Secretary of the Army (U.S.)/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Secretary of the Army (U.S.).

The senior civilian official of the United States Army, and third-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense; responsible for Army preparedness along with the uniformed Chief of Staff of the Army, neither of whom are in the operational chain of command