But in the months and years that followed, the number of arrestees with a military background nearly tripled. IDA’s report states that its research was conducted from June 2021 through June 2022.

The U.S. hasn’t had a Navy secretary with no military experience — either in uniform or as a defense civilian — since 2006, when Donald Winter began a three-year tenure. Phelan, 60 ...

In a post to his social media site, Truth Social, Trump said that he is naming Phelan, a financier who appears to have no military experience or experience working on military policy and has never ...