United States Secretary of the Army

The United States Secretary of the Army is a civilian office within the Department of Defense with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial management. Nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the Secretary of the Army is a non-Cabinet position serving under the Secretary of Defense.^[2] This position was created September 18, 1947, when the Department of War became the Department of the Army and made a branch of the new Department of Defense.^[3]

United States Secretary of the Army
Seal of the U.S. Department of the Army
Flag of the secretary[1]
Incumbent Daniel P. Driscoll since February 25, 2025
United States Department of the Army
Style	Mr. Secretary
Reports to	United States Secretary of Defense
Appointer	President of the United States with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Secretary of War
Formation	September 18, 1947
First holder	Kenneth Claiborne Royall
Succession	2nd in SecDef succession
Deputy	Under Secretary of the Army Chief of Staff of the Army
Salary	Executive Schedule, Level II
Website	Official website

Chronological list of Secretaries of the Army

Name	Term of Office	President(s) served under
Kenneth Claiborne Royall	September 18, 1947 – April 27, 1949	Harry S. Truman
Gordon Gray	June 20, 1949 – April 12, 1950	Harry S. Truman
Frank Pace	April 12, 1950 – January 20, 1953	Harry S. Truman
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens	February 4, 1953 – July 21, 1955	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wilber Marion Brucker	July 21, 1955 – January 19, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.	January 24, 1961 – June 30, 1962	John F. Kennedy
Cyrus Vance	July 5, 1962 – January 21, 1964	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
Stephen Ailes	January 28, 1964 – July 1, 1965	Lyndon B. Johnson
Stanley R. Resor	July 2, 1965 – June 30, 1971	Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon
Robert F. Froehlke	July 1, 1971 – May 14, 1973	Richard Nixon
Howard H. Callaway	May 15, 1973 – July 3, 1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Martin R. Hoffmann	August 5, 1975 – January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.	February 14, 1977 – January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
John O. Marsh, Jr.	January 21, 1981 – August 13, 1989	Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush
Michael P.W. Stone	August 14, 1989 – January 20, 1993	George H. W. Bush
Togo D. West, Jr.	November 22, 1993 – December 2, 1997	Bill Clinton
Robert M. Walker	December 2, 1997 – July 2, 1998	Bill Clinton
Louis Caldera	July 2, 1998 – January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
Gregory R. Dahlberg	January 20, 2001 – March 5, 2001	George W. Bush
Joseph W. Westphal	March 5, 2001 – May 31, 2001	George W. Bush
Thomas E. White	May 31, 2001 – May 9, 2003	George W. Bush
Les Brownlee	May 10, 2003 – November 18, 2004	George W. Bush
Francis J. Harvey	November 19, 2004 – March 9, 2007	George W. Bush
Pete Geren	March 9, 2007 – September 16, 2009	George W. Bush, Barack Obama
John McHugh	September 21, 2009 – November 1, 2015	Barack Obama
Eric Fanning	November 3, 2015 – January 11, 2016	Barack Obama
Patrick Murphy	January 11, 2016 – January 20, 2017	Barack Obama
Robert M. Speer	January 20, 2017 – August 2, 2017	Donald Trump
Ryan McCarthy (acting)	August 2, 2017 – November 15, 2017	Donald Trump
Mark Esper	November 20, 2017 – July 23, 2019	Donald Trump
Ryan McCarthy	July 23, 2019 – January 20, 2021	Donald Trump
John E. Whitley (acting)	January 20, 2021 – May 27, 2021	Joe Biden
Christine Wormuth	May 27, 2021 – January 20, 2025	Joe Biden
Mark Averill (acting)	January 20, 2025 – February 25, 2025	Donald Trump
Daniel P. Driscoll	February 25, 2025 – present	Donald Trump