Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
The Assistant Secretary of the Army , abbreviated ASA, is an office of the United States Department of the Army responsible for overseeing the civil functions of the United States Army. The Assistant Secretary of the Army reports to the United States Under Secretary of the Army, who in turn reports to the United States Secretary of the Army
Functions overseen by the Assistant Secretary of the Army include the Civil Works of the United States Army Corps of Engineers; control of the United States National Cemetery and the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery; and the foreign non-military works of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Assistant Secretary of the Army is the civilian responsible for overseeing the work of the Chief of Engineers.
The position of Assistant Secretary of the Army was created by Section 211 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 and reaffirmed in Section 501 of the Goldwater–Nichols Act of 1986.
Assistant Secretaries of the Army (Civil Works), 1975–Present
| Picture | Name | Assumed office | Left office | President appointed by | Secretary served under |
| Victor Veysey | March 1975 | January 1977 | Gerald Ford | Martin Richard Hoffmann | |
| Michael Blumenfeld | April 1979 | January 1981 | Jimmy Carter | Clifford Alexander Jr. | |
| William Gianelli | April 1981 | May 1984 | Ronald Reagan | John Otho Marsh Jr. | |
| Robert K. Dawson | December 1985 | May 1987 | Ronald Reagan | John Otho Marsh Jr. | |
| Robert W. Page | December 1987 | October 1990 | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush | John Otho Marsh Jr. Michael P. W. Stone | |
| Nancy P. Dorn | August 1991 | January 1993 | George H. W. Bush | Michael P. W. Stone | |
| Martin Lancaster | January 1996 | June 1997 | Bill Clinton | Togo D. West Jr. | |
| Joseph W. Westphal | June 1998 | March 2001 | Bill Clinton George W. Bush | Louis Caldera | |
| Michael Parker | October 2001 | March 2002 | George W. Bush | Thomas E. White | |
| John Paul Woodley Jr. | August 2003 | April 2009 | George W. Bush Barack Obama | Francis J. Harvey Pete Geren | |
| Jo-Ellen Darcy | August 2009 | January 2017 | Barack Obama | John M. McHugh Eric Fanning | |
| R. D. James | February 26, 2018 | Incumbent | Donald Trump | Mark Esper |