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unusual facts about Secretary of the Army



Bureau of Pensions

Naval pensions were administered by a commission composed of the Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Army from 1799 to 1832.

Individual Carbine

On 17 June 2013, Senator Tom Coburn sent a letter to Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh expressing his disappointment in the decision to cancel the program without giving soldiers an opportunity to field test the weapons to determine if they were improvements over the current M4.

Munaf v. Geren

Brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the petition named as respondents Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the Army; Major General William H. Brandenburg, then-Deputy Commanding General of Detainee Operations and Commanding General of Task Force 134, MNF-I; and Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Houser of the 105th Military Police Battalion, commanding officer at Camp Bucca.

T-11 parachute

Secretary of the Army John McHugh ordered that usage of the T-11 be suspended until a further investigation was completed and any necessary changes made.

William D. Swenson

Hagel was assisted by the Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh, Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno and the Sergeant Major of the Army, Raymond F. Chandler.


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Alfred B. Fitt

Later in 1961, Fitt joined the United States Department of the Army as Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Manpower.

Assistant Secretary of the Army

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.

Earl Johnson

Earl D. Johnson (1905–1990), U.S. Under Secretary of the Army, 1952–54

Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr.

Stahr served as Secretary of the Army in 1961 and 1962, during the Berlin crisis and the Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion, aimed at ousting Fidel Castro from power.

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739

Secretary of the Army Elvis Stahr told newspapers that "we have not given up hope that it will be found and that those aboard are safe," and that a "maximum effort" was being made.

Gordon R. Sullivan

In August 1993, President Bill Clinton assigned the duties and responsibility of Acting Secretary of the Army to General Sullivan who continued to serve as Chief of Staff.

John Marsh

John Otho Marsh, Jr. (born 1926), American congressman and Secretary of the Army

John McHugh

John M. McHugh (born 1948), former U.S. representative from New York and current Secretary of the Army

John Shannon

John W. Shannon (born 1933), United States Under Secretary of the Army

Reggie Brown

Reginald J. Brown (1940–2005), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

Stanley Rogers Resor

He went on to Yale Law School where he was a contemporary of Sargent Shriver (also a member of Scroll and Key), Gerald Ford, and Cyrus Vance (who preceded him as Secretary of the Army and himself was a member of Scroll and Key and in the same year at Yale).

Thomas Lamont

Thomas R. Lamont, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) in the Obama administration