United States Secretary of the Navy

Statutory office and the head of the U.S. Department of the Navy

Not to be confused with Chief of Naval Operations.

United States Secretary of the Navy

Seal of the Department of the Navy

Flag of the secretary

Incumbent
John Phelan

since 25 March 2025

Department of the Navy
Style| Mister Secretary
The Honorable (formally)
Abbreviation| SECNAV
Reports to| Secretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Appointer| The president
with Senate advice and consent
Constituting instrument| 10 U.S.C. § 8013
Formation| 18 June 1798; 227 years ago (18 June 1798)
First holder| Benjamin Stoddert
Succession| 3rd in SecDef succession
Deputy| Under Secretary
(Principal Civilian Deputy)
Chief of Naval Operations
(Navy Advisor and Deputy)
Commandant
(Marine Corps Advisor and Deputy)
Salary| Executive Schedule, level II
Website| www.secnav.navy.mil

The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer (10 U.S.C. § 8013) and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. On March 25, 2025, John Phelan was confirmed as Secretary of the Navy.[1]

By law, the secretary of the Navy must be a civilian at least seven years removed from active military service (10 U.S.C. § 8013). The secretary is appointed by the president and requires confirmation by the Senate.

## History

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The position of Secretary of the Navy was created in 1798. It was a member of the president's Cabinet until 1949, when the secretary of the Navy (and the secretaries of the Army and Air Force) were by amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 made subordinate to the secretary of defense.[2]

From 2001 to 2019, proposals to rename the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, which would have also renamed the secretary of the Navy to the secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps, were introduced with wide support in the United States Congress, but failed due to the opposition of Senator and retired U.S. Navy officer John McCain.[3]

## Responsibilities

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The Department of the Navy (DoN) consists of two uniformed services: the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.[4] The secretary of the Navy is responsible for, and has statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 8013) to "conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy", i.e. as its chief executive officer, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the president and the secretary of defense. In effect, all authority within the Navy and Marine Corps, unless specifically exempted by law, is derivative of the authority vested in the secretary of the Navy.

Specifically enumerated responsibilities of the SECNAV in the aforementioned section are: recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The secretary also oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment, and facilities. SECNAV is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the president or the secretary of defense.[5][6]

The secretary of the Navy is a member of the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB), chaired by the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. Furthermore, the secretary has several statutory responsibilities under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) with respect to the administration of the military justice system for the Navy & the Marine Corps, including the authority to convene general courts-martial and to commute sentences.

The principal military advisers to the SECNAV are the two service chiefs of the naval services: for matters regarding the Navy the chief of naval operations (CNO), and for matters regarding the Marine Corps the commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC). The CNO and the Commandant act as the principal executive agents of the SECNAV within their respective services to implement the orders of the secretary.

### Navy regulations

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The United States Navy Regulations is the principal regulatory document of the Department of the Navy, and all changes to it must be approved by the secretary of the Navy.

### U.S. Coast Guard

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Whenever the United States Coast Guard operates as a service within the Department of the Navy, the secretary of the Navy has the same powers and duties with respect to the Coast Guard as the secretary of homeland security when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.[7]

## Navy Secretariat

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The Office of the Secretary of the Navy, also known within DoD as the Navy Secretariat or simply just as the Secretariat in a DoN setting, is the immediate headquarters staff that supports the secretary in discharging his duties. The principal officials of the Secretariat include the Under Secretary of the Navy (the secretary's principal civilian deputy), the assistant secretaries of the Navy (ASN), the general counsel of the Navy, the judge advocate general of the Navy (JAG), the Naval inspector general (NIG), the chief of Legislative Affairs, and the chief of naval research. The Office of the Secretary of the Navy has sole responsibility within the Department of the Navy for acquisition, auditing, financial and information management, legislative affairs, and public affairs.[8]

Pursuant to SecNavInst 5090.5F, the Department of the Navy Environmental Programs Manual, the secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations recognize a number of commands annually for achievements in such areas as environmental quality, environmental cleanup, natural resources conservation, cultural resources management, pollution prevention, and recycling.[9]

The chief of naval operations and the commandant of the Marine Corps have their own separate staffs, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (also known by its acronym OPNAV) and Headquarters Marine Corps.

