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United States Under Secretary of the Army

PostUnited States
Under Secretary of the Army
Imagesize200px
IncumbentJoseph W. Westphal
IncumbentsinceSeptember 21, 2009
FirstWilliam Henry Draper, Jr.
FormationSeptember 1947
FlagimageFlag of Assistant Secretary of War.svg
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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 United States Secretary of the Army. The Secretary and Under Secretary, together with two military officers, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army and the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, constitute the senior leaders of the United States Army.

The following officials report to the Under Secretary of the Army: the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs), the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment), the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), and the General Counsel of the United States Army. There are also two Deputy Under Secretaries of the Army who assist the Under Secretary in his tasks.

The current Under Secretary of the Army is Joseph W. Westphal.

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Name Tenure start Tenure end
William Henry Draper, Jr. , September 1947 , February 1949
Gordon Gray , May 1949 , June 1949
Tracy Voorhees , August 1949 , April 1950
Archibald S. Alexander , May 1950 , April 1952
Karl R. Bendesten , May 1952 , October 1952
Earl D. Johnson , October 1952 , January 1954
John Slezak , February 1954 , January 1955
Charles C. Finucane , February 1955 , April 1958
Hugh M. Milton II , August 1958 , January 1961
Stephen Ailes , February 1961 , January 1964
Paul Robert Ignatius , February 1964 , December 1964
Stanley Rogers Resor , April 1965 , July 1965
David E. McGiffert , November 1965 , February 1969
Thaddeus Beal , March 1969 , September 1971
Kenneth E. BeLieu , September 1971 , June 1973
Herman R. Staudt , October 1973 , May 1975
Norman Ralph Augustine , May 1975 , July 1977
Walter B. LaBerge , July 1977 , February 1980
Harry Spiro, Jr. , 1980 , 1981
James R. Ambrose , October 1981 , February 1988
Michael P. W. Stone , May 1988 , August 1989
John W. Shannon , August 1989 , November 1993
Joe R. Reeder , November 1993 , November 1997
Robert M. Walker , November 1997 , October 1998
Bernard D. Rostker , November 1998 , May 2000
Gregory R. Dahlberg , May 2000 , March 2001
Les Brownlee , November 2001 , December 2004
Pete Geren , February 2006 , July 2007
Nelson M. Ford , July 2007 , January 2009
Joseph W. Westphal , September 2009 present

United States Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army

Secretaries of WarKnox * Pickering * McHenry * Dexter * Dearborn * Eustis * Armstrong * Monroe * W. Crawford * Calhoun * Barbour * P. Porter * Eaton * Cass * Poinsett * Bell * Spencer * J. Porter * Wilkins * Marcy * G. Crawford * Conrad * J. Davis * Floyd * Holt * S. Cameron * Stanton * Schofield * Rawlins * Belknap * A. Taft * J. Cameron * McCrary * Ramsey * Lincoln * Endicott * Proctor * Elkins * Lamont * Alger * Root * W. Taft * Wright * Dickinson * Stimson * Garrison * Baker * Weeks * D. Davis * Good * Hurley * Dern * Woodring * Stimson * Patterson * Royall
Secretaries of the ArmyRoyall * Gray * Pace * Stevens * Brucker * Stahr * Vance * Ailes * Resor * Froehlke * Callaway * Hoffmann * C. Alexander * Marsh * Stone * West * Caldera * White * Harvey * Geren * McHugh
Assistant Secretaries of WarScott * Dana * Eckert * Grant * Doe * Meiklejohn * Sanger * Oliver * Breckinridge * Ingraham * Crowell * Williams * Wainwright * D. Davis * MacNider * Hurley * Payne * Woodring * L. Johnson * Patterson * McCloy * Petersen
Under Secretaries of the ArmyDraper * Gray * Voorhees * A. Alexander * Bendetsen * E. Johnson * Slezak * Finucane * Milton * Ailes * Ignatius * Resor * McGiffert * Beal * BeLieu * Staudt * Augustine * LaBerge * Ambrose * Stone * Shannon * Reeder * Walker * Rostker * Dahlberg * Brownlee * Geren * Ford * Westphal *

United States Army

LeadershipSecretary of the Army * Under Secretary of the Army * Chief of Staff * Vice Chief of Staff * Sergeant Major of the Army * 4-star generals * United States Congress (House Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces * Senate Subcommittee on Airland)
Components and CommandsRegular Army * Army Reserve * Army National Guard * Active Units
Central * Europe * Pacific * North * South * Forces * Special Ops Command * Special Forces * Chemical Corps * Corps of Engineers * Intelligence & Security * Materiel * Ordnance Corps * Signal Corps * Test & Evaluation * Training & Doctrine * Medical * Chaplain Corps * Judge Advocate General * Military Police * Criminal Investigation Command * Military District of Washington
InstallationsThe Pentagon * United States * Germany * Kuwait * Kosovo * South Korea
TrainingBasic Training * OCS * BOLC * West Point * MOS
Uniforms and insigniaUniforms * Awards * Badges * Officer * Warrant * Enlisted * Branch
EquipmentIndividual Weapons * Crew-Served Weapons * Vehicles
History and traditionsHistory * Continental Army * National Army & Army of the United States * United States Army Air Forces * National Museum * Center of Military History * Institute of Heraldry * Army Art Program * Rangers * Flag * Army Band * Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps * The Army Goes Rolling Along * Soldier's Creed * Mottos * Draft * Army service numbers * America's Army



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