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.
The United States secretary of defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD),the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces,and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet. The secretary of defense's position of command and authority over the military is second only to that of the president of the United States,who is the commander-in-chief. This position corresponds to what is generally known as a defense minister in many other countries. The president appoints the secretary of defense with the advice and consent of the Senate,and is by custom a member of the Cabinet and by law a member of the National Security Council.
The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding. It centered on 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.
Daniel Jackson Evans was an American politician from the state of Washington. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1957 to 1965,governor of Washington from 1965 to 1977,and in the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989.
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.
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. Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed King to command global American strategy during World War II and he held supreme naval command in his unprecedented double capacity as COMINCH and CNO. 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. Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief. King commanded the United States Navy's operations,planning,and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff.
The Washington Navy Yard (WNY) is a ceremonial and administrative center for the United States Navy,located in the federal national capital city of Washington,D.C.. It is the oldest shore establishment / base of the United States Navy,established 1799,situated along the north shore of the Anacostia River in the adjacent Navy Yard neighborhood of Southeast,Washington,D.C.
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.
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski was an American politician from Buffalo,New York who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1959 to 1974.
Edward Kunhardt Hidalgo was a Mexican-American attorney who served as United States Secretary of the Navy from 1979 to 1981. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter,he was the first Hispanic American to serve as Secretary of the Navy and promoted the recruitment of Hispanics for high command.
Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr. was a United States Navy officer and naval aviator. He rose to the rank of captain,and received 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.
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.
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch uniformed services of the United States,part of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement,at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet,with 11 in service,one undergoing trials,two new carriers under construction,and six other carriers planned as of 2024. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve,the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 299 deployable combat vessels and about 4,012 operational aircraft as of July 18,2023.
Norman Polmar is an author specializing in the naval,aviation,and intelligence areas.
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.
