Trump Nominates Iraq War Veteran Daniel Driscoll as Army Secretary

Driscoll, a Yale Law graduate and former advisor to J.D. Vance, faces Senate confirmation to lead the Army's largest branch.

Daniel P. Driscoll, a North Carolina native and former Army officer, has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as Secretary of the Army.
Driscoll's military service includes deployment to Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division and earning a Ranger tab, though he did not serve in the elite 75th Ranger Regiment.
He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Yale Law School, where he was a classmate of Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, whom he later advised.
Driscoll previously ran unsuccessfully for Congress in North Carolina's 11th District in 2020, losing in the GOP primary.
If confirmed by the Republican-majority Senate, Driscoll will oversee the Army's budget, workforce, and operations as the civilian leader of the military's largest branch.