United States Under Secretary of the Army

The United States under secretary of the Army is the second-highest-ranking civilian official of the United States Department of the Army, serving directly under the secretary of the Army. The secretary and under secretary, together with two military officers, the chief of staff and the vice chief of staff of the Army, constitute the senior leaders of the United States Army.

The following officials report to the under secretary of the Army:

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) General Counsel of the Army

There is also a deputy under secretary of the Army who assists the under secretary in his tasks, including direction of the Army Science Board and the Army Analytics Group, and oversight of the Army's test and evaluation efforts.

History The office was created in 1947 as part of the general reorganization of the United States Armed Forces occasioned by the National Security Act of 1947. The office was initially styled "Under Secretary of War" and was created by Department of War General Order 67, dated July 25, 1947. Three weeks later, on August 16, 1947, Department of War Circular 225 redesignated the position as "Under Secretary of the Army".

List of under secretaries of the Army The following men have held the post: No.PortraitNameTerm startTerm endPresident(s) served under1William Henry Draper Jr.Harry S. Truman2Gordon Gray3Tracy Voorhees4Archibald S. Alexander5Karl R. Bendesten6Earl D. Johnson7John SlezakDwight D. Eisenhower8Charles C. Finucane9Hugh M. Milton II10Stephen Ailes11Paul Robert IgnatiusLyndon B. Johnson12Stanley Rogers Resor13David E. McGiffert14Thaddeus BealRichard Nixon15Kenneth E. BeLieu16Herman R. StaudtGerald Ford17Norman Ralph Augustine18Walter B. LaBergeJimmy Carter19Robert Harry Spiro Jr.20James R. AmbroseRonald Reagan21Michael P. W. StoneGeorge H.W. Bush22John W. Shannon23Joe R. ReederBill Clinton24Robert M. Walker25Bernard D. Rostker26Gregory R. Dahlberg27Les BrownleeGeorge W. Bush28Raymond F. DuBois28Pete Geren29Nelson M. Ford30Joseph W. WestphalBarack Obama31Brad Carson–Eric Fanning–Thomas E. Hawley32Patrick Murphy–Karl F. SchneiderDonald Trump33Ryan McCarthy34James E. McPherson–Christopher LowmanJoe Biden35Gabriel Camarillo– David R. FitzgeraldSeptember 22, 2025Donald Trump36Mike ObadalIncumbent

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