US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has resigned following a reported clash with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. This development comes at a time when the military conflict with Iran is still ongoing. The resignation was confirmed by a source familiar with the situation.
Driscoll, the 26th Army secretary, was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed in 2025 at the age of 38, making him the youngest to serve in the role.
“Secretary Driscoll has been highly effective in advancing President Trump’s agenda to Make America Strong Again at the Department of the Army by providing outstanding leadership during historic military operations, restoring an emphasis on readiness and lethality, assisting with negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and more,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said on Monday. Driscoll had a strained relationship with Hegseth, marked by disagreements over personnel and leadership decisions, according to sources across the Pentagon. “The United States Army is more powerful than ever thanks to his work alongside the commander-in-chief and Secretary of War. He is a close friend of Vice President JD Vance from their days together at Yale Law School. He also took on an unusual dual role as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, an unprecedented overlap between defense and a domestic law enforcement agency. Hegseth has directly intervened in Army matters, at times ordering Driscoll to remove senior advisers, highlighting tensions over control of the service. Driscoll reportedly resisted efforts to remove certain officers from promotion lists, including women and black officers.
