Herbert Hoover did not have a Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense was a position created under the National Defense Act of 1947. From the first days of the Republic up to that time there were two cabinet secretaries who had the duties later combined into the Secretary of Defense's portfolio. There was a Secretary of the Navy who was responsible for the Navy and the Navy's US Marine Corps, and a Secretary of War, who handled the Army, and after airplanes were invented and became militarized, the Air Force. The air force was part of the US Army as the US Army Air Force, until an independent US Air Force was created as a third branch by the same legislation in 1947 which combined the two previous cabinet positions into one new one.
Hoover's Secretary of Was was James W. Good in 1929, and then Patrick J. Hurley from 1929-33, after Good died suddenly in the autumn of 1929.
Hoover's Secretary of the Navy was Charles Francis Adams, great grandson of John Quincy Adams and great, great grandson of John Adams.
No, the Secretary of War and the Secretary of Defense are not the same. The position of Secretary of War existed until 1947 when it was replaced by the Secretary of Defense following the establishment of the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense oversees all branches of the U.S. military and is responsible for national defense, while the Secretary of War focused specifically on the Army before the reorganization.
The Secretary of Defense is Robert Gates.
Civilian. The Secretary of Defense is not Commissioned or Enlisted.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin.
Raychelle Omamo is the Secretary of Defense for Kenya.
Yes, DoD falls under the Secretary of Defense. DoD stands for Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense is in charge of that department.
The Secretary of Defense is Chuck Hagel who took the office in 2013. Prior to Hagel the Secretary of Defense was Leon Panetta.
Secretary of Defense is the title on the US cabinet officer who runs the US armed forces. "Defense Secretary" may be a short form of Secretary of Defense or maybe refer to a similar position in some country other than the US.
Office of the Secretary of Defense was created in 1947.
The Secretary of Defense. Hope that this helped.
George Washington had a Secretary of War, Henry Knox, instead of a Secretary of Defense.
No.