Department of Defense/Structure

Office of the Deputy Secretary

Position	Name	since
Deputy Secretary of Defense	vacant	October 10, 2020

Office of the Secretary

Position	Name	since
Chief of Staff	Nick Hayes	January 30, 2022
General Counsel	Theresa Bishop	January 30, 2022
Inspector General	Ximena Rios	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Policy	Zayne Reed Carter	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Communications and Government Relations	Casey Davis	January 30, 2022

Management Division

Position	Name	since
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Management	Ean Hale	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Budget and Procurement	Elsa Stewart	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Human Ressources	Ross Gardner	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Infrastructure	Jensen King	January 30, 2022

General Defense Programs Division

Position	Name	since
Assistant Secretary of Defense for General Defense Programs	Davin Erickson	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Technology, Innovations and Research	Javier Lamb	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Supply	Owen Holt	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Recruitment and Training	Alexander Trumbull	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for International Affairs	Dwight K. Halpert	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Defense Security	Solomon Mayers	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for National Guards Affairs	Anthony Breyer III	January 30, 2022

Service Branches Division

Office of the Army

Position	Name	since
Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Army	Dustin J. Holt	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Army Infrastructure	Regina Villareal	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Army Personnel and Reserve	Brian K. Edwards	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Army Operations	Scott Mackindale	January 30, 2022

Office of the Naval Forces

Position	Name	since
Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Navy	Michael F. Holton	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Navy Infrastructure	Kayla Boyer-Rawson	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for the Marine Corps and Coast Guard Relations	Declan G. Summers Jr.	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Navy Personnel and Reserve	Edward Lakey	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Navy Operations	Erica Quinn	January 30, 2022

Office of the Air Force

Position	Name	since
Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Air Force	Michael F. Mooney	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Air Force Infrastructure	Trinity Atkinson	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Air Force Personnel and Reserve	Bruce Gilmore	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Air Force Operations	Melvin Albert IV	January 30, 2022

Veteran Affairs Division

Position	Name	since
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Veteran Affairs	Antonin T. Willis	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Veteran Benefits	Helen Heitkamp	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for Veteran Health	Finn Estes, MD	January 30, 2022
Associate Secretary of Defense for National Memory	Harold Bolton	January 30, 2022

The U.S. Armed Forces

The Joint Chiefs of Staff

Die Vereinigten Stabschefs werden vom Präsidenten ernannt und entlassen, ihre Ernennung bedarf der Bestätigung durch den Senat.

Position	Name	since
Chairman	GAF James Raznor	March 15, 2023
Chief of Staff of the Army	vacant	March 15, 2023
Chief of Naval Operations	ADM Michelle Clarkson	April 27, 2019
Chief of Staff of the Air Force	GAF James Raznor	March 15, 2022
Commandant of the Marine Corps	GEN Charles Crowford	February 11, 2022

The Joint Staff

Position	Name	Branch	since
Director of the Joint Staff	Col Stephen L. Dietrich	USAF	January 30, 2022

Military Police Corps

Das U.S. Military Police Corps (MP) ist die Militärpolizei der Streitkräfte der Vereinigten Staaten. Sie ist verantwortlich für die Sicherheit der militärischen Einrichtungen und Bediensteten und Straftaten von oder gegen Angehörige des Militärs. Der Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff führt in erster Instanz die Aufsicht über diese Behörde.

Position	Name	Branch	since
Commander	BG Helen Freibaum	USN	January 30, 2022