Trump picks former soldier and Iraq War veteran to serve as Army secretary

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has selected investment banker and Army veteran Daniel Driscoll to serve as the next Army secretary.

“As a former soldier, investor and political adviser, Dan brings a powerful combination of experiences to serve as a disruptor and change agent,” Trump said Wednesday on Truth Social.

Driscoll is a senior adviser for Vice President-elect JD Vance. From Boone, N.C., Driscoll graduated in three years from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill so he could join the Army. His father served in the Army in Vietnam, and his grandfather in the Navy during World War II, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times.

Driscoll served in the Army for 3½ years as a cavalry scout platoon leader, including a deployment to Iraq in 2009. He attended Yale Law School on the GI Bill, where he met Vance.