United States Assistant Secretary of Defense
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Assistant Secretary of Defense is a title used for many high-level executive positions in the
Under Secretary of Defense
. Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 30 June 1953 increased the number of assistant secretaries. The list of Assistant Secretaries of Defense includes:
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition[1]
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, originally established in 1949 as the Chairman, Armed Forces Medical Policy Council. The position has been abolished and restored several times.
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, established in 2003
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs[2]
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy[3]
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, mandated by the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-94, passed 24 September 1983).
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs[4]
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness[5]
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering/ Chief Technology Officer
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities[6]
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment[7]
The deputy to an Assistant Secretary of Defense has the title Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Former Assistant Secretaries of Defense include:
- James V. Forrestalin July 1948.
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Internal Communications
Assistant Secretaries in the Military Departments
There are also several assistant secretaries in each of the three Military Departments: Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
- Assistant Secretary of the Army
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy
- Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
See also
- Deputy Secretary of Defense, the number two position, next to the Secretary of Defense
- Assistant Secretary of War
References
- ^ "OUSD A&S - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition". www.acq.osd.mil. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs". Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Defense Department. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "Pentagon Reorganizes Industrial Policy Office to Shore Up Defense Firms, Supply Chain". www.defenseone.com. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "OASD(NCB)". www.acq.osd.mil. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ "Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness". Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Defense Department. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities". Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Defense Department. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "Welcome to OASD(Sustainment)". www.acq.osd.mil. Retrieved 2021-02-23.