Assistant Secretary of the Army is a title used to describe various civilian officials in the

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Present Assistant Secretaries of the Army

At present, there are five offices bearing the title of Assistant Secretary of the Army: * Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) *

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), abbreviated ASA(CW), is an office of the United States Department of the Army responsible for overseeing the civil functions of the United States Army. The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil ...

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (abbreviated ASA(FM&C)) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Army. The office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller ...

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment (abbreviated ASA (IE&E)) is a civilian office within the United States Department of the Army. Rachel Jacobson, a lawyer and former Obama-era Deputy General Counsel ...

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) — abbreviated ASA(M&RA) — is a civilian official in the United States Department of the Army. U.S. law provides that there shall be five Assistant Secretaries of the Army "app ...

The

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is equivalent in rank to the Assistant Secretaries. The five Assistant Secretaries and the GC report to and assist the

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and the

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. By law, the Assistant Secretaries "shall be appointed from

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, by and with the

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of the Senate".

History

The office of Assistant Secretary of the Army was established at the time of the creation of the

United States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national sec ...

in 1947, and assumed many of the duties previously carried out by the

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in the

United States Department of War The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, ...

. In February 1950, a second office, Assistant Secretary of the Army (General Management) was added. In May 1952, Assistant Secretary of the Army Earl D. Johnson's office was renamed Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and Materiel), making Jones the last individual to bear the stand-alone title of Assistant Secretary of the Army. In addition to the current offices bearing the title of Assistant Secretary of the Army, several individuals have held office as some type of Assistant Secretary, as shown below.James E. Hewes, Jr., ''From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration'' (1975), pp. 381-382
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Assistant Secretaries of the Army, 1947—1952

Assistant Secretaries of the Army (General Management), 1950—1953

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and Materiel), 1952

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Materiel), 1953—1954

Assistant Secretaries of the Army (Civil-Military Affairs), 1954—1958

References

External links

10 U.S.C. § 3016, specifying the duties of the Assistant Secretaries of the Army
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