Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)

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United States
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Financial Management and Comptroller)
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Incumbent
Caral Spangler
since 17 August 2021
United States Department of the Army
Style Mr. Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)
Reports to Secretary of the Army
Under Secretary of the Army
Seat The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
NominatorThe President with Senate advice and consent
Term length No fixed term
Constituting instrument 10. U.S.C. § 7016
Formation1954
First holder George H. Roderick
Succession Joint 18th in SecDef succession in seniority of appointment
DeputyPrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller
Salary Executive Schedule, Level IV [1]
Website Official website

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (abbreviated ASA(FM&C)) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Army.

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The office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) grows out of a reorganization of the Department of the Army initiated in 1954 by United States Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens and largely designed by United States Under Secretary of the Army John Slezak. [2]

The mission of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) is to formulate, submit, and defend the United States Army's budget to the United States Congress and the American public; to oversee the proper and effective use of appropriated resources to accomplish the Army's assigned missions; to provide timely, accurate, and reliable financial information to enable leaders and managers to incorporate cost considerations into their decision-making; to provide transparent reporting to Congress and the American public on the use of appropriated resources and the achievement of established Army-wide performance objectives; and manage and coordinate programs for the accession, training, and professional development of Army resource managers. [3]

The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) is Caral Spangler since August 17, 2021. [4]

List of Assistant Secretaries of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), 1954—present (incomplete)

NameAssumed officeLeft office President appointed by Secretary served under
George H. Roderick [5] 9 February 195425 August 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower Robert T. Stevens
Charles C. Finucane [5] 26 August 19548 February 1955
Chester R. Davis [5] 10 March 195515 December 1956Robert T. Stevens, Wilber M. Brucker
George H. Roderick [5] 1 March 195720 January 1961Wilber M. Brucker
William F. Schaub [5] 2 March 196131 December 1962 John F. Kennedy Elvis Jacob Stahr Jr., Cyrus Vance
Edmund T. Pratt Jr. [5] 23 March 196325 November 1964John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson Cyrus Vance, Stephen Ailes
Michael P. W. Stone 27 May 198612 May 1988 Ronald Reagan Frank Carlucci
Kenneth B. Kramer 14 October 1988 [6] 1989
Douglas A. Brook [7] 28 February 1990 [8] 1992 George H. W. Bush Michael P. W. Stone
Helen T. McCoy January 1994January 2001 William J. Clinton Togo D. West Jr, Louis Caldera
Sandra L. Pack [9] November 2001December 2003 George W. Bush Thomas E. White
Valerie L. Baldwin [10] July 20042006 Francis J. Harvey
Nelson M. Ford [11] October 2006December 2007Francis J. Harvey, Pete Geren
Mary Sally Matiella [12] 16 February 201027 February 2014 Barack Obama John M. McHugh
Robert M. Speer [13] [14] 20 November 201419 January 2017
John E. Whitley [14] [15] 26 September 201828 May 2021 [16] Donald Trump Mark Esper, Ryan McCarthy
Caral Spangler 17 August 2021present Joe Biden Christine Wormuth

Deputy Assistant Secretaries

One Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army and three Deputy Assistant Secretaries of the Army roles reporting to the Assistant Secretary (ASA(FM&C)): [17]

A Military Deputy also reports to the Assistant Secretary, with the grade of lieutenant general.

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  2. ↑ "James E. Hewes, Jr., ', From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration', (1975), pp. 233–234". History.army.mil. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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