Acting Defense Secretary Miller announces special operations civilian leadership will report directly to him

At an event in Fort Bragg, N.C., on Nov. 18, acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced that the civilian leadership of the military’s special operations will report directly to him.

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CHRISTOPHER MILLER: I'm here today to announce that I've directed the special operations civilian leadership to report directly to me instead of through the current bureaucratic channels. This historic step finalizes what Congress has authorized and directed and will put special operations command on par with the military services for the first time.

This reform will immediately improve agility to the Department and the command and will enable us to streamline information flow, enhance decision making, and more adeptly and adeptly support our commanders and their superb soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines. Change is often tectonic in the Department of Defense. This is by-- this is by design. And as our history shows, has served the nation very well.