Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Incumbent Peter Levine (Acting) since April 2016
Formation	1994
First holder	Edwin Dorn
Website	Official website

The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, or USD(P&R), is a high-ranking civilian position in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) within the United States Department of Defense^[1] responsible for advising the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits, and oversight of the state of military readiness. The Under Secretary is appointed from civilian life by the President and confirmed by the Senate to serve at the pleasure of the President.

The current Acting Under Secretary is Peter Levine.^[2]

Overview

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD(P&R)) is the principal staff element for the Department of Defense for all human resources, human capital development, and personnel logistics matters. The USD(P&R) has oversight of the Defense Commissary Agency, Department of Defense Education Activity, Defense Human Resources Activity, the Military Health System, and the Defense Travel Management Office. The USD(P&R) is also responsible for training, health affairs, National Guard and Reserve affairs, personnel requirements for weapons support, and military and civilian family matters, subject to the authority of the Secretary of Defense.^[3] Through the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy, the United States Military Entrance Processing Command also reports to the Under Secretary.^[4]

With the rank of Under Secretary, the USD(P&R) is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. Since January 2010, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $165,300.

History

The position was first mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (P.L. 103-160), signed by President Clinton on November 30, 1993.^[5] Defense Directive 5124.2, passed 17 March 1994, officially established the position, incorporating the functions of the Assistant Secretary of Defense(Force Management and Personnel) and authorizing authority over the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.^[6] Since the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 was signed on October 5, 1999, the Under Secretary has been responsible for establishing standards on deployment of units away from assigned duty stations, the length of time they may be away for a deployment away from assigned duty stations, and for establishing systems for reporting tracking deployments.^[7]

When created in 1993, the USD(P&R) assumed authority primarily over three DoD offices: the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy. The ASD(FMP) has since been abolished, its responsibilities assumed by other officials reporting to the USD(P&R).

Reporting Officials

Officials reporting to the USD(P&R) include:

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Military Deputy to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
- Director, Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity
  - Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute
- Director, Defense Suicide Prevention Office
- Director, Personnel Risk Reduction Office
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
- Military Health System
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Wounded Warrior Care & Transition Policy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness and Force Management
- Director, Defense Commissary Agency
- Director, Department of Defense Education Activity
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness
- Director, Office of Total Force Planning & Requirements
- Director, Transition to Veterans Program Office
Director, Defense Human Resources Activity
Director, DoD/VA Collaboration Office

Budget

Budget Totals

The annual budget for the USD(P&R) is contained in the Office of the Secretary of Defense's (OSD) budget, under the Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance (O&M) account.

USD Personnel and Readiness Budget, FY 10-12 ($ in thousands)^[8]
Line Item	FY10 Actual	FY11 Estimate	FY12 Request
Core OSD Operating Program^[9]
Civilian Pay and Benefits, USD (P&R)	23,688	35,457	24,816
Program Structure^[10]
Contracts and other Support Services	1,000	1,007	995
Advancing Diversity and Equal Opportunity Program	8,500	8,925	9,667
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)	2,219	2,393	1,131
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs)	2,364	2,691	2,018
Combatant Commander's Exercise	688,632	760,837	766,450
Defense Safety Oversight Council	10,692	12,615	12,550
Defense Readiness Reporting System	13,354	6,900	3,882
Lost Work Days System	3,230	3,060	3,032
Military Personnel Policy Naturalization Support	5,799	6,345	6,463
Military Spouse Intern Program	0	17,500	16,689
Studies Program	0	2,820	2,792
Training Transformation	6,563	6,035	5,112
Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy	43,664	79,412	77,623
Travel	1,338	1,402	817
Overseas Contingency Operations^[11]
OCO OUSD (Intel)	2,064	0	0
Totals
Total Budget	813,107	947,399	934,037

