Trump picks Daniel Driscoll to lead Army as ‘disruptor and change agent’
President-elect Donald Trump selected Daniel Driscoll to be secretary of the Army, he announced Wednesday.
Driscoll has been serving as a senior adviser to JD Vance, Trump’s running mate and soon-to-be vice president.
“As a former Soldier, Investor, and Political Advisor, Dan brings a powerful combination of experiences to serve as a disruptor and change agent. Dan graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in three years to join the fight with the U.S. Army. After completing U.S. Army Ranger school, Dan deployed with the 10th Mountain Division as a Cavalry Scout Platoon Leader in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social account. “Dan will be a fearless and relentless fighter for America’s Soldiers and the America First agenda.”
Like Vance, Driscoll is a Yale Law School graduate. He also worked in venture capital and private equity, Trump noted.
If his nomination is confirmed, Driscoll would lead the Army as the service is pursuing sweeping modernization initiatives across the force, including for long-range fires like hypersonic weapons; the network via C2 Fix and C2 Next; robotic combat vehicles; new aircraft and drones under its future vertical lift portfolio; and IT transformation, among others.
Driscoll is Trump’s second pick to serve as a service secretary during his second term. His selection comes about a week after the president-elect tapped John Phelan to be secretary of the Navy.
In a Nov. 26 statement, Trump said Phelan, a businessman and co-founder of MSD Capital, will be “a steadfast leader in advancing my America First vision” and “put the business of the U.S. Navy above all else.”
Unlike Driscoll, Phelan has never served in the military.
If his nomination is confirmed, Phelan would take the helm of the Department of the Navy as the sea services are pursuing new drones and a “hybrid fleet” of manned and unmanned systems, as well as sea- and air-launched hypersonic missiles, among other modernization efforts.
