{"id":46185,"date":"2016-12-22T21:16:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T21:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2016\/12\/22\/the-next-white-house-press-secretary-is-a-navy-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:45:03","slug":"the-next-white-house-press-secretary-is-a-navy-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2016\/12\/22\/the-next-white-house-press-secretary-is-a-navy-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"The next White House Press Secretary is a Navy officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next White House press secretary will be a Navy commander with 17 years experience in the reserves, President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday. <br\/><br\/>Sean Spicer, currently the Republican Party communications chief, was named the chief spokesman for Trump&#8217;s administration as part of a series of appointments to the incoming commander-in-chief&#8217;s communications team. <br\/><br\/>The move is a natural transition for Spicer, who has been among the most visible surrogates for Trump in recent months, and one of the main contacts for press during the transition. <br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=ae34b1d3-106c-4d7e-abe1-035d6d2e634e\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump chose former Republican National Committee Communications Director Sean Spicer to be his White House press secretary. In the role, Spicer will run the daily press briefings where reporters ask questions to the press secretary &#8211; if Trump&#8217;s administration were to continue the tradition. Spicer, who was a long-time press aid for the Republican National Committee and is a Navy officer, began working closely with Trump&#8217;s team shortly after the real estate mogul won the Republican nomination.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 45-year-old Rhode Island native previously worked as a spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative during George W. Bush\u2019s presidency and in various Republican posts prior to that. His new role will be the most prominent of his career, handling the sometimes contentious White House press room on behalf of an unconventional politician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His military career as a public affairs officer includes a master&#8217;s degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College, and he is currently assigned to the Joint Staff\u2019s naval reserve contingent in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s unclear how that role may change based on his new, high-profile assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past, Spicer has worked as a media planner in joint exercises in Guam, Germany and Sweden, along with overseeing media coverage of Navy operations in at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s incoming administration has taken on a distinctly military character in recentweeks, with a number of high-level assignments going to veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is a retired Army lieutenant general. Defense secretary nominee James Mattis and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bHomeland Security secretary nominee John Kelly are both retired Marine Corps generals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s pick for attorney general is Army veteran Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., his pick for Energy secretary is Air Force veteran former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and his pick for Interior secretary is Navy veteran Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, incoming White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon served in the Navy and Trump\u2019s nominee for CIA director, Mike Pompeio, is an Army veteran. <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\" data-size=\"large\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeoShane\">Follow @LeoShane<\/a><i>Leo Shane III covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. 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