inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoTrump picks John Phelan, a businessman with no military experience, to be secretary of the Navywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1342arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLePoisson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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