Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment

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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
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Incumbent
Brendan Owens
since January 26, 2023
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Style The Honorable
(formal address in writing)
Reports to Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
AppointerThe President
with the advice and consent of the Senate
Term length No fixed term
FormationFebruary 10, 2022

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment (ASD(EI&E)), concurrently the Chief Sustainability Officer, and formerly known as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment (DUSD(I&E)), provides management and oversight of military installations worldwide and manages environmental, safety, and occupational health programs for the Department of Defense (DoD). DoD's installations cover some 29,000,000 acres (120,000 km2), with 539,000 buildings and structures valued at more than $700 billion. The responsibilities of the ASD(EI&E) include the development of installation capabilities, programs, and budgets; installation-energy programs and policy; base realignment and closure; privatization of military housing and utilities; and integration of environmental needs into the weapons acquisition process. The ASD(EI&E) is also responsible for environmental management, safety and occupational health; environmental restoration at active and closing bases; conservation of natural and cultural resources; pollution prevention; environmental research and technology; fire protection; and explosives safety. [1] The ASD(EI&E) reports to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and is a part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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History

Responsibility over installations and environmental affairs at the Defense Department was spread out across a variety of positions over time. Oversight for installations has been lumped together in the past with manpower, acquisition, and logistics functions (see, for example, the history of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy). For a brief period in the mid-1990s, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Economic Security had oversight for installations and the base realignment and closure (BRAC) program, in addition to DoD policy in the areas of industrial affairs, dual-use technology, international cooperation programs, and community economic adjustment. [2] On April 5, 1996, the DoD nullified Defense Directive 5134.7 (signed August 21, 1995), thereby abolishing the ASD(Economic Security) while noting that this position has served the "purpose for which it was intended and is no longer required." [3] Responsibility for installations then migrated to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations.

Oversight for environmental affairs was linked together with health affairs for many years (see, for example, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs). In 2001, the responsibilities for installation and environment functions were merged into a single office. This office is not one of the five Principal Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense authorized by law, as articulated in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010. [4] Thus, DoD is statutorily obligated to re-designate this office in the near future, similar to the recent re-designation of the Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense within the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.

As part of a reorganization on February 1, 2018, the ASD(EI&E) was abolished and combined with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness to form a new Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment. [5] [6] The ASD(EI&E) was reestablished on February 10, 2022. [7]

Officeholders

The table below includes both the various titles of this post over time, as well as all the holders of those offices.

Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense (Installations and Environment) [3]
NameTenureSecDef(s) served underPresident(s) served under
Responsibility for Installations
Director of Installations
Frank CreedonAugust 25, 1952 - June 29, 1953 Robert A. Lovett
Charles E. Wilson 		Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Properties and Installations)
Franklin G. FloeteAugust 3, 1953 - March 4, 1956 Charles E. Wilson Dwight Eisenhower
Floyd S. BryantMay 2, 1956 - January 20, 1961 Charles E. Wilson
Neil H. McElroy
Thomas S. Gates 		Dwight Eisenhower
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics)
Thomas D. MorrisJanuary 29, 1961 - December 11, 1964 Robert S. McNamara John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Paul R. IgnatiusDecember 23, 1964 - August 31, 1967 Robert S. McNamara Lyndon Johnson
Thomas D. MorrisSeptember 1, 1967 - February 1, 1969 Robert S. McNamara
Clark M. Clifford 		Lyndon Johnson
Barry J. Shillito February 1, 1969 - February 1, 1973 Melvin R. Laird Richard Nixon
Arthur I. Mendolia June 21, 1973 - March 31, 1975 James R. Schlesinger Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
John J. Bennett (Acting)April 1, 1975 - February 9, 1976 James R. Schlesinger
Donald H. Rumsfeld 		Gerald Ford
Frank A. ShrontzFebruary 10, 1976 - January 19, 1977 Donald H. Rumsfeld Gerald Ford
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Installations, and Logistics)
Lawrence J. Korb January 12, 1984 - July 5, 1985 Caspar W. Weinberger Ronald Reagan
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Development and Support)
James P. WadeAugust 6, 1984 - July 5, 1985 Caspar W. Weinberger Ronald Reagan
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Logistics)
James P. WadeJuly 5, 1985 - November 3, 1986 Caspar W. Weinberger Ronald Reagan
Robert B. CostelloMarch 13, 1987 - April 15, 1987 Caspar W. Weinberger Ronald Reagan
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Production and Logistics)
Robert B. CostelloApril 15, 1987 - December 17, 1987 Caspar W. Weinberger
Frank C. Carlucci III 		Ronald Reagan
Jack KatzenMarch 28, 1988 - January 8, 1990 Frank C. Carlucci III
William H. Taft IV (Acting)
Richard B. Cheney 		Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Colin R. McMillanMarch 5, 1990 - December 11, 1992 Richard B. Cheney George H. W. Bush
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Economic Security)
Joshua GotbaumMay 20, 1994 - December 25, 1995 William J. Perry Bill Clinton
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations)
Randall A. Yim1999 [8] - 2001 William S. Cohen Bill Clinton
Responsibility for Environment
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Environment)
Dr. Louis M. Rousselot July 22, 1970 - July 1, 1971 Melvin R. Laird Richard Nixon
Dr. Richard S. WilburJuly 27, 1971 - September 1, 1973 Melvin R. Laird
Elliot L. Richardson
James R. Schlesinger 		Richard Nixon
Dr. James R. CowanFebruary 19, 1974 - March 1, 1976 James R. Schlesinger
Donald H. Rumsfeld 		Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Vernon McKenzie (Acting)March 2, 1976 - March 8, 1976 Donald H. Rumsfeld Gerald Ford
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security
Sherri W. Goodman 1993 - 2001 Leslie Aspin Jr.
William J. Perry
William S. Cohen 		Bill Clinton
Merged Responsibilities
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment)
Raymond F. DuBois April 2001 - October 31, 2004 Donald H. Rumsfeld George W. Bush
Philip W. GroneNovember 1, 2004 [9] - February 2008 Donald H. Rumsfeld
Robert M. Gates 		George W. Bush
Wayne ArnyFebruary 2008 - July 2009 Robert M. Gates George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Dr. Dorothy RobynJuly 15, 2009 [10] - September 2012 [11] Robert M. Gates
Leon Panetta 		Barack Obama
John Conger (Acting)September 2012 [12] - December 2014 Leon Panetta
Chuck Hagel 		Barack Obama
Merged Responsibilities
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations and Environment)
John Conger (Performing the Duties of) [13] December 2014 [14] - December 2015 [15] Chuck Hagel
Ashton Carter 		Barack Obama
Pete Potochney (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment) [16] December 2015 - August 1, 2017 [17] Ashton Carter
James Mattis 		Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Lucian Niemeyer August 2, 2017 - July 2018 [18] James Mattis Donald Trump
Merged Responsibilities
Subsumed under Assistant Secretary of Defense (Sustainment) August 2018 - February 2022 [7]
Established Responsibilities
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations, and Environment) [7]
Paul D. Cramer (Performing the Duties of) [19] February 10, 2022 – January 26, 2023 Lloyd Austin Joe Biden
Brendan Owens January 26, 2023 – present Lloyd Austin Joe Biden

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