## Secretaries of the Navy

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Denotes acting secretaries

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### Continental Congress

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Position  | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office

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Chairman of the Marine Committee  |  | John Adams | 13 October 1775 – 1779
Member of the Marine Committee  |  | John Langdon | 13 October 1775–?
Member of the Marine Committee  |  | Silas Deane | 13 October 1775–?
Member of the Marine Committee  |  | Joseph Hewes | 1775[11]
Continental Navy Board
(under Marine Committee)  |  |  | 6 November 1776 – 28 October 1779
Chairman of the Continental Board of Admiralty  |  | Francis Lewis | December 1779 – 1780
Secretary of Marine  |  | Alexander McDougall | 7 February 1781 – 29 August 1781
Agent of Marine
(devolved onto Superintendent of Finance)  |  | Robert Morris | 29 August 1781 – 1784[12]

(Post of Secretary of Marine created but remained vacant)

### Executive Department, 1798–1949

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Denotes an Acting United States Secretary of the Navy

No.  | Portrait  | Name  | State  | Start  | End  | President(s)

|
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|
|

1  |  | Benjamin Stoddert | Maryland | 18 June 1798 | 31 March 1801 |  | John Adams
(1797–1801)
| Thomas Jefferson
(1801–1809)
2  |  | Robert Smith | Maryland  | 27 July 1801 | 4 March 1809
3  |  | Paul Hamilton | South Carolina | 15 May 1809 | 31 December 1812 |  | James Madison
(1809–1817)
4  |  | William Jones | Pennsylvania | 19 January 1813 | 1 December 1814
5  |  | Benjamin Crowninshield | Massachusetts | 16 January 1815 | 30 September 1818
| James Monroe
(1817–1825)
6  |  | Smith Thompson | New York | 1 January 1819 | 31 August 1823
7  |  | Samuel L. Southard | New Jersey | 16 September 1823 | 4 March 1829
| John Quincy Adams
(1825–1829)
8  |  | John Branch | North Carolina | 9 March 1829 | 12 May 1831 |  | Andrew Jackson
(1829–1837)
9  |  | Levi Woodbury | New Hampshire | 23 May 1831 | 30 June 1834
10  |  | Mahlon Dickerson | New Jersey  | 1 July 1834 | 30 June 1838
| Martin Van Buren
(1837–1841)
11  |  | James K. Paulding | New York  | 1 July 1838 | 4 March 1841
12  |  | George E. Badger | North Carolina  | 6 March 1841 | 11 September 1841 |  | William Henry Harrison
(1841)
| John Tyler
(1841–1845)
13  |  | Abel P. Upshur | Virginia | 11 October 1841 | 23 July 1843
14  |  | David Henshaw | Massachusetts  | 24 July 1843 | 18 February 1844
15  |  | Thomas W. Gilmer | Virginia  | 19 February 1844 | 28 February 1844
16  |  | John Y. Mason | Virginia  | 26 March 1844 | 4 March 1845
17  |  | George Bancroft | Massachusetts  | 11 March 1845 | 9 September 1846 |  | James K. Polk
(1845–1849)
18  |  | John Y. Mason | Virginia  | 10 September 1846 | 4 March 1849
19  |  | William B. Preston | Virginia  | 8 March 1849 | 22 July 1850 |  | Zachary Taylor
(1849–1850)
20  |  | William Graham | North Carolina  | 2 August 1850 | 25 July 1852 |  | Millard Fillmore
(1850–1853)
21  |  | John P. Kennedy | Maryland  | 26 July 1852 | 4 March 1853
22  |  | James C. Dobbin | North Carolina  | 8 March 1853 | 4 March 1857 |  | Franklin Pierce
(1853–1857)
23  |  | Isaac Toucey | Connecticut | 7 March 1857 | 4 March 1861 |  | James Buchanan
(1857–1861)
24  |  | Gideon Welles | Connecticut  | 7 March 1861 | 4 March 1869 |  | Abraham Lincoln
(1861–1865)
| Andrew Johnson
(1865–1869)
25  |  | Adolph E. Borie | Pennsylvania  | 9 March 1869 | 25 June 1869 |  | Ulysses S. Grant
(1869–1877)
26  |  | George M. Robeson | New Jersey  | 26 June 1869 | 4 March 1877
Acting |  | William Faxon |  | 4 March 1877 | 13 March 1877 |  | Rutherford B. Hayes
(1877–1881)
27  |  | Richard W. Thompson | Indiana | 13 March 1877 | 20 December 1880
28  |  | Nathan Goff Jr. | West Virginia | 7 January 1881 | 4 March 1881
29  |  | William H. Hunt | Louisiana | 7 March 1881 | 16 April 1882 |  | James A. Garfield
(1881)
| Chester A. Arthur
(1881–1885)
30  |  | William E. Chandler | New Hampshire  | 16 April 1882 | 4 March 1885
31  |  | William C. Whitney | New York  | 7 March 1885 | 4 March 1889 |  | Grover Cleveland
(1885–1889)
32  |  | Benjamin F. Tracy | New York  | 6 March 1889 | 4 March 1893 |  | Benjamin Harrison
(1889–1893)
33  |  | Hilary A. Herbert | Alabama | 7 March 1893 | 4 March 1897 |  | Grover Cleveland
(1893–1897)
34  |  | John Davis Long | Massachusetts  | 6 March 1897 | 30 April 1902 |  | William McKinley
(1897–1901)
| Theodore Roosevelt
(1901–1909)
35  |  | William Moody | Massachusetts  | 1 May 1902 | 30 June 1904
36  |  | Paul Morton | Illinois | 1 July 1904 | 30 June 1905
37  |  | Charles Bonaparte | Maryland  | 1 July 1905 | 16 December 1906
38  |  | Victor H. Metcalf | California | 17 December 1906 | 30 November 1908
39  |  | Truman Handy Newberry | Michigan | 1 December 1908 | 4 March 1909
40  |  | George von Lengerke Meyer | Massachusetts  | 6 March 1909 | 4 March 1913 |  | William Howard Taft
(1909–1913)
41  |  | Josephus Daniels | North Carolina  | 5 March 1913 | 4 March 1921 |  | Woodrow Wilson
(1913–1921)
42  |  | Edwin Denby | Michigan  | 6 March 1921 | 10 March 1924 |  | Warren G. Harding
(1921–1923)
| Calvin Coolidge
(1923–1929)
Acting |  | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |  | 10 March 1924 | 19 March 1924
43  |  | Curtis D. Wilbur | California  | 19 March 1924 | 4 March 1929
44  |  | Charles Francis Adams III | Massachusetts  | 5 March 1929 | 4 March 1933 |  | Herbert Hoover
(1929–1933)
45  |  | Claude A. Swanson | Virginia  | 4 March 1933 | 7 July 1939 |  | Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1933–1945)
46  |  | Charles Edison | New Jersey  | 7 July 1939 | 2 January 1940
2 January 1940 | 24 June 1940
Acting |  | Lewis Compton |  | 24 June 1940 | 11 July 1940
47  |  | Frank Knox | Illinois  | 11 July 1940 | 28 April 1944
Acting |  | Ralph Austin Bard |  | 28 April 1944 | 19 May 1944
48  |  | James Forrestal | New York  | 19 May 1944 | 17 September 1947
| Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
49  |  | John Sullivan | New Hampshire  | 18 September 1947 | 24 May 1949
50  |  | Francis P. Matthews | Nebraska | 25 May 1949 | 10 August 1949

