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article relies excessively on references to primary sources please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources find sources senior military assistant to the secretary of defense news newspapers books scholar jstor may 2024 learn how and when to remove this message senior appointment in the united states department of defense senior military assistant to the secretary of defense osd identification badge incumbent vice admiral john f g wade since 26 may 2026 office of the secretary of defense type senior military assistant reports to united states secretary of defense seat the pentagon arlington virginia appointer the president with senate advice and consent the senior military assistant to the secretary of defense sma secdef 1 is the highest ranking commissioned officer in the office of the secretary of defense osd the sma directly reports to the secretary of defense performing administrative work in the secretary s name and handles relations between the secretary and other pertinent government bodies including the rest of the osd congress and the joint chiefs of staff 1 as a joint duty assignment the sma is one of 310 officer positions granted exemption from statutory limits on general officer numbers under 10 u s c 526 citation needed the sma holds the rank of lieutenant general or vice admiral they are nominated by the president and must be confirmed by the senate list of senior military assistants edit this list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items may 2024 no senior military assistant term service branch secretary of defense ref portrait name took office left office term length 1 major general colin powell july 1983 june 1986 2 years 335 days u s army caspar weinberger 2 vice admiral donald s jones june 1986 january 1987 214 days u s navy caspar weinberger frank carlucci 2 3 major general gordon e fornell january 1987 september 1988 1 year 244 days u s air force frank carlucci 3 4 rear admiral lower half william owens july 1988 august 1990 2 years 31 days u s navy frank carlucci dick cheney 4 5 rear admiral lower half thomas j lopez august 1990 may 1992 1 year 274 days u s navy dick cheney 5 6 major general john p jumper may 1992 february 1994 1 year 276 days u s air force les aspin 6 7 7 major general paul j kern march 1994 june 1996 2 years 92 days u s army william perry 8 9 8 major general randolph w house june 1996 january 1997 214 days u s army william perry 10 11 12 9 lieutenant general james l jones january 1997 may 1999 2 years 120 days u s marine corps william cohen 13 14 15 10 vice admiral gregory g johnson may 1999 october 2000 1 year 153 days u s navy william cohen 11 rear admiral lower half deborah loewer october 2000 2001 258 days u s navy william cohen 12 vice admiral edmund p giambastiani 2001 august 2002 1 year 46 days u s navy william cohen donald rumsfeld 13 lieutenant general bantz j craddock august 2002 july 2004 1 year 335 days u s army donald rumsfeld 14 vice admiral james g stavridis july 2004 august 2006 2 years 31 days u s navy donald rumsfeld 15 lieutenant general victor e renuart jr august 2006 february 2007 184 days u s air force robert gates 16 16 lieutenant general peter w chiarelli march 2007 august 2008 1 year 153 days u s army robert gates 17 lieutenant general david m rodriguez august 2008 june 2009 304 days u s army robert gates 18 vice admiral joseph d kernan june 2009 april 2011 1 year 304 days u s navy robert gates 19 lieutenant general john f kelly april 2011 august 2012 1 year 122 days u s marine corps robert gates leon panetta 20 lieutenant general thomas d waldhauser august 2012 september 2013 1 year 31 days u s marine corps leon panetta chuck hagel 21 lieutenant general robert b abrams september 2013 24 june 2015 1 year 282 days u s army chuck hagel ash carter 22 lieutenant general ronald f lewis 24 june 2015 12 november 2015 141 days u s army ash carter 17 18 23 brigadier general eric smith 7 january 2016 23 june 2017 1 year 167 days u s marine corps ash carter jim mattis 19 20 24 vice admiral craig s faller 23 june 2017 1 september 2018 1 year 70 days u s navy jim mattis 21 25 lieutenant general george w smith jr 1 september 2018 12 august 2019 345 days u s marine corps jim mattis mark esper 22 26 lieutenant general bryan p fenton 12 august 2019 3 june 2021 1 year 295 days u s army mark esper lloyd austin 23 27 lieutenant general randy george 3 june 2021 7 july 2022 1 year 34 days u s army lloyd austin 24 28 lieutenant general ronald p clark 7 july 2022 1 october 2024 2 years 86 days u s army lloyd austin 25 29 lieutenant general jennifer short 1 october 2024 22 february 2025 26 144 days u s air force lloyd austin pete hegseth 27 30 lieutenant general christopher laneve 7 april 2025 5 february 2026 304 days u s army pete hegseth 31 vice admiral john f g wade 26 may 2026 incumbent 136 days u s navy pete hegseth 28 references edit 1 2 secretary of defense communications defense information systems agency retrieved february 14 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