Budget Features

Contracts and other Support Services - Funds contracts and other support services for mission requirements, including Intergovernmental Personnel Act requirements
Advancing Diversity and Equal Opportunity Program - Funding to increase the number of people with targeted disabilities in the federal civilian workforce to support the DoD goal of two percent DoD-wide, emphasizing the benefit for wounded service members
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) - ASD(HA) is the principal medical staff advisor to the Secretary of Defense and principal program manager for all DoD health matters to include medical readiness, health care delivery, preventive medicine, medical military construction, and the procurement, development, training and retention of medical military and civilian personnel
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs) - Funds managed by ASD (RA) are utilized to conduct valuable research and analysis for specific topics and issues that arise related to the National Guard and military Reserve components
Combatant Commander's Exercise Engagement and Training Transformation (CE2T2) - The program was established as a result of direction from the Quadrennial Defense Review that re-aligned and consolidated joint training programs and applies resulting efficiencies against new mission areas and existing joint training shortfalls
Defense Safety Oversight Council (DSOC) - Supports safety initiatives to reduce and prevent injuries to Defense Department personnel
Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) - Allows for quick analysis of force capability issues, effective program oversight, operator training, and data maintenance
Lost Work Days System - Lost Work Days aims to increase operational readiness by providing data and analysis to eliminate preventable mishaps
Military Personnel Policy (MPP) Naturalization Support - Funding to pay U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the United States Department of Homeland Security to not charge fees to military members applying for naturalization to become US citizens
Military Spouse Intern Program - Assists eligible spouses of active duty military in obtaining positions in federal agencies by paying the spouses' salary and benefits for the first year of employment
Studies Program - The Department contracts for assistance in facilitating studies that improve the overall operation and efficiency of the OUSD(P&R) and the programs over which it exercises oversight
Training Transformation - Provides oversight of the Department's Joint training effort
Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy (WWCTP) - Funds WWCTP operations that provide OSD-level oversight of the development and implementation of comprehensive disability, non-medical care and case management, and transition programs, policies and standards Department-wide
Travel - Funds employee travel to support USD(P&R) mission

Office Holders

Under Secretaries of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)^[6]
Name	Tenure	Secretary(ies) of Defense Served Under	President(s) Served Under
Edwin Dorn	March 16, 1994 - July 7, 1997	William J. Perry	William Clinton
Rudy de Leon	August 5, 1997 - March 31, 2000	William J. Perry William S. Cohen	William Clinton
Charles Cragin (Acting)	March 31, 2000 - May 23, 2000	William S. Cohen	William Clinton
Bernard D. Rostker	May 23, 2000 - January 19, 2001	William S. Cohen	William Clinton
David S. C. Chu	June 1, 2001 – January 20, 2009	Donald H. Rumsfeld Robert M. Gates	George W. Bush
Gail H. McGinn (Performing the duties of)	January 21, 2009 - February 8, 2010	Robert M. Gates	Barack Obama
Clifford Stanley	February 9, 2010 - October 27, 2011	Robert M. Gates Leon Panetta	Barack Obama
Jo Ann Rooney (Acting)^[12]	October 27, 2011 - June 8, 2012	Leon Panetta^[13]	Barack Obama
Erin C. Conaton^[12]	June 8, 2012 – December 31, 2012	Leon Panetta^[14]	Barack Obama
Jessica Wright	January 1, 2013 – March 31, 2015	Leon Panetta Chuck Hagel Ashton Carter	Barack Obama
Brad Carson (Acting)	April 2, 2015 - April 2016	Ash Carter	Barack Obama
Peter Levine (Acting)	April 2016 – Present	Ash Carter	Barack Obama

Principal Deputy

The Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (PDUSD(P&R)) is the Under Secretary's chief staff assistant. PDUSD(P&R) is delegated full power and authority to act for the USD(P&R) and exercise the powers of the USD(P&R) on any and all matters that the USD(P&R) is authorized to act, except in those areas where delegation of the USD(P&R) authority is otherwise restricted by higher authority or prohibited by law.

Established as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) by the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2002 (P.L. 107-107), the post took over the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy, which was then abolished. The DUSD(P&R) was re-designated Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), or PDUSD(P&R) in July 2003 by DoD Directive 5124.8.^[6] As of 2012, the position again holds the rank of Principal Deputy Under Secretary.

Principal Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense for Personnel and Readiness^[6]
Name	Tenure	USD(P&R) Served Under	SecDef(s) Served Under	President(s) Served Under
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Charles S. Abell	November 14, 2002 - July 11, 2006	David S. C. Chu	Donald H. Rumsfeld	George W. Bush
Michael L. Dominguez	July 11, 2006 – January 20, 2009	David S. C. Chu	Donald H. Rumsfeld	George W. Bush
William J. Carr (Acting)	January 20, 2009 - February 8, 2010	Michael L. Dominguez (Acting)	Robert M. Gates	Barack Obama
Lynn C. Simpson(Performing the duties of)	February 8, 2010 - June 2, 2011	Gail McGinn (Performing the duties of)	Robert M. Gates	Barack Obama
Jo Ann Rooney	June 2, 2011 - 24 May 2012	Clifford Stanley	Leon Panetta	Barack Obama
Vacant	24 May 2012 – 30 July 2014	Jessica L. Wright (Acting)	Chuck Hagel	Barack Obama
Laura Junor	July 31, 2014 - July 31, 2015	Jessica L. Wright Brad Carson (Acting)	Chuck Hagel Ashton Carter	Barack Obama