### Military Department (Department of Defense), 1949–present

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Denotes an Acting United States Secretary of the Navy

No.  | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | President(s)

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Start  | End  | Duration
50  |  | Francis P. Matthews | 10 August 1949 | 31 July 1951 | 797  |  | Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
51  |  | Dan A. Kimball | 31 July 1951 | 20 January 1953 | 539
52  |  | Robert Anderson | 4 February 1953 | 3 March 1954 | 392  |  | Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
53  |  | Charles Thomas | 3 May 1954 | 1 April 1957 | 1064
54  |  | Thomas S. Gates Jr. | 1 April 1957 | 8 June 1959 | 798
55  |  | William B. Franke | 8 June 1959 | 19 January 1961 | 591
56  |  | John Connally | 25 January 1961 | 20 December 1961 | 329  |  | John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
57  |  | Fred Korth | 4 January 1962 | 1 November 1963 | 666
Acting |  | Paul B. Fay | 2 November 1963 | 28 November 1963 | 26
| Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
58  |  | Paul Nitze | 29 November 1963 | 30 June 1967 | 1309
Acting |  | Charles F. Baird | 1 July 1967 | 31 August 1967 | 61
59  |  | Paul Ignatius | 1 September 1967 | 24 January 1969 | 511
| Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
60  |  | John Chafee | 31 January 1969 | 4 May 1972 | 1189
61  |  | John Warner | 4 May 1972 | 8 April 1974 | 704
62  |  | J. William Middendorf | 8 April 1974 | 20 January 1977 | 1018
| Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
63  |  | W. Graham Claytor Jr. | 14 February 1977 | 24 August 1979 | 921  |  | Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
64  |  | Edward Hidalgo | 24 October 1979 | 20 January 1981 | 454
65  |  | John Lehman | 5 February 1981 | 10 April 1987 | 2255  |  | Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
66  |  | Jim Webb | 1 May 1987 | 23 February 1988 | 298
67  |  | William L. Ball | 28 March 1988 | 15 May 1989 | 413
| George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
68  |  | Henry L. Garrett III | 15 May 1989 | 26 June 1992 | 1138
Acting |  | Daniel Howard | 26 June 1992 | 7 July 1992 | 11
69  |  | Sean O'Keefe | 7 July 1992 | 2 October 1992 | 87
2 October 1992 | 20 January 1993 | 110
Acting |  | Frank Kelso | 20 January 1993 | 21 July 1993 | 182  |  | Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
70  |  | John H. Dalton | 22 July 1993 | 16 November 1998 | 1943
71  |  | Richard Danzig | 16 November 1998 | 20 January 2001 | 796
Acting |  | Robert B. Pirie Jr. | 20 January 2001 | 24 May 2001 | 124  |  | George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
72  |  | Gordon R. England | 24 May 2001 | 30 January 2003 | 616
Acting |  | Susan Livingstone | 30 January 2003 | 7 February 2003 | 8
Acting |  | Hansford T. Johnson | 7 February 2003 | 30 September 2003 | 235
73  |  | Gordon R. England | 1 October 2003 | 29 December 2005[13] | 820
Acting |  | Dionel M. Aviles | 29 December 2005[13] | 3 January 2006[13] | 5
74  |  | Donald C. Winter | 3 January 2006[13] | 13 March 2009[14] | 1165
| Barack Obama
(2009–2017)
Acting |  | B. J. Penn | 13 March 2009[14] | 19 May 2009[15] | 67
75  |  | Ray Mabus | 19 May 2009[14] | 20 January 2017 | 2803
Acting |  | Sean Stackley | 20 January 2017 | 3 August 2017 | 195  |  | Donald Trump
(2017–2021)
76  |  | Richard V. Spencer | 3 August 2017 | 15 July 2019 | 711
Acting |  | Thomas Modly | 15 July 2019 | 31 July 2019 | 16
76  |  | Richard V. Spencer | 31 July 2019 | 24 November 2019 | 116
Acting |  | Thomas Modly | 24 November 2019 | 7 April 2020 | 135
Acting |  | James E. McPherson | 7 April 2020 | 29 May 2020 | 52
77  |  | Kenneth Braithwaite | 29 May 2020[16] | 20 January 2021 | 236
Acting |  | Thomas Harker | 20 January 2021 | 9 August 2021 | 201  |  | Joe Biden
(2021–2025)
78  |  | Carlos Del Toro | 9 August 2021 | 20 January 2025 | 1260
Acting |  | Terence Emmert | 20 January 2025 | 25 March 2025 | 64  |  | Donald Trump
(2025–present)
79  |  | John Phelan | 25 March 2025 | Incumbent  | 137

