Editing United States Secretary of Defense

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{{Infobox official post|post=United States Secretary|body=Defense|flag=SecDefFlag.png|flagsize=125|flagcaption=Flag of the Secretary of Defense|insignia=Dod logo.png|insigniasize=125|insigniacaption=Seal of the Secretary of Defense|image=NoFilter.png|imagesize=|incumbent=jjc0308|incumbentsince=April 3rd, 2024|department=[[United States Department of Defense]]|style={{plainlist|
*Mr. Secretary (informal)
*The Honorable (formal)
*His Excellency (diplomatic)
}}|termlength=No fixed term|abbreviation=SECDEF|member_of={{plainlist|
*[[Cabinet]]
*National Security Council
}}|reports_to=[[President of the United States]]|seat=[[Washington, D.C.]]|appointer=[[President of the United States]]|appointer_qualified=with [[United States Senate|Senate]] advice and consent|formation=December 30, 2012 (10 years ago)|first=Baxterknight|succession=Sixth}}

== List of secretaries of defense ==
N/A under number denotes acting Secretary of Defense.
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!No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Term
!President(s)
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|1.
|Baxterknight
|12/30/12
|2/13/13
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|2.
|Lthilborn2
|2/13/1
|5/10/13
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|3.
|Infuscate
|5/10/13
|8/29/13
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|4.
|Zeyad567
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|5.
|LordDeathTheReaper
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|Zeyad567
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|7.
|Rbx_lua
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|8.
|Astroparticle
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|9.
|Discommodate
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|9.
|iSchwenzer
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|10.
|LordDeathTheReaper
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|11.
|DevGralius
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|12.
|Marinio
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|13.
|DevGralius
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|14.
|Destroyer97
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|15.
|Polyadenylation
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|16.
|DeathPossession
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|17.
|DevGralius
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|18.
|LordDeathTheReaper
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|19.
|JackRockwell
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|N/A
|Ozzymen
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|20.
|BigDaddyTMane
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|21.
|TimGeithner
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|22.
|Zeyad567
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|23.
|Blastatack
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|24.
|GhostTacticz
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|25.
|DevGralius
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|26.
|Golfgames1
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|27.
|[[MasonRockefeller]]
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|28.
|SigmaHD
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|29.
|Exkayar
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|30.
|LargeTitanic2
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| colspan="6" |'''VACANT, 11/14/17-11/26/17'''
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|32.
|LargeTitanic2
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|33.
|PatriotActual
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|34.
|Aerium
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|35.
|Exkayar
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|36.
|PatriotActual
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|37.
|Havocful
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|38.
|LargeTitanic2
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|39.
|Ffusah
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|40.
|LordDeathTheReaper
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|41.
|Havocful
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|N/A
|AlexanderFitzpatrick
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|42.
|SuperiorCross
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|43.
|Siteowner
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|44.
|[[Stericus]]
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|45.
|[[TacticalRock101]]
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|46.
|LiamD_MacDonald
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|47.
|Havocful
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|48.
|Siteowner
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|49.
|KarlLSchultz
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|50.
|TacticalAlphxa
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|51.
|KarlLSchultz
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|52.
|NicolasRFulton
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|53.
|NauticusTheReaper
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|54.
|[[RummyLeroux]]
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|55.
|KyleAxis
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|56.
|RoFiles
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|57.
|[[Frosty_TheSn0wman]]
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|58.
|Savage_Yada
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|59.
|LargeTitanic2
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|60.
|NathanielVFulton
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|61.
|NicolasRFulton
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|62.
|Dilliuss
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|N/A
|[[RummyLeroux]]
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|N/A
|[[TacticalRock101]]
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|63.
|TacticalJester
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|64.
|[[SolarGeneral]]
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|65.
|Verek
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|66.
|Dilliuss
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| colspan="6" |VACANT, 9/22/21-11/26/21
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| colspan="6" |VACANT, 11/26/21-12/23/21
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|N/A
|SW4YTOVI4N
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|68.
|RoFiles
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|69
|[[SolarGeneral]]
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|70.
|Robbiebeastpro90000
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|71.
|RoFiles
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|72.
|[[RickVicario]]
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|N/A
|[[Akacoolguy96GPT|Akacoolguy96]]
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|73.
|Unii_y
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