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 Biographies of Senior Defense Officials

 
THAD W. ALLEN
Commandant of the Coast Guard
WAYNE ARNY
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installation
JOSEPH A. BENKERT
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs
CHARLES W. BOWEN
Master Chief Officer of the Coast Guard
PATRICIA S. BRADSHAW
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy
PAUL A. BRINKLEY
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense/Director for Task Force to Improve Business/Stability Op.(Iraq)
JENNIFER C. BUCK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Resources Deputate
BILL CARR
Deputy Under Secretary for Military Personnel Policy
ASHTON B. CARTER
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics
JAMES E. CARTWRIGHT
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
GEORGE W. CASEY
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
S. WARD CASSCELLS
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
KEVIN P. CHILTON
Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offut Air Force Base, Neb.
JAMES R. CLAPPER
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
JAMES T. CONWAY
Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
BANTZ J. CRADDOCK
Commander, U.S. European Command
MICHAEL B. DONLEY
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
ELLEN P. EMBREY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness
DAVID M. FISHER
Director of the Business Transformation Agency
JEANNE FITES
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Program Integration
MICHÈLE FLOURNOY
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
ROBERT M. GATES
Secretary of Defense
PETE GEREN
Secretary of the Army
JOHN G. GRIMES
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration / CIO
ROBERT F. HALE
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer
JOHN G. HATHAWAY
Director, Civil-Military Policy Deputate
GORDON S. HEDDELL
Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense
KATHLEEN HICKS
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces
JEH C. JOHNSON
General Counsel
CLARENCE A. JOHNSON
Principal Director and Director, Civilian Equal Employment Opportunity
TIMOTHY J. KEATING
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
JOSEPH E. KELLEY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Clinical and Program Policy
CARLTON W. KENT
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
SAMUEL D. KLEINMAN
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Readiness
PAUL S. KOFFSKY
Deputy General Counsel for Personnel & Health Policy
WILLIAM J. LYNN
Deputy Secretary of Defense
CHRISTIAN P. MARRONE
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
JAMES N. MATTIS
NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation, & Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
MIKE MCCORD
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
GAIL H. MCGINN
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Plans
DAVID L. MCGINNIS
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
KAREN I. MCKENNEY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs for Readiness, Training and Mobilization
CRAIG R. MCKINLEY
Chief, National Guard Bureau
RODNEY J. MCKINLEY
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
JOSEPH MCMILLAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
DUNCAN J. MCNABB
Commander, U.S. Transportation Command
CHARLES E. MCQUEARY
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
ALLEN W. MIDDLETON
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Budgets and Financial Policy
SHIRLEY A. MILES
Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity
JAMES N. MILLER
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
GEOFFREY S. MORRELL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Pentagon Press Secretary
MICHAEL G. MULLEN
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
ARTHUR J. MYERS
Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
DAVID H. PETRAEUS
Commander, U.S. Central Command
KENNETH O. PRESTON
Sergeant Major of the Army
CHARLES A. RAY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs
VICTOR E. RENUART
Commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command
MICHAEL L. RHODES
Acting Director of Administration and Management (OSD)
GARY ROUGHEAD
Chief of Naval Operations
PHILIP E. SAKOWITZ
Director & Chief Executive Officer, Defense Commissary Agency
NORTON A. SCHWARTZ
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
JAMES STAVRIDIS
Commander, U.S. Southern Command
ROBERT S. TAYLOR
Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Defense
ALAN S. THOMPSON
Director of the Defense Logistics Agency
PETE VERGA
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Integration and Chief of Staff
MICHAEL (“MIKE”) G. VICKERS
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Cap.
PATRICIA J. WALKER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Materiel and Facilities Deputate
WILLIAM E. ("KIP") WARD
Commander, United States Africa Command
MARY B. WARLICK
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy
RICK D. WEST
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
JEFFREY A. WIERINGA
Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
CHRISTINE E. WORMUTH
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs