Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness and Force Management

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness and Force Management, or ASD(R&FM), is a Defense Department position responsible for civilian and military personnel policy, readiness of the force, military community and family policy and diversity management and equal opportunity.

[1] Its predecessor, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy, or ASD(FMP), was a high-ranking position in the Defense Department responsible for the policies, plans and programs for military and civilian personnel management, including recruitment, education, career development, equal opportunity, compensation, recognition, discipline and separation of all Department of Defense personnel.

The ASD(FMP) reported directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, or USD(P&R).

[2][3] An Assistant Secretary of Defense was first assigned oversight of DoD manpower, personnel and reserve affairs in 1950.

The position was abolished in November 2002 when the new Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness took office.