Navy Secretary John Phelan Leaving Trump Administration; Hung Cao Serving as Acting Secretary

This post will be updated as additional information becomes available. Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving the Trump administration, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao will now serve as the acting Navy Secretary. “Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately,” Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell wrote on X. “On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy. We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao