Les Brownlee

Romer Leslie "Les" Brownlee [1] served as the Undersecretary of the Army from November 2001 to May 2003 and as Acting United States Secretary of the Army from 10 May 2003 until his resignation effective 2 December 2004, staying at the Undersecretary's office.[2] Bill Gertz wrote that Donald Rumsfeld did not wish to name a non-CEO to the job of Secretary.[3]

Les Brownlee
Acting United States Secretary of the Army
In office
May 10, 2003 – November 18, 2004
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byThomas E. White
Succeeded byFrancis J. Harvey
United States Under Secretary of the Army
In office
November 2001 – December 2004
Preceded byGregory R. Dahlberg
Succeeded byPete Geren
Personal details
BornPampa, Texas
Alma materUniversity of Wyoming
University of Alabama
AwardsSilver Star with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star with 2 oak leaf clusters
Purple Heart
Military service
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1962-1984
Rank Colonel
Battles/warsVietnam War

Military service

Brownlee is a retired Army colonel. He was commissioned in 1962 as a lieutenant in the infantry through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at the University of Wyoming. He is a distinguished honor graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger Course, an honor graduate of both the Infantry Officer Advanced Course and the Command and General Staff College, and a graduate of the Army’s airborne course as well as the Army War College. Brownlee served two tours in Vietnam. During the last two and a half years of a four and a half year tour in the Pentagon, before retiring in 1984, he was Military Executive to Under Secretary of the Army James Ambrose.

His military decorations include the Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters, and the Purple Heart. He holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Alabama.

Career

Brownlee became the 27th Under Secretary of the Army on 14 November 2001, following his nomination by President George W. Bush and confirmation by the United States Senate. From 10 May 2003 until 19 November 2004, he served as the Acting Secretary of the Army. As Under Secretary, Brownlee assisted the Secretary in fulfilling statutory responsibilities for recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training and mobilizing the United States Army and managing its $98.5 billion annual budget and more than 1.3 million active duty, Army National Guard, Army Reserve and civilian personnel.

Brownlee served on the Republican staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee beginning in January 1987, under both Senator Strom Thurmond and Senator John Warner. In March 1996, Brownlee was designated Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Armed Services by then Chairman, Sen. Thurmond. In January 1999, he was designated Staff Director for then Chairman, Sen. Warner, serving until November 2001 when he was confirmed as the Under Secretary of the Army.

From 1987 to 1996, he was a Professional Staff member responsible for Army and Marine Corps programs, special operations forces and drug interdiction policy and support. In addition, as Deputy Staff Director, he was deeply involved in policies and programs relating to ballistic missile defense, strategic deterrence and naval strategy, shipbuilding and weapons programs.

Family

His son, John L. Brownlee is a former U.S. Attorney, and an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Virginia Attorney General in 2009.

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References
  1. "- NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, FIRST SESSION, 107TH CONGRESS".
  2. Acting Secretary of the Army Resigns Department of Defense, 17 November 2004
  3. Inside the Ring by Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough, November 19, 2004
Government offices
Preceded by
Gregory R. Dahlberg		 United States Under Secretary of the Army
November 2001 – December 2004		 Succeeded by
Pete Geren
Preceded by
Thomas E. White		 Acting United States Secretary of the Army
May 2003–November 2004		 Succeeded by
Francis J. Harvey
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