## See also

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* Military awards of the United States Department of the Navy
* Secretary of the Navy Council of Review Boards
* Stephen Mallory, the only Secretary of the Navy of the Confederate States of America

## References

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1. ^ "Honorable John Phelan Sworn in as 79th Secretary of the Navy at National Archives". United States Navy. 25 March 2025. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
2. ^ "Guide to Federal Records – General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1798–1947". Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
3. ^ Bacon, Lance M. (2 May 2016). "Congressman: I'll 'keep fighting like a bulldog' to rename the Navy Department for Marines". Marine Corps Times. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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5. ^ "10 U.S. Code § 8013 – Secretary of the Navy". LII. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
6. ^ "The Honorable Donald C. Winter". U.S. Navy Biographies. 3 January 2006. Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
7. ^ "10 U.S. Code § 8013a – Secretary of the Navy: powers with respect to Coast Guard". Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
8. ^ "10 U.S. Code § 8014 – Office of the Secretary of the Navy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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11. ^ Joseph HewesArchived 10 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval Historical and Heritage Command.
12. ^ Benson J. Lossing. Household History for All Readers Archived 30 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. 1877. Republished in Our Country vol. 2
13. ^ a b c d Staff reporter (29 December 2005). "Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Relinquishes Top Navy Post". American Forces Press Service. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009. "Navy Undersecretary Dionel M. Aviles will serve as acting Navy secretary effective today. Donald Winter, who was confirmed by the Senate last month, will be sworn in as the 74th secretary of the Navy on Jan. 3."
14. ^ a b c "Navy Secretary Departs Office" (Press release). United States Department of Defense. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2009. "The 74th Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter, resigned his office today as planned. Winter had agreed to remain in office until March 13, 2009, to ease the transition of the Department of Defense. [...] BJ Penn will be the acting Secretary of the Navy until the Senate confirms a nominee chosen by President Barack Obama."
15. ^ Staff reporter (19 May 2005). "Mabus Sworn in as New Navy Secretary". NNS. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009. "Ray Mabus, former Mississippi governor and U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was sworn in May 19 as the 75th secretary of the Navy." (Archived by WebCite at WebCite)
16. ^ "Kenneth Braithwaite Sworn in as Secretary of the Navy". USNI News. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

## External links

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* Official website

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United States secretaries of the navy

Secretaries|

| Cabinet-level|

* Stoddert
* Smith
* Hamilton
* Jones
* Crowninshield
* S Thompson
* Southard
* Branch
* L. Woodbury
* Dickerson
* Paulding
* Badger
* Upshur
* Henshaw
* Gilmer
* Mason
* Bancroft
* Mason
* Preston
* Graham
* Kennedy
* Dobbin
* Toucey
* Welles
* Borie
* Robeson
* R Thompson
* Goff
* Hunt
* Chandler
* Whitney
* Tracy
* Herbert
* Long
* Moody
* Morton
* Bonaparte
* Metcalf
* Newberry
* Meyer
* Daniels
* Denby
* Wilbur
* Adams
* Swanson
* Edison
* Knox
* Forrestal

|

Dept. of Defense|

* Sullivan
* Matthews
* Kimball
* Anderson
* Thomas
* T. Gates
* Franke
* Connally
* Korth
* Nitze
* Ignatius
* Chafee
* Warner
* Middendorf
* Claytor
* Hidalgo
* Lehman
* Webb
* Ball
* Garrett
* O'Keefe
* Dalton
* Danzig
* England
* Winter
* Mabus
* Spencer
* Braithwaite
* Del Toro
* Phelan

