| Post: | Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
| Flag: | US-AssistantSecretaryOfTheNavy-Flag.svg |
| Flagsize: | 180 |
| Insignia: | File:Seal of the United States Department of the Navy.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Department of the Navy |
| Insigniaborder: | yes |
| Insigniasize: | 120 |
| Incumbent: | Franklin R. Parker |
| Incumbentsince: | January 18, 2023 |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| Style: | Mr. Secretary The Honorable (formal address in writing) |
| Seat: | The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States |
| Nominator: | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Succession: | 18th in SecDef succession by seniority of appointment |
| Formation: | September 1968 |
| First: | Randolph S. Driver |
| Deputy: | Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) |
| Salary: | Executive Schedule, Level IV |
| Reports To: | Secretary of the Navy Under Secretary of the Navy |
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (abbreviated as ASN M&RA) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Navy. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) reports to the Under Secretary of the Navy who in turn reports to the United States Secretary of the Navy.
The office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) was created in 1968. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) is responsible for recruiting all of the personnel of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps, including military personnel (both active and reserve), government civilians, contractors, and volunteers. Since 1993, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) has been assisted by the Department of the Navy Force Management Oversight Council, an advisory council of senior military and civilian personnel in the Department of the Navy.
The principal deputies of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) are:
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) oversees the following organizations:
The principal military advisors of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) are:
| Name | Assumed office | Left office | President appointed by | Secretary served under |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph S. Driver | September 1968 | January 20, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Paul Robert Ignatius |
| James D. Hittle | March 1969 | March 1971 | Richard Nixon | John Chafee |
| James E. Johnson | June 1971 | September 1973 | John Chafee John Warner | |
| Joseph T. McCullen, Jr. | September 1973 | April 1977 | John Warner J. William Middendorf | |
| Edward Hidalgo | April 25, 1977 | October 24, 1979 | Jimmy Carter | W. Graham Claytor, Jr. |
| Joseph A. Doyle | December 1979 | January 1981 | Edward Hidalgo | |
| John S. Herrington | October 1981 | February 1983 | Ronald Reagan | John Lehman |
| Chapman B. Cox | June 1983 | June 1984 | ||
| Chase Untermeyer | December 1984 | April 1988 | John Lehman Jim Webb | |
| Kenneth P. Bergquist | June 1988 | November 1989 | William L. Ball Henry L. Garrett III | |
| Barbara S. Pope | November 1989 | January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | Henry L. Garrett III Sean O'Keefe |
| Dorothy M. Meletzke (acting) | January 20, 1993 | November 1993 | John Howard Dalton | |
| Frederick Pang | November 1993 | October 1994 | Bill Clinton | |
| Bernard D. Rostker | October 7, 1994 | October 1998 | ||
| Carolyn H. Becraft | October 1998 | January 20, 2001 | Richard Danzig | |
| Bonnie Morehouse (acting) | January 20, 2001 | July 17, 2001 | George W. Bush | Gordon R. England |
| William A. Navas Jr. | July 17, 2001 | January 7, 2008 | Gordon R. England Donald C. Winter | |
| Anita K. Blair (acting) | January 7, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | Barack Obama | Donald C. Winter |
| Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (acting) | January 20, 2009 | September 16, 2009 | ||
| Juan M. Garcia III[1] | September 16, 2009 | January 14, 2016 | Ray Mabus | |
| Franklin R. Parker | January 14, 2016 | January 20, 2017 | ||
| Robert L. Woods (Acting) | April 30, 2017 | June 10, 2018 | Donald Trump | Richard V. Spencer |
| Gregory J. Slavonic | June 11, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | Richard V. Spencer Kenneth Braithwaite | |
| Catherine L. Kessmeier (acting) | January 20, 2021 | August 2021 | Joe Biden | Thomas Harker (acting) |
| Robert D. Hogue (acting) | August 2021 | January 18, 2023 | Carlos Del Toro | |
| Franklin R. Parker | January 18, 2023 | Incumbent |