United States Secretary of the Army
The United States Secretary of the Army ( SA or SECARMY ) is responsible for all administrative and technical issues relating to the United States Army . He heads the Department of the Army within the Department of Defense and reports directly to the Secretary of Defense .
Emergence
On September 18, 1947, the post of SECARMY was created as the successor to the US Army of the United States Secretary of War when the departments of Navy and Army were combined with the new Air Force in the new United States Department of Defense . The United States Secretary of War was still cabinet minister, the SECARMY only secretary of state . He is appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate .
Secretary of the Army has been Ryan McCarthy since September 29, 2019.
Organization and mandate
The SECARM is responsible for the implementation of all army affairs. This includes all administrative and technical organizational issues, human resources , budgeting , equipment issues ( procurement and replenishment ) and maintenance , training, and mobilization and demobilization issues . The Secretary of the Army is also responsible for the implementation of the policy of the Ministry of Defense and their army-specific formulation and implementation in the current "day-to-day business". The military commander of the US Army, the Chief of Staff of the Army, is subordinate to SECARM only administratively, but not operationally.
The SECARMY office
For governing body (or the staff department staff ) of SECARMY and its subordinate management facilities include the Under Secretary (dt .: Undersecretary of State ), the Assistance Secretaries (dt .: assisting state secretaries), the General Counsel (dt .: Chief legal counsel or counsel ) and other legally prescribed and established departments.
List of the Secretaries of the Army
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| Surname | Term of office | under president |
|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Claiborne Royall | September 18, 1947 - April 27, 1949 | Harry S. Truman |
| Gordon Gray | June 20, 1949 - April 12, 1950 | Truman |
| Frank Pace | April 12, 1950 - January 20, 1953 | Truman |
| Robert Ten Broeck Stevens | February 4, 1953 - July 21, 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Wilber Marion Brucker | July 21, 1955 - January 19, 1961 | Eisenhower |
| Elvis Jacob Stahr | January 24, 1961 - June 30, 1962 | John F. Kennedy |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | July 5, 1962 - January 21, 1964 | Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Stephen Ailes | Jan. 28, 1964 - July 1, 1965 | Johnson |
| Stanley Rogers Resor | July 2, 1965 - June 30, 1971 | Johnson, Richard Nixon |
| Robert Frederick Froehlke | July 1, 1971 - May 14, 1973 | Nixon |
| Howard Hollis Callaway | May 15, 1973 - July 3, 1975 | Nixon, Gerald Ford |
| Martin Richard Hoffmann | August 5, 1975 - January 20, 1977 | ford |
| Clifford Leopold Alexander | February 14, 1977 - January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| John Otho Marsh | January 21, 1981 - August 13, 1989 | Ronald Reagan , George Bush |
| Michael Patrick William Stone | August 14, 1989 - January 20, 1993 | Bush |
| Togo Dennis West | November 22, 1993 - December 2, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
| Robert Michael Walker | December 2, 1997 - July 2, 1998 | Clinton |
| Louis Edward Caldera | July 2, 1998 - January 20, 2001 | Clinton |
| Gregory Robert Dahlberg | January 20, 2001 - March 5, 2001 | George W. Bush |
| Joseph W. Westphal | March 5, 2001 - May 31, 2001 | Bush |
| Thomas E. White | May 31, 2001 - May 9, 2003 | Bush |
| Romer Leslie Brownlee | May 10, 2003 - November 18, 2004 | Bush |
| Francis Joseph Harvey | November 19, 2004 - March 2, 2007 | Bush |
| Preston Murdoch Geren | March 9, 2007 - September 16, 2009 | Bush, Barack Obama |
| John Michael McHugh | September 21, 2009 - November 1, 2015 | Obama |
| Eric Kenneth Fanning (interim.) | November 3, 2015 - January 11, 2016 | Obama |
| Patrick Joseph Murphy (interim) | January 11, 2016 - May 17, 2016 | Obama |
| Eric Kenneth Fanning | May 17, 2016 - January 19, 2017 | Obama |
| Robert M. Speer (interim.) | January 20, 2017 - August 2, 2017 | Donald Trump |
| Ryan McCarthy (interim) | August 2, 2017 - November 20, 2017 | Trump |
| Mark Thomas Esper | November 20, 2017 - July 23, 2019 | Trump |
| Ryan McCarthy | since September 30, 2019 | Trump |
See also
Web links
- https://www.army.mil/leaders/sa/ - Secretary of the Army website
- List of Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deputy Minister is the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense .
- ^ Acting Secretary of the Army | The United States Army. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .