100.01 Functions of the Department of Defense and Its Major Components"</a>. Office of the Secretary Defense, Director of Administration and Management, Directorate for Organizational & Management Planning. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://odam.defense.gov/omp/Functions/Organizational_Portfolios/Evolution%20of%205100.1.html">the original</a> on May 7, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 13,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Department+of+Defense+Directive+5100.01+Functions+of+the+Department+of+Defense+and+Its+Major+Components&rft.pub=Office+of+the+Secretary+Defense%2C+Director+of+Administration+and+Management%2C+Directorate+for+Organizational+%26+Management+Planning&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fodam.defense.gov%2Fomp%2FFunctions%2FOrganizational_Portfolios%2FEvolution%2520of%25205100.1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Secretary+of+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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Salesses">Robert G. Salesses</a></b> (acting)</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/Mark_Averill" title="Mark Averill">Mark Averill</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Terence_Emmert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terence Emmert (page does not exist)">Terence Emmert</a> (acting)</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/Gary_A._Ashworth" title="Gary A. Ashworth">Gary Ashworth</a> (acting)</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="/w/index.php?title=David_R._Fitzgerald&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David R. Fitzgerald (page does not exist)">David R. Fitzgerald</a> (acting)</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="/w/index.php?title=Victor_Minella&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victor Minella (page does not exist)">Victor Minella</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="/w/index.php?title=Jennifer_L._Miller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jennifer L. Miller (page does not exist)">Jennifer L. Miller</a> (acting)</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. 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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. 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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, //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 class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><sup>a</sup> - Acting</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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_Department_of_Defense696" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse 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 navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="Template:United States Department of Defense"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="Template talk:United States Department of Defense"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States Department of Defense"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_Department_of_Defense696" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li>Headquarters: <b><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Hegseth" title="Pete Hegseth">Pete Hegseth</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_G._Salesses" title="Robert G. 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Salesses</a>, Acting <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)696" 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 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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_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_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-odd" 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_Local_Defense_Community_Cooperation" title="Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation">Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation</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_Intelligence_and_Security" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security">Under Secretary of Defense<br />for Intelligence and Security</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_Intelligence_Agency" title="Defense Intelligence Agency">Defense Intelligence Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Counterintelligence_and_Security_Agency" title="Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency">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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_House_Communications_Agency" title="White House Communications Agency">White House Communications Agency</a></li></ul></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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_National_Security_Agency" title="Director of the National Security Agency">Director/Chief</a></li></ul></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-odd" 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_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/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-odd" 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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Forces_Network" title="American Forces Network">American Forces Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Information_School" title="Defense Information School">Defense Information School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Visual_Information_Distribution_Service" title="Defense Visual Information Distribution Service">Defense Visual Information Distribution Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_(newspaper)" title="Stars and Stripes (newspaper)"><i>Stars and Stripes</i></a></li></ul></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-even" 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/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><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reports directly</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_Defense_for_Legislative_Affairs" title="Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs">Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs</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_Departments696" 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_for_Installations,_Energy_and_Environment" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army for 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_Programs_of_The_United_States_Army" title="Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Programs of The United States Army">Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Programs</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 href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">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_(Energy,_Installations_and_Environment)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)</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_(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_Acquisition)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)</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,_Technology_and_Logistics)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)</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_Energy)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, 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Intelligence Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">SSCI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Permanent_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence">HPSCI</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency">Directors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>Legend</dt> <dd>A = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a></dd> <dd>MC = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></dd> <dd>N = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a></dd> <dd>AF = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a></dd> <dd>SF = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a></dd> <dd>CG = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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title="United States military seniority">United States military seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</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_components_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense">Components</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;">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">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<br /> 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<br /> 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_American_military_installations" title="List of American military installations">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;">Demographics</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_United_States_military" title="International military decoration authorized by the United States 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_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of land vehicles of the United States 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" class="mw-redirect" 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" 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:Military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military of the United States">Category</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:United_States_Army" title="Category:United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">Health, Education, and Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">Post Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">War</a></li></ul> </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="United_States_presidential_line_of_succession579" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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