President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Army veteran Daniel Driscoll to be the next secretary of the Army.
Driscoll joined the Army after graduating from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. During his Army career, Driscoll attended Ranger School and served as a cavalry scout platoon leader. He completed a combat deployment in Iraq.
Upon returning from Iraq, Driscoll attended Yale Law School, where his path crossed with incoming Vice President-elect JD Vance.
Since graduating from Yale, Driscoll has been involved in venture capital and private equity projects. More recently, he has also worked as a senior adviser to Vance.
The Army secretary's role entails shaping and managing the service's budget, along with overseeing manpower efforts and advancing weapons development and acquisition efforts.
The service is also currently pursuing modernization efforts, including working to advance new ground combat vehicles such as the M-10 Booker, and develop a new infantry fighting vehicle to succeed the M2 Bradley. Another project to develop a new vertical lift aircraft to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is also currently in the works.