inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 hours agoTrump picks John Phelan, a businessman with no military experience, to be secretary of the Navywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-linkTrump picks John Phelan, a businessman with no military experience, to be secretary of the Navywww.nbcnews.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLePoisson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoI was skimming more and the actual law is that the secretary has to not have served in the military in the past 7 years. It specifically calls out they’re a civilian. Most of them have had military experience though, it’s probably helpful.
minus-squareactually@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoI think it’s kind of random in USA history, wikpedia has a list of them and some do
I was skimming more and the actual law is that the secretary has to not have served in the military in the past 7 years. It specifically calls out they’re a civilian.
Most of them have had military experience though, it’s probably helpful.
I think it’s kind of random in USA history, wikpedia has a list of them and some do