Trump EO "Providing a clear order of succession for DoD" ... Buckle up buttercup.
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Old one (2010) haven't parsed it completely.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/03/05/2010-4884/providing-an-order-of-succession-within-the-department-of-defense
I slowly combing through to pick out what’s changed. So far I’ve got:
The 2010 EO specifies: “... (2) Secretary of the Army; (3) Secretary of the Navy; (4) Secretary of the Air Force;
The new EO doesn’t give priority, just:
“... (ii) Secretaries of the Military Departments;
(iii) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
(iv) Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security;
(v) Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense;
The 2010 EO lays out: “ 5) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics;
The new EO doesn’t list that role until after :
(iii) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
(iv) Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security;
(v) Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense;
I can’t begin to pretend what goes into these decisions, but I’m sure Trump and team knew what they were doing.
Paragraph b does give priority.
(paraphrased) "Precedence amongst people named in the same paragraph goes to oldest-in-position"
Specifically: Army -> Air Force -> Navy for that one.
And space force