Department of Defense appointments by Donald Trump

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Appointments

Main Department

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Defense	Mark Esper	June 24, 2019	July 15, 2019
		July 23, 2019 (Confirmed July 23, 2019, 90–8)
Deputy Secretary of Defense	David Norquist	January 2, 2019	July 23, 2019
		July 31, 2019 (Confirmed July 30, 2019, voice vote)
Chief Management Officer of Defense	Lisa Hershman[1][2]	December 30, 2019 (Confirmed December 19, 2019, voice vote)
		December 1, 2018[3]	December 30, 2019
General Counsel of Defense	Paul C. Ney Jr.[4]	August 20, 2018 (Confirmed July 12, 2018, 70–23)
Inspector General of Defense	Jason Abend[5]	Upon Senate confirmation
	Sean O'Donnell[6]	April 6, 2020
Chief Information Officer of Defense	Dana Deasy[7]	TBD (Confirmed December 19, 2019, voice vote)
		May 7, 2018 (Appointed April 5, 2018)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)	Robert R. Hood	August 8, 2017 (Confirmed August 1, 2017, voice vote)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	Mark A. Milley	September 30, 2019 (Confirmed July 25, 2019, 89–1)
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	John E. Hyten[8]	November 21, 2019 (Confirmed September 26, 2019, 75–22)
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment)	Ellen Lord	August 10, 2017 (Confirmed August 1, 2017, voice vote)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment)	Alan Shaffer[9]	January 28, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs)	Lucas Polakowski[10]	Upon Senate Confirmation
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition)	Kevin Fahey[11]	March 16, 2018 (Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Sustainment)	Jordan Gillis[12]	March 30, 2020 (Confirmed March 26, 2020, voice vote)
Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation	John E. Whitley[13]	August 16, 2019
		Upon Senate Confirmation
Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering)	Michael Kratsios	July 13, 2020
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering)	Mark J. Lewis	July 13, 2020
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations and Environment)	Lucian Niemeyer	August 2, 2017 (Confirmed August 1, 2017, voice vote)
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation	Robert Behler[14]	December 11, 2017 (Confirmed November 16, 2017, voice vote)
Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)	James H. Anderson[15][16]	February 29, 2020
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)		June 8, 2020 (Confirmed June 3, 2020, 78–17)
	Anthony Tata[17]	July 31, 2020
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities)	Victorino Mercado[18]	June 8, 2020 (Confirmed June 2, 2020, 75–15)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and Global Security)	Kenneth Rapuano	June 2, 2017 (Confirmed May 25, 2017, 95–1)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)	Thomas McCaffery	August 12, 2019 (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities)	Louis Bremer[19]	Upon Senate confirmation
	Thomas Alexander[20]	November 2, 2019
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Indo-Pacific Security Affairs)	David Helvey[21]	January 1, 2020
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	Thomas Harker	June 27, 2020
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	Vacant
Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Matthew Donovan[22]	March 23, 2020 (Confirmed March 23, 2020, voice vote)
		December 13, 2019	March 3, 2020
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)	Craig Duehring[23]	Upon Senate confirmation
	William Bushman[24]	July 29, 2019
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)	Virginia Penrod[25]	February 12, 2018
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness)	Tom Constable[26]	January 31, 2020
Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence)	Joseph D. Kernan	December 11, 2017 (Confirmed November 16, 2017, voice vote)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence and Security)	Bradley Hansell[27]	Upon Senate confirmation
National Security Agency
Inspector General of the National Security Agency	Robert Storch	January 2, 2018 (Confirmed December 21, 2017, voice vote)
Permanent Joint Board on Defense
Chairman of the United States Section of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense for the United States and Canada	Christopher D. Miller[15]
National Reconnaissance Office
Director of the National Reconnaissance Office	Christopher Scolese[28]	August 5, 2019 (Confirmed June 27, 2019, voice vote)

Department of the Army

Main article: United States Department of the Army

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of the Army	Ryan McCarthy	July 23, 2019	September 30, 2019
		September 30, 2019 (Confirmed September 26, 2019, voice vote)
General Counsel of the Army	Michele Pearce[29]	Upon Senate confirmation
Under Secretary of the Army	James E. McPherson	July 23, 2019	March 25, 2020
		March 25, 2020 (Confirmed March 23, 2020, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)	Bruce D. Jette	January 2, 2018 (Confirmed December 20, 2017, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)	R. D. James[30]	February 26, 2018 (Confirmed January 25, 2018, 89–1)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)	John E. Whitley[31]	September 26, 2018 (Confirmed September 18, 2018, voice vote)
	Jonathan Moak[32]	Upon Senate confirmation
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)	Alex A. Beehler[33]	January 10, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)	Casey Wardynski[34]	January 16, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)
United States Military Academy
Member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy	Meaghan C. Mobbs[15]
	Jim Nicholson[15]
	David Urban[35]
	Guy C. Swan III[35]

Department of the Navy

Main article: United States Department of the Navy

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of the Navy	Kenneth Braithwaite[36]	May 29, 2020 (Confirmed May 21, 2020, voice vote)
General Counsel of the Navy	Robert Sander[37]	January 6, 2020 (Confirmed December 19, 2019, voice vote)
Under Secretary of the Navy	Greg Slavonic[38]	April 24, 2020[39]
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)		June 11, 2018 (Confirmed May 24, 2018, voice vote)
	Catherine Kessmeier[40]	June 24, 2020
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)	Charles Williams[41]	April 24, 2020 (Confirmed March 26, 2020, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)	Thomas Harker	January 2, 2018 (Confirmed December 20, 2017, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)	James Geurts	December 5, 2017 (Confirmed November 16, 2017, voice vote)
United States Naval Academy
Members of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy	Anthony W. Parker[42]
	George Gould[42]
	Ronny Jackson[42]
	Sean Spicer[35]
	Jonathan D. Hiler[43]

Department of the Air Force

Main article: United States Department of the Air Force

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of the Air Force	Barbara Barrett[44]	October 18, 2019 (Confirmed October 16, 2019, 85-7)
General Counsel of the Air Force	Thomas E. Ayres[45]	February 21, 2018 (Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)
Under Secretary of the Air Force	Shon J. Manasco[46]	December 2019
		Upon Senate Confirmation
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)	Will Roper[47]	March 9, 2018 (Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)	John P. Roth	January 2, 2018 (Confirmed December 20, 2017, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy)	John Henderson[48][49]	February 20, 2018 (Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)	John Fedrigo	December 2019[50]
United States Air Force Academy
Member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy	David Ehrhart[51]
	Robert Gleason[51]
	Douglas Lengenfelder[52]
	Michael Wynne[53]

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