Under
secretaries|

* Forrestal
* Bard
* A. Gates
* Sullivan
* Kenney
* Kimball
* Whitehair
* Thomas
* T. Gates
* Franke
* Bantz
* Fay
* BeLieu
* Baldwin
* Baird
* Warner
* Sanders
* Middendorf
* Potter
* Macdonald
* Woolsey
* Murray
* Goodrich
* Garrett
* Howard
* Danzig
* Hultin
* Pirie
* Livingstone
* Aviles
* Work
* Davidson
* Modly
* Raven

Assistant
secretaries|

| Pre–1954|

* Fox
* Faxon
* Soley
* McAdoo
* T. Roosevelt Sr.
* Allen
* Hackett
* Darling
* Newberry
* Satterlee
* Winthrop
* F. Roosevelt
* G. Woodbury
* T. Roosevelt Jr.
* Robinson
* Jahncke
* H. Roosevelt
* Edison
* Compton
* Bard
* Hensel
* Kenney
* Andrews
* Koehler
* Askins
* Fogler

|

Post–1954|

* Financial Management and Comptroller
* Energy, Installations and Environment
* Manpower and Reserve Affairs
* Research, Development and Acquisitions
* General Counsel of the Navy
* defunct:
* Air
* Installations and Logistics
* Material
* Research and Development
* Research, Engineering and Systems
* Shipbuilding and Logistics

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Senior officials in the United States Department of Defense

Secretary of Defense
Pete Hegseth

Deputy Secretary of Defense
Steve Feinberg

Secretaries of the military departments

Secretary of the Army: Daniel P. Driscoll
Secretary of the Navy: John Phelan
Secretary of the Air Force: Troy Meink

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen Dan Caine, USAF

Under secretaries of defense for

Acquisition and Sustainment: Steven J. Morani (acting)
Research and Engineering: Emil Michael
Policy: Elbridge Colby
Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer: Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell (acting)
Personnel and Readiness: Jules W. Hurst III (acting)
Intelligence: Dustin Gard-Weiss (acting)

Under secretaries of the military departments

Under Secretary of the Army: David R. Fitzgerald (acting)
Under Secretary of the Navy: Victor Minella (acting)
Under Secretary of the Air Force: Edwin Oshiba (acting)

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
ADM Christopher W. Grady, USN

Chiefs of the military services

Chief of Staff of the Army: GEN Randy A. George
Commandant of the Marine Corps: Gen Eric M. Smith
Chief of Naval Operations: ADM James W. Kilby (acting)
Chief of Staff of the Air Force: Gen David W. Allvin
Chief of Space Operations: Gen B. Chance Saltzman

Chief of the National Guard Bureau
Gen Steven S. Nordhaus, USAF

Unified Combatant Command commanders

Africa: Gen Michael E. Langley, USMC
Central: GEN Michael E. Kurilla, USA
Cyber: LTG William J. Hartman, USA (acting)
European: Gen Alexus G. Grynkewich, USAF
Indo-Pacific: ADM Samuel J. Paparo Jr., USN
Northern: Gen Gregory M. Guillot, USAF
Southern: ADM Alvin Holsey, USN
Space: Gen Stephen N. Whiting, USSF
Special Operations: GEN Bryan P. Fenton, USA
Strategic: Gen Anthony J. Cotton, USAF
Transportation: Gen Randall Reed, USAF

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United States Department of Defense

* Headquarters: The Pentagon

* Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense
* Steve Feinberg, Deputy Secretary of Defense

Office of the Secretary of Defense
(including defense agencies and DoD field activities)

| Deputy Secretary of Defense|

* Deputy's Advisory Working Group
* Office of Net Assessment
* Special Access Program Oversight Committee

|

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)|

* Defense Contract Audit Agency
* Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition and Sustainment|

* Defense Contract Management Agency
* Defense Logistics Agency
* Defense Threat Reduction Agency
* Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
* Defense Acquisition University
* Defense Acquisition Board
* Defense Microelectronics Activity

Under Secretary of Defense
for Intelligence and Security|

* Defense Intelligence Agency
* Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
* Defense Information Systems Agency
* White House Communications Agency
* National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
* National Reconnaissance Office
* National Security Agency/Central Security Service
* Director/Chief

Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness|

* Defense Commissary Agency
* Department of Defense Education Activity
* Defense Human Resources Activity
* Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support
* Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute
* Defense Travel Management Office
* Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service
* Defense Health Agency
* Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy|

* Defense Security Cooperation Agency
* Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
* Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs|

* Defense Media Activity
* American Forces Network
* Defense Information School
* Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
* Stars and Stripes

Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering|

* Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
* Defense Innovation Unit
* Defense Technical Information Center
* Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center
* Missile Defense Agency

General Counsel of the Department of Defense|

* Defense Legal Services Agency (Office of Military Commissions)

Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense|

* Pentagon Force Protection Agency
* Washington Headquarters Services (White House Military Office)

Reports directly|

* Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs

Military Departments

| Department of the Army|

* Secretary of the Army
The Secretariat: Under Secretary of the Army
* Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
* Assistant Secretary for Civil Works
* Assistant Secretary (Financial Management and Comptroller)
* Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment
* Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
* General Counsel of the Army
* The Administrative Assistant
The Army Staff: Chief of Staff of the Army
* Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
* Sergeant Major of the Army
* Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Programs
* Chief of Chaplains
* Judge Advocate General
* Provost Marshal General
* Surgeon General
U.S. Army field organizations: see Structure of the United States Army

|

Department of the Navy|

* Secretary of the Navy
The Secretariat: Under Secretary of the Navy
* Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)
* Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)
* Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
* Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)
* General Counsel of the Navy
* Judge Advocate General
* Naval Criminal Investigative Service
* Naval Inspector General
Headquarters Marine Corps: Commandant of the Marine Corps
* Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
* Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
* Chaplain
U.S. Marine Corps field organizations: see Organization of the United States Marine Corps
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations: Chief of Naval Operations
* Vice Chief of Naval Operations
* Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
* Director of Naval Reactors
* Chief of Chaplains
* Chief of Naval Personnel
* Surgeon General
United States Navy field organizations: see Structure of the United States Navy

Department of the Air Force|

* Secretary of the Air Force
The Secretariat: Under Secretary of the Air Force
* Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
* Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)
* Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy)
* Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)
* General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force
* Air Force Office of Special Investigations
The Air Staff: Chief of Staff of the Air Force
* Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force
* Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
* Chief of Chaplains
* Chief of Safety
* Chief Scientist
* Judge Advocate General
* Surgeon General
U.S. Air Force field organizations: Major Commands
* Direct Reporting Units
* Field Operating Agencies
Space Staff: Chief of Space Operations
* United States Space Force field organizations

Joint Chiefs of Staff

* Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
* Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman
* Joint Requirements Oversight Council
* Director of the Joint Staff
* Joint Staff
* National Military Command Center
* Alternate National Military Command Center
* National Defense University
* Joint Personnel Recovery Agency

Combatant Commands

* Africa Command
* Central Command
* European Command
* Northern Command
* Indo-Pacific Command
* Southern Command
* Space Command
* Cyber Command
* Special Operations Command
* Strategic Command
* Transportation Command

National Guard Bureau

* Chief of the National Guard Bureau
* Air National Guard
* Army National Guard

Office of the Inspector General

* Defense Criminal Investigative Service

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Leaders of the United States federal executive departments

Current|

* Agriculture
* Commerce
* Defense
* Education
* Energy
* Health and Human Services
* Homeland Security
* Housing and Urban Development
* Interior
* Justice
* Labor
* State
* Transportation
* Treasury
* Veterans Affairs

Past|

* Commerce and Labor
* Health, Education, and Welfare
* Navy
* Post Office
* War

* v
* t
* e

United States Armed Forces

Legend
A = Army
MC = Marine Corps
N = Navy
AF = Air Force
SF = Space Force
CG = Coast Guard

Leadership|

* President of the United States
* Secretary of Defense
* Deputy Secretary of Defense
* Secretary of Homeland Security
* Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
* Joint Chiefs of Staff
* Chairman
* Vice Chairman
* Committees on Armed Services
* Senate
* House
* Active duty four-star officers
* Active duty three-star officers
* United States military seniority
* National Security Act of 1947
* Goldwater–Nichols Act

Components|

| Military departments|

* Department of Defense
* Secretary
* Department of the Army
* Secretary
* Department of the Navy
* Secretary
* Department of the Air Force
* Secretary
* Department of Homeland Security
* Secretary

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Service branches
and heads|

* Chief of Staff of the United States Army
* Commandant of the Marine Corps
* Chief of Naval Operations
* Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
* Chief of Space Operations
* Commandant of the Coast Guard

Reserve components|

* Reserves:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* CG
* National Guard:
* A
* AF

Civilian auxiliaries|

* Military Auxiliary Radio System
* Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary
* Merchant Marine
* Civil Air Patrol
* Coast Guard Auxiliary

Unified combatant
command|

* Africa
* Central
* European
* Indo-Pacific
* Northern
* Southern
* Space
* Cyber
* Special Operations
* Strategic
* Transportation

Structure|

* United States Code
* Title 10
* Title 14
* Title 32
* Title 50
* The Pentagon
* Installations
* Units:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Logistics
* Media
* Unit mottoes

