Secretary Jessica L. Wright was selected to serve as Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on October 17th, 2012. Previously, she was confirmed as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs on May 24th, 2012. She is the deputy senior policy advisor to the Secretary of Defense on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel, 680,000 DoD civilians, and is responsible for overseeing the overall state of military readiness...
Richard Wightman is performing the duties of the in the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs while Secretary Wright is the Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. He has served in this capacity since March of 2010. He is also responsible for managing the National Guard and Reserve Equipment, Facilities and Military Construction requirements for the Defense Department’s Reserve components.
Sergeant Major Mike Schultz is the tenth Senior Enlisted Advisor assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. He is responsible for advising the Assistant Secretary and staff on enlisted affairs which affect over 1.1 million military service members of the National Guard, Army Reserve, Air National Guard , Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard Reserve forces. He serves as the Chairman of the Department of Defense Reserve Forces Senior Enlisted Advisory Council and is on the Department of Defense Yellow Ribbon Advisory Board.
Mr. John Hastings is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Reserve Affairs for Resources. In this role, he serves as the principal staff assistant and advisor to the ASD (RA) on all matters pertaining to the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES), and to Reserve component resource management. He coordinates the overall activities of the OASD/Reserve Affairs staff in the planning, programming and budgeting processes, and interactions with the six...
Paul D. Patrick joined the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs in September 2010, following his retirement as a Major General from the US Army Reserve. He serves as the principal staff assistant and key advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs with specific responsibility for exercising policy, guidance and overall supervision in the areas of Reserve Component readiness, training, operations, mobilization, force mix, capabilities, sustainability...
Director Ron Young is a career senior executive service member hired into his position on June 7, 2010. Mr. Young is the principal staff advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs on all matters involving Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, Yellow Ribbon Program, and Individual and Family Programs for the 1.2 million members in the Reserve Components of the United States Armed Forces...
