# Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (abbreviated as ASN M&RA) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Navy. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) reports to the Under Secretary of the Navy who in turn reports to the United States Secretary of the Navy.
The office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) was created in 1968. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) is responsible for recruiting all of the personnel of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps, including military personnel (both active and reserve), government civilians, contractors, and volunteers. Since 1993, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) has been assisted by the Department of the Navy Force Management Oversight Council, an advisory council of senior military and civilian personnel in the Department of the Navy.

## Organization of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

The principal deputies of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) are:
* Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Total Force Transformation)
* Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Military Personnel Policy)
* Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Reserve Affairs)
* Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Civilian Human Resources)
* Assistant General Counsel of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) oversees the following organizations:
* Secretary of the Navy Council of Review Boards
** Physical Evaluation Board
** Naval Discharge Review Board
** Naval Clemency and Parole Board
** Combat Related Special Compensation Board
** Navy Department Board of Decorations and Medals
* Board of Corrections of Naval Records
The principal military advisors of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) are:
* Chief of Naval Personnel
** Chief of Naval Education and Training
* Chief of Navy Reserve
* Surgeon General of the United States Navy
* Deputy Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

## Assistant Secretaries

| Name | Assumed office | Left office | President appointed by | Secretary served under |
| Randolph S. Driver | September 1968 | January 20, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Paul Robert Ignatius |
| James D. Hittle | March 1969 | March 1971 | Richard Nixon | John Chafee |
| James E. Johnson | June 1971 | September 1973 | Richard Nixon | John Chafee John Warner |
| Joseph T. McCullen, Jr. | September 1973 | April 1977 | Richard Nixon | John Warner J. William Middendorf |
| Edward Hidalgo | April 25, 1977 | October 24, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. |
| Joseph A. Doyle | December 1979 | January 1981 | Jimmy Carter | Edward Hidalgo |
| John S. Herrington | October 1981 | February 1983 | Ronald Reagan | John Lehman |
| Chapman B. Cox | June 1983 | June 1984 | Ronald Reagan | John Lehman |
| Chase Untermeyer | December 1984 | April 1988 | Ronald Reagan | John Lehman Jim Webb |
| Kenneth P. Bergquist | June 1988 | November 1989 | Ronald Reagan | William L. Ball Henry L. Garrett III |
| Barbara S. Pope | November 1989 | January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | Henry L. Garrett III Sean O'Keefe |
| Dorothy M. Meletzke (acting) | January 20, 1993 | November 1993 | George H. W. Bush | John Howard Dalton |
| Frederick Pang | November 1993 | October 1994 | Bill Clinton | John Howard Dalton |
| Bernard D. Rostker | October 7, 1994 | October 1998 | Bill Clinton | John Howard Dalton |
| Carolyn H. Becraft | October 1998 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton | Richard Danzig |
| Bonnie Morehouse (acting) | January 20, 2001 | July 17, 2001 | George W. Bush | Gordon R. England |
| William A. Navas Jr. | July 17, 2001 | January 7, 2008 | George W. Bush | Gordon R. England Donald C. Winter |
| Anita K. Blair (acting) | January 7, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | Barack Obama | Donald C. Winter |
| Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (acting) | January 20, 2009 | September 16, 2009 | Barack Obama | Donald C. Winter |
| Juan M. Garcia III | September 16, 2009 | January 14, 2016 | Barack Obama | Ray Mabus |
| Franklin R. Parker | January 14, 2016 | January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama | Ray Mabus |
| Robert L. Woods (Acting) | April 30, 2017 | June 10, 2018 | Donald Trump | Richard V. Spencer |
| Gregory J. Slavonic | June 11, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | Donald Trump | Richard V. Spencer Kenneth Braithwaite |
| Catherine L. Kessmeier (acting) | January 20, 2021 | August 2021 | Joe Biden | Thomas Harker (acting) |
| Robert D. Hogue (acting) | August 2021 | January 18, 2023 | Joe Biden | Carlos Del Toro |
| Franklin R. Parker | January 18, 2023 | January 20, 2025 | Joe Biden | Carlos Del Toro |
| Robert D. Hogue (acting) | January 20, 2025 | Present | Donald Trump | Terence Emmert (acting) |