@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 10 hours agoTrump picks John Phelan, a businessman with no military experience, to be secretary of the Navywww.nbcnews.commessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1208file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•5 hours agoI was skimming more and the actual law is that the secretary has to not have served in the military in the past 7 years. It specifically calls out they’re a civilian. Most of them have had military experience though, it’s probably helpful.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 hours agoI think it’s kind of random in USA history, wikpedia has a list of them and some do
I was skimming more and the actual law is that the secretary has to not have served in the military in the past 7 years. It specifically calls out they’re a civilian.
Most of them have had military experience though, it’s probably helpful.
I think it’s kind of random in USA history, wikpedia has a list of them and some do