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    The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the United States Department of the Navy. The Under Secretary, called...
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    the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the secretary of the Navy must be a civilian at least five years...
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    Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) is the title given to certain civilian senior officials in the United States Department of the Navy. From 1861 to...
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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...
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    The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America...
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    This list of United States Navy SEALs includes both current and former notable members of the Naval Special Warfare teams, known as "SEALs" for "SEa"...
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  • presented to members of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy. Other military service members...
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    Thomas Modly (category United States Under Secretaries of the Navy)
    served as acting United States Secretary of the Navy from November 24, 2019, to April 7, 2020. He resigned as acting Secretary in the wake of his firing and...
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  • The structure of the United States Navy consists of four main bodies: the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations...
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    The United States under secretary of defense for policy (USDP) is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The under...
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    The United States secretary of defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces...
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    Erik Raven (category United States Under Secretaries of the Navy)
    served as United States under secretary of the Navy in the Biden administration. Raven earned an Associate of Arts degree from the College of Marin, a...
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    The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) (abbreviated ASN FM) is a civilian office of the United States Department of...
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  • civilian-crewed vessels of the U.S. Navy under the Military Sealift Command have names that begin with USNS, standing for United States Naval Ship. A letter-based...
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  • There are three major types of submarines in the United States Navy: ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines, and cruise missile submarines. All...
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    1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from...
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    Meredith Berger (category United States Assistant Secretaries of the Navy)
    an American government official who is serving as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment; a position...
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    and Under Secretary of the Navy from 1989 to 1993. Howard was born August 24, 1943, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After high school, he enlisted in the United...
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    James Woolsey (category United States Under Secretaries of the Navy)
    in the 1970s and 1980s, including as United States Under Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979, and was involved in treaty negotiations with the Soviet...
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    within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. The U.S. surgeon general is nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate...
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    The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has a complex organizational structure. It includes the Army, Navy, the Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force...
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    The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States...
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    James Geurts (category United States Assistant Secretaries of the Navy)
    retired United States Air Force colonel who served in 2021 as the official performing the duties of United States Under Secretary of the Navy. Geurts...
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  • rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps with the pay grade of O-10...
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  • Thumbnail for Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy)
    politician who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1954 to 1957. Thomas was born in Independence, Missouri, and he attended the University of California and Cornell...
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    in several positions in the US federal government, including as Secretary of the Navy, the first during the administration of Harry S. Truman. Sullivan...
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  • state of war, however, the President of the United States or U.S. Congress may direct that the Coast Guard operate as part of the Department of the Navy. The...
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    Thomas S. Gates Jr. (category United States Under Secretaries of the Navy)
    and diplomat who served as Secretary of Defense from 1959 to 1961 and Secretary of the Navy from 1957 to 1959, both under President Dwight D. Eisenhower...
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    list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States, as well as other flags used within the United States, such...
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    Thomas W. Hicks (category United States Under Secretaries of the Navy)
    consultant, who served as the former acting Under Secretary of the Navy (2014–2016, 2017) as well as Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Management (2013–2017)...
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