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Appointments (first administration)

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Main Department

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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)[1] 		November 9, 2020

Chris Miller 		November 9, 2020

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[2][3] 		December 30, 2019
(Confirmed December 19, 2019, voice vote)
December 1, 2018[4] December 30, 2019

General Counsel of Defense
Paul C. Ney Jr.[5] 		August 20, 2018
(Confirmed July 12, 2018, 70–23)[6]

Inspector General of Defense
Jason Abend[7] 		Upon Senate confirmation

Sean O'Donnell[8] 		April 6, 2020

Chief Information Officer of Defense
Dana Deasy[9] 		December 23, 2019
(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)[10]

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
John E. Hyten[11] 		November 21, 2019
(Confirmed September 26, 2019, 75–22)[12]

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[13] 		January 28, 2019
(Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs) 		Vacant

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition)
Kevin M. Fahey[14] 		March 16, 2018
(Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Sustainment)
Jordan Gillis[15] 		March 30, 2020
(Confirmed March 26, 2020, voice vote)

Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
John E. Whitley 		August 16, 2019

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[16] 		December 11, 2017
(Confirmed November 16, 2017, voice vote)

Under Secretary of Defense
(Policy)
Anthony Tata 		November 10, 2020

James H. Anderson[17][18] 		February 29, 2020 November 10, 2020

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Policy) 		June 8, 2020
(Confirmed June 3, 2020, 78–17)[19] 		November 10, 2020

Thomas M. Williams 		November 10, 2020

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities)
Victorino Mercado[20] 		June 8, 2020
(Confirmed June 2, 2020, 75–15)[21]

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Homeland Defense and Global Security)
Kenneth Rapuano 		June 2, 2017
(Confirmed May 25, 2017, 95–1)[22]

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(International Security Affairs)
Michael Cutrone 		September 1, 2020

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Space Policy)
Justin Johnson[23] 		October 29, 2020

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Health Affairs)
Thomas McCaffery 		August 5, 2019
(Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict)
Joseph Tonon 		November 10, 2020

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Indo-Pacific Security Affairs)
David Helvey[24] 		January 1, 2020

Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller)
Thomas Harker 		June 26, 2020

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) 		Vacant

Under Secretary of Defense
(Personnel and Readiness)
Matthew Donovan[25] 		March 23, 2020
(Confirmed March 23, 2020, voice vote)
December 13, 2019 March 3, 2020

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Personnel and Readiness)

William Bushman[26] 		July 29, 2019

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Virginia Penrod[27] 		December 13, 2019

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Readiness)
Tom Constable[28] 		January 31, 2020

Under Secretary of Defense
(Intelligence)
Joseph D. Kernan 		December 11, 2017
(Confirmed November 16, 2017, voice vote) 		November 10, 2020

Ezra Cohen 		November 10, 2020

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Intelligence and Security) 		Vacant
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[17]
National Reconnaissance Office

Director of the National Reconnaissance Office
Christopher Scolese[29] 		August 5, 2019
(Confirmed June 27, 2019, voice vote)

Department of the Army

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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
James E. McPherson 		January 2, 2018
(Confirmed December 20, 2017, voice vote) 		March 25, 2020

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)[31]

Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Financial Management and Comptroller)
John E. Whitley[32] 		September 26, 2018
(Confirmed September 18, 2018, voice vote)

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[17]

Jim Nicholson[17]

David Urban[35]

Guy C. Swan III[35]

Department of the Navy

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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

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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)[45]

General Counsel of the Air Force
Thomas E. Ayres[46] 		February 21, 2018
(Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)

Under Secretary of the Air Force
Shon J. Manasco 		December 27, 2019

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 27, 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]

Previous officeholders (first administration)

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Office Name Took office Left office Notes

Secretary of Defense
James Mattis 		January 20, 2017 December 31, 2018 President Trump tweeted that General Mattis would be "retiring" at the end of February 2019; however, Mattis wrote a strongly worded resignation letter rebuking Trump foreign policy behavior, and thus became the first ever Secretary of Defense to resign in protest. Days later, Trump tweeted that Deputy Secretary Patrick Shanahan would become Acting Secretary on January 1, 2019, two months earlier than Mattis's original departure date.

Patrick M. Shanahan 		January 1, 2019 June 23, 2019 Shanahan withdrew from consideration for Secretary of Defense.[54]

Deputy Secretary of Defense 		July 19, 2017 January 1, 2019 Became Acting Secretary of Defense.
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Robert O. Work 		May 1, 2014 July 14, 2017

Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense
Kevin M. Sweeney 		January 23, 2017 January 5, 2019 [55]

Eric Chewning 		January 6, 2019 January 31, 2020 [56]
Jen Stewart February 1, 2020 November 10, 2020 Stewart was replaced by Kash Patel, who was involved in the Trump–Ukraine scandal[57]

Director of Communications to the Secretary of Defense
Guy Snodgrass 		April 2017 August 2018

Chief Management Officer of Defense.
John H. Gibson 		February 21, 2018 November 30, 2018 Submitted resignation on November 5, 2018.

Deputy Chief Management Officer of Defense 		November 29, 2017 February 21, 2018 Became Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense.

Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
Robert Daigle 		August 7, 2017 May 18, 2019

Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition and Sustainment)
Jimmy MacStravic 		January 20, 2017 August 7, 2017

Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller)
David Norquist 		June 2, 2017 July 31, 2019 Became the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Elaine McCusker 		July 31, 2019 June 26, 2020 Nominated to serve as the permanent Comptroller but on March 2, 2020, it was reported that her nomination was being withdrawn by the White House. This followed reports that in 2019 McCusker had warned that freezing military aid to Ukraine might not be legal.[58]

Under Secretary of Defense
(Personnel and Readiness) 		cropped
Anthony Kurta 		January 20, 2017 November 30, 2017

Robert Wilkie 		November 30, 2017 July 30, 2018 Became the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Stephanie Barna 		July 30, 2018 October 22, 2018

James N. Stewart 		October 22, 2018 December 13, 2019 [59]

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Manpower and Reserve Affairs) 		October 22, 2018 December 13, 2019

Stephanie Barna 		January 20, 2017 October 22, 2018

Under Secretary of Defense
(Policy) 		cropped
Theresa Whelan 		January 20, 2017 June 5, 2017
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David Trachtenberg 		October 27, 2017 January 8, 2018
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John Rood 		January 9, 2018 February 28, 2020 [60]
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James Anderson 		March 1, 2020 November 10, 2020 Fired the day after Secretary Mark Esper and replaced by Anthony Tata. Tata's 2018 confirmation hearing was cancelled after he referred to President Obama as a "terrorist leader".[57][61]

Under Secretary of Defense
(Intelligence)
Joseph D. Kernan 		December 1, 2017 November 10, 2020 Resigned the day after Secretary Mark Esper was fired.[62]

Under Secretary of Defense
(Research and Engineering)
Michael D. Griffin 		February 19, 2018 July 10, 2020 [63]

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Logistics and Materiel Readiness)
Robert H. McMahon 		November 30, 2017 August 15, 2018 Resigned to become Assistant Secretary of Defense (Sustainment).

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(International Security Affairs)
Robert Karem 		June 7, 2017 October 31, 2018

Kathryn L. Wheelbarger 		October 31, 2018 July 4, 2020 Resigned after the White House abruptly nixed her nomination for the permanent Assistant Secretary role over White House concerns that she was not loyal enough to the president.[64]

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
(Public Affairs)
Dana W. White 		January 20, 2017 December 31, 2018 The Pentagon spokeswoman was being investigated by the Inspector General when she resigned.[65]

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs)
Guy B. Roberts 		November 30, 2017 April 2, 2019 Resigned as a result of a sexual harassment probe.[66]

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict)
Owen West 		December 27, 2017 June 22, 2019 [67]

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Legislative Affairs)
Robert R. Hood 		August 8, 2017 July 25, 2020 [68]

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Indo-Pacific Security Affairs)
Randall Schriver 		January 8, 2018 December 12, 2019 [59]

Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Steven H. Walker 		November 13, 2017 January 10, 2020 Became Chief Technology Officer of Lockheed Martin.[69]

Secretary of the Air Force
Heather Wilson 		May 16, 2017 May 31, 2019 Resigned to become president of the University of Texas at El Paso.[70]
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Matthew Donovan 		June 1, 2019 October 18, 2019 Under Secretary Donovan was Acting Air Force Secretary until the confirmation of Barbara Barrett.

Under Secretary of the Air Force 		August 3, 2017 December 27, 2019 Left to serve as Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness).
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Lisa Disbrow 		February 24, 2016 June 30, 2017

Secretary of the Army 		cropped
Robert M. Speer 		January 20, 2017 August 2, 2017

Ryan McCarthy 		August 3, 2017 November 20, 2017
June 23, 2019 July 15, 2019 McCarthy was Acting Army Secretary while Esper was Acting Defense Secretary. When Esper was confirmed as Defense Secretary, McCarthy became Acting Army Secretary yet again. On September 26, 2019, the Senate confirmed McCarthy as Army Secretary.

Mark Esper 		November 20, 2017 July 23, 2019

Secretary of Defense 		June 23, 2019 July 15, 2019
July 23, 2019 November 9, 2020 [71]

Richard Spencer 		July 15, 2019 July 23, 2019 President Trump appointed Esper Acting Defense Secretary and nominated him for Defense Secretary. By law, Esper could not serve as Acting Secretary during the confirmation process, so Spencer was Acting Defense Secretary for a brief period.

Secretary of the Navy 		August 3, 2017 November 24, 2019 Forced out after clashing with President Trump over disciplining Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher.[72][73]
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Sean Stackley 		January 20, 2017 August 3, 2017

Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Research, Development and Acquisition) 		July 28, 2008 August 3, 2017

Secretary of the Navy
Thomas Modly 		November 25, 2019 April 7, 2020 Resigned after the controversial removal of USS Theodore Roosevelt Captain Brett Crozier.[74]

Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Installations and Environment)
Phyllis L. Bayer 		February 20, 2018 March 30, 2019

Department of Defense Inspector General
Glenn Fine 		January 14, 2016 April 7, 2020 Fine had been appointed the chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee nine days before his dismissal. This committee oversaw the distribution of $2.2 trillion under the CARES Act.[75][76]

Member of the Defense Science Board
James N. Miller 		2014 June 2, 2020 Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Resigned in protest after law enforcement officers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse lawfully assembled protesters outside the White House.[77]

Appointments (second administration)

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Main Department

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Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of Defense
Pete Hegseth[78] 		Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of the Army

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Main article: United States Department of the Army
Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of the Army 		Daniel P. Driscoll[79] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

Department of the Navy

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Main article: United States Department of the Navy
Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Secretary of the Navy 		John Phelan[80] Awaiting Senate Confirmation

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