Talk:United States Secretary of the Army

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[edit] "Served under" categorization

Since the Secertary of the Army falls under the Secretary of Defense, the former directly serves the latter. Thus should we list the Secretary of Defense at the time under "Served under" rather than the President? The military revovles around reporting to your direct superior, even though the President is more widely known and of course the Commander in Chief. Minutiaman 22:44, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I would suggest the way it currently is makes sense. From what I can tell, the change of the President often results in the change of Secretary of the Army, especially when there is a change in the political party the President comes from. A change in the Secretary of Defence is less likely to result in a change in the Secretary of the Army and I presume it's more dependent on what the President wants Nil Einne 12:17, 3 March 2007 (UTC)