DOD updates job titles

The Defense Department recently changed the titles of two senior leadership positions.

The principal deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence will now be known as the deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, while the principal deputy under secretary of defense (comptroller) will now be called the deputy under secretary of defense (comptroller), according to two DOD directives issued this month.

The changes were first mandated in the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, which redesignates all principal deputy under secretaries of defense as deputy under secretaries of defense.