Back United States Secretary of the Army German Secretario del Ejército de los Estados Unidos Spanish وزیر ارتش ایالات متحده آمریکا Persian Yhdysvaltain maavoimaministeri Finnish Secrétaire à l'Armée des États-Unis French מזכיר הצבא של ארצות הברית HE Segretario all'Esercito degli Stati Uniti d'America Italian アメリカ合衆国陸軍長官 Japanese Setiausaha Tentera Darat Amerika Syarikat Malay Secretário do Exército dos Estados Unidos Portuguese

United States Secretary of the Army

Not to be confused with Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

United States Secretary of the Army
Seal of the U.S. Department of the Army
Flag of the secretary[1]
since May 28, 2021
United States Department of the Army
StyleMadam Secretary
Reports toUnited States Secretary of Defense
AppointerPresident of the United States
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
PrecursorSecretary of War
FormationSeptember 18, 1947
First holderKenneth Claiborne Royall
Succession2nd in SecDef succession
DeputyUnder Secretary of the Army
Chief of Staff of the Army
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level II
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

The secretary of the Army (SA or SECARMY) is a senior civilian official within the United States Department of Defense, with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications and financial management.

The secretary of the Army is nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. The secretary is a non-Cabinet-level official, subordinate to the secretary of Defense.[2] This position was created on September 18, 1947, replacing the secretary of war, when the Department of War was split into the Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force.[3]

On May 28, 2021, Christine Wormuth was sworn in as the 25th (and current) secretary of the Army, the first woman to serve in the role.[4]

  1. ^ Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "10 U.S. Code § 7013 - Secretary of the Army". Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Bell, William Gardner (1992). ""Kenneth Claiborne Royall"". Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits and Biographical Sketches. United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
  4. ^ "Secretary of the Army | The United States Army". Secretary of the Army | The United States Army. Retrieved May 29, 2021.

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