Thomas J. Mancinelli is an American naval officer and politician who has been serving as the acting United States Under Secretary of the Navy since August 2024 as part of the Biden administration. [1] He served in the United States Marine Corps,being deployed to fight in the Anbar campaign during the Iraq War on two separate occasions. [2]
Thomas Mancinelli lives in Washington,D.C.,with his wife,Sarah,and his two children. [2]
The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.
USS Constitution,also known as Old Ironsides,is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. She was launched in 1797,one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. The name "Constitution" was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March of 1795 for the frigates that were to be constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships,and so Constitution and her sister ships were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period. She was built at Edmund Hartt's shipyard in the North End of Boston,Massachusetts. Her first duties were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War.
The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding. It centered around Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall,who had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming,as well as two locations in California,to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. The leases were the subject of an investigation by Senator Thomas J. Walsh. Convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies,Fall became the first presidential cabinet member to go to prison,but no one was convicted of paying the bribes.
USS United States was a wooden-hulled,three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy and the first of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. The name "United States" was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March of 1795 for the frigates that were to be constructed. Joshua Humphreys designed the frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships,and so United States and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than typical frigates of the period. She was built at Humphrey's shipyard in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania and launched on 10 May 1797 and immediately began duties with the newly formed United States Navy protecting American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France.
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.,an American naval officer,was a pioneering American aviator,polar explorer,and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean,a segment of the Arctic Ocean,and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley,the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica.
Thomas Fitzsimons was an Irish-born American Founding Father,merchant,banker,and politician. A resident of Philadelphia,Fitzsimons represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress,was a delegate to Constitutional Convention,and served in U.S. Congress. He was a signatory of the Constitution of the United States. A slave owner,Fitzsimons was an early proponent of abolishing the slave trade in the newly formed nation.
USS S-4 (SS-109) was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy. In 1927,she was sunk by being accidentally rammed by a United States Coast Guard destroyer with the loss of all hands but was raised and restored to service until stricken in 1936.
Ernest Joseph King was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief,United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. He was the U.S. Navy's second-most senior officer in World War II after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy,who served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief. He directed the United States Navy's operations,planning,and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff.
General of the Armies of the United States,more commonly referred to as General of the Armies,is the highest military rank in the United States. The rank has been conferred three times:to John J. Pershing in 1919,as a personal accolade for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I;to George Washington in 1976,as a posthumous honor during the United States Bicentennial celebrations;and posthumously to Ulysses S. Grant in 2024.
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey,California.
The Archdiocese for the Military Services,U.S.A.,officially the Military Ordinariate of United States of America,is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church for men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces and their dependents.
The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the United States Department of the Navy. The Under Secretary,called the "Under" in Pentagon slang,reports to the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). Before the creation of the Under Secretary's office,the second-highest civilian at the Department of the Navy was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
James Edwin McPherson is an American government official and retired United States Navy rear admiral. He served as the General Counsel of the Army from January 2,2018,to March 24,2020. He served as the United States Under Secretary of the Army from March 25,2020,to January 20,2021,and in acting capacity from July 23,2019,to March 24,2020. He served as Acting United States Secretary of the Navy from April 7,2020,to May 29,2020,following the resignation of Thomas Modly.
Daniel Mancinelli is a professional racing driver from Italy.
USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The $663 million contract to build her was awarded on 28 February 2012,to Bath Iron Works,of Bath,Maine. On 7 May 2012,Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship name would be named Thomas Hudner in honor of U.S. naval aviator Thomas Hudner,who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in trying to save the life of his wingman,Ensign Jesse L. Brown,during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir,in the Korean War.
Thomas B. Modly is an American businessman and former government official who served as acting United States Secretary of the Navy from November 24,2019,to April 7,2020. He resigned as acting Secretary in the wake of his firing and berating Brett Crozier,the captain of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt,for allegedly going outside his chain of command in calling for help to deal with a COVID-19 outbreak onboard. Later,Modly traveled to the ship at port in Guam,where he addressed the crew in a manner that was perceived as disrespectful. He was subsequently widely criticized,and submitted a letter of resignation.