Operations
and history|

* Budget
* Current deployments
* Conflicts
* Wars
* Civil affairs

History|

* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG

Timeline|

* Colonial
* World War II

Demographics|

* African Americans
* Asian Americans
* Buddhist Americans
* Jewish Americans
* Muslim Americans
* Sikh Americans
* Hispanic Americans
* Civil War
* Air Force
* Coast Guard
* Marine Corps
* Navy
* Academy

History centers|

* Army Center of Military History
* Marine Corps History Division
* Naval History and Heritage Command
* Air Force Historical Research Agency

War artists|

* Army Art Program
* Air Force Art Program

Personnel|

| Training|

* Service academies:
* A (prep)
* MC/N (prep)
* AF/SF (prep)
* CG
* Merchant Marine
* ROTC
* A
* MC/N
* AF/SF
* Officer candidate/training school:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF/SF
* Warrant officer:
* A
* MEPS
* ASVAB
* The Basic School (MC)
* Enlisted recruit training:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF/SF
* CG
* Other education

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Uniforms|

* Uniforms:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Awards & decorations:
* Inter-service
* A
* MC/N
* AF/SF
* CG
* Foreign
* International
* Devices
* Badges:
* Identification
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG

Ranks|

* Officer:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Warrant officers
* Enlisted:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG

Other|

* Oath:
* Enlistment
* Officer
* Creeds & Codes:
* Code of Conduct
* NCO
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* CG
* Service numbers:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* CG
* Military Occupational Specialty/Rating/Air Force Specialty Code
* Pay
* Uniform Code of Military Justice
* Judge Advocate General's Corps
* Military Health System/Tricare
* Separation
* Veterans Affairs
* Conscription
* Chiefs of Chaplains:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* CG

Equipment|

* A (Designations)
* MC:
* vehicles
* weapons
* other
* N
* AF
* CG

| Land|

* Individual weapons
* Crew-served weapons
* Vehicles (active)

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Sea|

* All watercraft
* Ships:
* A
* N
* active
* future
* AF
* CG
* MSC
* Weapons:
* N
* Reactors

Air|

* Aircraft
* World War I
* active
* future
* Aircraft designation
* Helicopter arms

Other|

* WWII equipment
* Nuclear football
* Electronics (designations)
* Flags:
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Ensign
* Jack
* Guidons
* Food
* WMDs:
* Nuclear
* Biological
* Chemical

* Category
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG
* Navboxes
* A
* MC
* N
* AF
* SF
* CG

* v
* t
* e

United States Navy

Leadership|

* Secretary of the Navy
* Under Secretary of the Navy
* Chief of Naval Operations
* Vice Chief of Naval Operations
* Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
* 4-star admirals
* 3-star admirals
* 1864–1959
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020–present
* 2-star admirals
* House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
* Senate Subcommittee on Seapower

Structure|

* Navy
* Navy Reserve
* Fleet Marine Force
* Expeditionary Combat Command
* Merchant Marine

* Units
* Active ships
* Future ships
* Aircraft wings
* Aircraft squadrons
* Carrier strike group
* Installations
* Naval Observatory
* Master jet base

| Operating
forces|

* Fleet Forces Command
* Commander
* Pacific Fleet
* Commander
* Naval Forces Europe and Africa
* Naval Forces Central Command
* Naval Forces Southern Command
* Naval Special Warfare Command
* Navy Reserve
* Operational Test and Evaluation Force
* Naval Network Warfare Command
* Military Sealift Command

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Shore|

* Naval Sea Systems Command
* Naval Air Systems Command
* Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
* Naval Supply Systems Command
* Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
* Fleet Cyber Command
* Naval Academy
* Naval Education and Training Command
* Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
* Office of Naval Intelligence
* Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center
* Naval Legal Service Command
* Naval Observatory
* Naval Safety Command
* Bureau of Naval Personnel
* Chief of Naval Personnel
* Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
* Navy Installations Command
* Navy Working Capital Fund

Fleets|

* Second Fleet
* Third Fleet
* Fourth Fleet
* Fifth Fleet
* Sixth Fleet
* Seventh Fleet
* Tenth Fleet

Ships|

* A–B
* C
* D–F
* G–H
* I–K
* L
* M
* N–O
* P
* Q–R
* S
* T–V
* W–Z

* Aircraft carriers
* Airships
* Amphibious warfare ships
* Auxiliaries
* Battleships
* Cruisers
* Destroyers
* Destroyer escorts
* Escort carriers
* Frigates
* Mine warfare vessels
* Monitors
* Patrol vessels
* Registered civilian vessels
* Sailing frigates
* Steam frigates
* Steam gunboats
* Ships of the line
* Sloops of war
* Submarines
* Torpedo boats
* Torpedo retrievers
* Unclassified miscellaneous vessels
* Yard and district craft

Personnel
and
training|

| People|

| Officers|

Insignia
Designators

|

Enlisted|

Rates
Ratings
Classification

Personnel|

Chaplain Corps

Chief
Deputy Chief
Explosive ordnance disposal
Medical Corps
Dental Corps
Nurse Corps
Medical Service Corps
Supply Corps
Civil Engineer Corps
JAG Corps

