Career
Driscoll was in the United States Army for three and a half years. He was an armor officer between August 2007 and March 2011 and a cavalry scout platoon leader with the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum,New York. He deployed to Iraq for nine months in October 2009. Driscoll earned his Ranger tab at U.S. Army Ranger School and Combat Action Badge. [7] Driscoll later interned for the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs [8] and worked at an investment bank in Charlotte,North Carolina.
During law school,Driscoll interned for the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs,Ninth Circuit chief judge Alex Kozinski,Cravath,Swaine &Moore,and Robinson,Bradshaw &Hinson. [8] Driscoll then ran for the Republican nomination to represent North Carolina's 11th congressional district in the 2020 election. [9]
Secretary of the Army
On December 4,2024,President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Driscoll to be the Secretary of the Army for his second administration. [10] He had his Senate confirmation hearing earlier than usual on January 30,2025 [11] amidst cabinet officials for ODNI,FBI,and HHS. [12] His first test came 12 hours before his hearing,when an Army HH-60 collided with American Eagle Flight 5342 killing all 67 people involved. Driscoll mourned with the senators,many of whom also served in the military,and vowed to mitigate this risk in the future. [13]
Personal life
Hailing from Boone,NC,Dan Driscoll is married to his high school sweetheart,Dr. Cassie Driscoll,a plastic surgeon. They have two children,Daniel Jr. and Lila, [14] both of whom he has nudged to join the Army someday making the line of national service four generations long. [15]
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