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Appointments
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]		 TBD
(Confirmed December 19, 2019, voice vote)
December 1, 2018[3]

Deputy Chief Management Officer of Defense		 Vacant

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)		 April 2, 2019

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 2020
(Confirmed March 26, 2020, voice vote)

Under Secretary of Defense
(Research and Engineering)
Michael D. Griffin[13]		 February 19, 2018
(Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Research and Engineering)
Lisa Porter[14]		 TBD
(Confirmed September 27, 2018, 98–1)

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

Under Secretary of Defense
(Policy)
Anthony J. Tata		 Upon Senate confirmation

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Policy)
James H. Anderson[16][17]		 TBD
(Confirmed June 3, 2020, 78–17)

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities)
Victorino Mercado[18]		 TBD
(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)
Thomas Alexander[19]		 November 2019
Louis Bremer[20] Upon Senate confirmation

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Indo-Pacific Security Affairs)
David Helvey[21]		 January 1, 2020

Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller)
Elaine McCusker[22]		 July 31, 2019

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller)		 August 7, 2017
(Confirmed August 1, 2017, voice vote)

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

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Virginia Penrod[24]		 February 12, 2018

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Readiness)
Tom Constable[25]		 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)
Kari Bingen		 June 5, 2017
(Confirmed May 25, 2017, voice vote)		 January 10, 2020

Bradley Hansell[26]		 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[16]
National Reconnaissance Office

Director of the National Reconnaissance Office
Christopher Scolese[27]		 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)

Under Secretary of the Army
James E. McPherson[28]		 July 23, 2019
March 26, 2020
(Confirmed March 23, 2020, voice vote)

General Counsel of the Army		 January 2, 2018
(Confirmed December 20, 2017, voice vote)

Michele Pearce[29]		 Upon Senate confirmation

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)

Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Installations, Energy and Environment)
Alex A. Beehler[32]		 January 10, 2019
(Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Casey Wardynski[33]		 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[16]

Jim Nicholson[16]

David Urban[34]

Guy C. Swan III[34]

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

Secretary of the Navy
Kenneth Braithwaite[35]		 May 29, 2020
(Confirmed May 21, 2020, voice vote)

General Counsel of the Navy
Robert Sander[36]		 January 6, 2020
(Confirmed December 19, 2019, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Research, Development and Acquisition)
James Geurts		 December 5, 2017
(Confirmed November 16, 2017, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Greg Slavonic[37]		 June 11, 2018
(Confirmed May 24, 2018, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Energy, Installations and Environment)
Charles Williams[38]		 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)
United States Naval Academy

Members of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy		 Anthony W. Parker[39]
George Gould[39]

Ronny Jackson[39]

Sean Spicer[34]
Jonathan D. Hiler[40]

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[41]		 October 18, 2019
(Confirmed October 16, 2019, 85-7)

Under Secretary of the Air Force
Shon J. Manasco[42]		 Upon Senate confirmation
December 2019[43]

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
(Manpower & Reserve Affairs)		 December 5, 2017
(Confirmed November 16, 2017, voice vote)

John Fedrigo		 December 2019[44]

General Counsel of the Air Force
Thomas E. Ayres[45]		 February 21, 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
(Acquisition)
Will Roper[46]		 March 9, 2018
(Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
(Installations, Environment & Energy)
John Henderson[47][48]		 February 20, 2018
(Confirmed February 15, 2018, voice vote)
United States Air Force Academy

Member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy
David Ehrhart[49]
Robert Gleason[49]

Douglas Lengenfelder[50]

Michael Wynne[51]

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