JAG
DJAG
NCIS
Boatswain's mates
Hospital corpsman
Naval aviator
SEALs
Seabees
Master-at-arms
Operations specialist
SWCCs
Hispanic sailors

Training|

Recruit
Officer Candidate School
STA-21
NROTC
Naval University System (Naval War College, Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Academy, Naval Community College, Marine Corps University)
BESS
BFTT
CNATT
COMPTUEX
NAWCTSD
AIM
Naval Chaplaincy School
Naval Hospital Corps School
Naval Justice School
United States Armed Forces School of Music
Navy Senior Enlisted Academy
Navy Supply Corps School
Nuclear Power School
JMTC
TOPGUN
USNTPS
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Equipment|

* Uniforms
* Awards and decorations
* Badges
* Current fleet
* Future fleet
* Reserve fleet
* Current aircraft
* Weapons
* Naval reactors

History and
traditions|

* History
* 600 ship navy
* "Anchors Aweigh"
* Blue Angels
* Continental Navy
* Ensign
* Fleet bands
* Fleet Week
* Jack
* Line-crossing ceremony
* National Museum
* Navy Band
* Ceremonial Guard
* Navy Flag
* Navy Hymn
* Navy Memorial
* Navy service numbers
* Navy Weeks
* Revolt of the Admirals
* Sailor's Creed
* Ship commissioning
* Ship decommissioning
* Ship naming conventions
* Tingey House
* USS Constitution
* WAVES
* Wetting-down
* United States battleship retirement debate

* Category

* v
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* e

United States Marine Corps

Leadership|

* Secretary of the Navy
* Under Secretary of the Navy
* Commandant of the Marine Corps
* Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
* Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
* Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
* Marine Corps four-star generals
* Marine Corps three-star generals
* 1942–1959
* 2000–2009
* 2010–present

| US Congress|

* House Armed Services Committee
* Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee
* Senate Armed Services Committee
* Seapower subcommittee

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Major
commands|

* Organization of the Marine Corps
* Headquarters Marine Corps
* Marine Forces Command
* II Marine Expeditionary Force
* Marine Forces Pacific
* I Marine Expeditionary Force
* III Marine Expeditionary Force
* Marine Forces Reserve
* Fleet Marine Force
* Atlantic
* Pacific
* Marine Corps Combat Development Command
* Training & Education Command (TECOM)
* United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
* Marine Corps Systems Command

Auxiliary|

* Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary

Structure|

* Marine air–ground task force
* Bases
* Battalions
* Regiments
* Brigades
* Divisions
* MEF/Corps
* Marine aviation
* Marine expeditionary unit
* Marine Security Guard
* Special Operations
* Marine Raiders
* Marine Raider Regiment
* Recon
* Force
* Division

Others: List of current formation types of the United States Marine Corps

Personnel
and training|

| Personnel|

Rank insignia
MOS
Notable Marines
Historical Marines
Marine Astronauts
Criminal Investigation Division
Judge Advocate Division
Chaplain of the Marine Corps
Associated organizations

|

Training|

Recruit Training
School of Infantry
Officer Candidates School
The Basic School
Martial Arts Program

Uniforms
and equipment|

* Uniforms
* Awards
* Badges
* Weapons
* Vehicles and aircraft
* Individual equipment

History
and traditions|

* History
* Culture
* Acronyms and terms
* Birthday
* Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps
* Eagle, Globe, and Anchor
* Flag
* Marine Band
* Drum and Bugle Corps
* Horse Marines
* Marine One
* Color Guard
* Silent Drill Platoon
* White House Sentries
* Service Numbers
* Marine Corps War Memorial
* Marine Detachments
* "Marines' Hymn"
* Oorah
* History Division
* National Museum
* Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
* Rifleman's Creed
* Semper Fidelis
* march
* History of Hispanics in the USMC
* History of women in the USMC
* Women's Reserve
* Honorary Marine
* Toys for Tots
* Gung ho

* Category

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* e

Government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation

Congresses|

* Second Continental Congress
* Confederation Congress
* Delegates
* Committee of the States

Congressional Officers|

* President
* Secretary

Civil Offices/Officers|

* Postmaster General
* Superintendent of Finance
* Agent of the Marine
* Secretary at War
* Secretary of Foreign Affairs
* Court of Appeals

Military|

* Board of War
* Continental Army
* Commander in Chief
* Continental Navy
* Continental Marines

Meeting sites|

* Independence Hall (1779–1783)
* Nassau Hall (1783)
* Maryland State House (1783–1784)
* French Arms Tavern (1784)
* Federal Hall (1785–1789)

Related|

* Confederation period
* Perpetual Union
* Proclamation of 1783
* Ratification Day
* 1784 Land Ordinance
* 1785 Land Ordinance
* Northwest Ordinance
* Journals of the Continental Congress

Authority control databases |

* ISNI

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