References

↑ http://www.defenselink.mil/odam/omp/pubs/GuideBook/Pdf/DoD.PDF
↑ http://www.defense.gov/About-DoD/Biographies/Biography-View/Article/606617
↑ "US CODE: Title 10,136. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness". Retrieved 2007-09-21.
↑ http://prhome.defense.gov/MPP/, accessed June 2010
↑ "H.R.2401". Retrieved September 21, 2007.
1 2 3 4 "Department of Defense Key Officials" (PDF). Historical Office, OSD. 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ "S.1059". Retrieved September 21, 2007.
↑ "Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Estimates, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)" (PDF). Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), OSD. 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
↑ Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Estimates, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), p.664
↑ Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Estimates, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), p.697-707
↑ Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Estimates, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), p.714
1 2 http://prhome.defense.gov/PDUSD/
↑ http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=310
↑ http://prhome.defense.gov/bios/ErinConaton.aspx

Senior officials in the United States Department of Defense

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work Secretaries of the Military Departments Secretary of the Army: Eric Fanning Secretary of the Navy: Ray Mabus Secretary of the Air Force: Deborah James Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, USMC Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics: Frank Kendall Policy: James Miller Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer: Robert Hale Personnel and Readiness: Jessica Wright (Acting) Intelligence: Michael Vickers Deputy Chief Management Officer Elizabeth McGrath Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Paul Selva, USAF Chiefs of the Military Services Chief of Staff of the Army: Mark Milley Commandant of the Marine Corps: Robert Neller Chief of Naval Operations: John Richardson Chief of Staff of the Air Force: David Goldfein Chief of the National Guard Bureau Frank Grass, USA

United States Department of Defense

Headquarters: The Pentagon

Office of the Secretary of Defense
(including Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities)

Deputy Secretary of Defense	Deputy's Advisory Working Group Office of Net Assessment Special Access Program Oversight Committee

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics	Director, Defense Research and Engineering Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Missile Defense Agency Defense Contract Management Agency Defense Logistics Agency Defense Technical Information Center Defense Threat Reduction Agency Office of Economic Adjustment Defense Acquisition University Defense Acquisition Board

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy	Defense Security Cooperation Agency Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	Defense Contract Audit Agency Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness	Defense Commissary Agency Department of Defense Education Activity DoD Human Resources Activity Military Health System Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Office of the Chancellor for Education and Professional Development

Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence	Defense Intelligence Agency Defense Security Service Defense Information Systems Agency National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Reconnaissance Office National Security Agency (Director)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs	Defense Media Activity (American Forces Press Service, American Forces Radio and Television Service, Stars and Stripes, The Pentagon Channel)

General Counsel of the Department of Defense	Defense Legal Services Agency

Director of Administration and Management	Pentagon Force Protection Agency Washington Headquarters Services

Military Departments

Department of the Army	Secretary of the Army The Secretariat: Under Secretary of the Army Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Assistant Secretary (Financial Management and Comptroller) Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs General Counsel of the Army The Administrative Assistant The Army Staff: Chief of Staff of the Army Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Sergeant Major of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Chief of Chaplains Judge Advocate General Provost Marshal General Surgeon General U.S. Army field organizations: see Structure of the United States Army

Department of the Navy	Secretary of the Navy The Secretariat: Under Secretary of the Navy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions) General Counsel of the Navy Judge Advocate General Naval Criminal Investigative Service Naval Inspector General Headquarters Marine Corps: Commandant of the Marine Corps Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Chaplain U.S. Marine Corps field organizations: see Organization of the United States Marine Corps Office of the Chief of Naval Operations: Chief of Naval Operations Vice Chief of Naval Operations Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Director of Naval Reactors Chief of Chaplains Chief of Naval Personnel Surgeon General United States Navy field organizations: see Structure of the United States Navy

Department of the Air Force	Secretary of the Air Force The Secretariat: Under Secretary of the Air Force Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Logistics) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) General Counsel of the Air Force Air Force Office of Special Investigations The Air Staff: Chief of Staff of the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Chief of Chaplains Chief of Safety Chief Scientist Judge Advocate General Surgeon General U.S. Air Force field organizations: Major Commands Direct Reporting Units Field Operating Agencies

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Joint Requirements Oversight Council Director of the Joint Staff Joint Staff National Military Command Center Alternate National Military Command Center National Defense University

Combatant Commands

Africa Command Central Command European Command Northern Command Pacific Command Southern Command Special Operations Command (Joint Special Operations Command) Strategic Command (Cyber Command) Transportation Command

National Guard Bureau

Chief of the National Guard Bureau Air National Guard Army National Guard

Office of the Inspector General

Defense Criminal Investigative Service

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