The Committee on Armed Services is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military,including the Department of Defense,military research and development,nuclear energy,benefits for members of the military,the Selective Service System and other matters related to defense policy. The Armed Services Committee was created as a result of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 following the U.S. victory in the Second World War. The bill merged the responsibilities of the Committee on Naval Affairs and the Committee on Military Affairs.
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. It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798,at the urging of Secretary of War James McHenry,to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy (USN);since 1834,it has exercised jurisdiction over the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and,during wartime,the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG),though each remains an independent service branch. It is led by the secretary of the Navy (SECNAV),a statutory civilian officer.
James David Watkins was a United States Navy admiral and former Chief of Naval Operations who served as the United States Secretary of Energy during the George H. W. Bush administration,also chairing U.S. government commissions on HIV/AIDS and ocean policy. Watkins also served on the boards of various companies and other nongovernmental organizations and as the co-chair of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative.
Robert Burns Pirie Jr. is a retired United States Navy officer and politician. Early in 2001,Pirie served as Acting Secretary of the Navy until the nomination and confirmation of an appointee by President George W. Bush.
Susan Morrisey Livingstone is a former Acting U.S. Secretary of the Navy in the George W. Bush administration from January–February 2003. She was the first woman to become Secretary of the Navy in U.S. history. Livingstone played a role in the effort to end coercive and abusive interrogation tactics at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay,Cuba. At the time,as Under Secretary of the Navy,Livingstone oversaw a large management portfolio,which included lawyers in the Navy General Counsel's office and investigators at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service who raised concerns about the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
Sean Patrick Sullivan is an American lawyer,politician,a retired submarine commander and was commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base New London. He was the Republican candidate for the United States Congress in Connecticut's 2nd congressional district in 2008.
Buddie Joe "B. J." Penn was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the United States Department of the Navy from 2005 to 2009. He briefly served as acting United States Secretary of the Navy from March 13,2009 to May 19,2009.
Dionel Michael Aviles was the United States Under Secretary of the Navy from October 8,2004,to May 19,2009,part of which he served as the acting United States Secretary of the Navy.
Delores Maria Etter is a former United States Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology from 1998 to 2001 and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for research,science,and technology from 2005 to 2007.
Jacqueline Ellen Schafer was the first United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy,holding office from 1990 to 1992.
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations,Energy and Environment is a civilian office within the United States Department of the Army.
Douglas Alan Brook is visiting professor of public policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. He was United States Assistant Secretary of the Army from 1990 to 1992 and Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 2007 to 2009.
William Carl "Bill" Anderson was United States Assistant Secretary of the Air Force from 2005 to 2008.
John Michael Richardson is a retired four-star admiral in the United States Navy who previously served as the 31st Chief of Naval Operations. He served as the Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program from November 2,2012,to August 14,2015. While serving as Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion,itself a joint Department of Energy and Department of Navy organization,Richardson was responsible for the command and safe,reliable operation of the United States Navy's nuclear propulsion program and for all the current United States naval reactors deployed for usage as well as all facilities needed to ensure safe operations.
Danny Ray Brouillette is an American government official and businessman who served as the United States secretary of energy from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as the deputy secretary of energy from August 2017 to December 2019. On August 16,2023,Brouillette was named President and Chief Executive Officer Elect of the Edison Electric Institute.
David S. Jonas is a United States Marine,lawyer,and government official who is currently a partner at Fluet,Huber &Hoang. In 2017,he was nominated by President Donald Trump to become General Counsel at the United States Department of Energy,but Jonas withdrew from consideration in January 2018. He served for twenty years in the United States Marine Corps. During the administration of George W. Bush,Jonas served as The Pentagon's nuclear nonproliferation planner for the Joint Chiefs of Staff prior to becoming General Counsel of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. He was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for his work with the Joint Chiefs from 1997 to 2001.
William Jordan Gillis is an American government official. He has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment since March 2020. He previously served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations,Energy and Environment,and earlier as the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations,Energy and Environment from October 16,2017,until January 10,2019.
Dennis Vincent McGinn is a former American government official and retired United States Navy admiral. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy,Installations and Environment in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017. A career naval aviator,McGinn was an officer in the United States Navy for 35 years,retiring as a vice admiral.
