SecNav without military experience.

Trump taps businessman John Phelan to be Navy secretary
https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/11/27/trump-taps-businessman-john-phelan-to-be-navy-secretary/

If confirmed, Phelan would be the first permanent Navy secretary without military experience since 2009, when Donald Winter finished up his three-year term in the role. Unlike Winter, who previously had worked within the Pentagon and on Navy contracts at major defense firms, Phelan has little public connection to the sea service.

Of the 26 men to be confirmed as Navy secretary over the last 70 years, all but six have been veterans.

Phelan is the founder of the private investment firm Rugger Management LLC and a board member at Spirit of America, a military-themed nonprofit. He was also a major donor for Trump’s latest re-election campaign.