On Friday Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville responded with a statement asserting the military's long-held position against involving in U.S. political decisions.

'There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election,' they said.

Ryan Mccarthy Secretary of the army

McCarthy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history from the Virginia Military Institute. He has a Master of Business Administration degree from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.A former United States Army Ranger, he served in the 75th Ranger Regiment during the United States invasion of Afghanistan.

Early in his career, McCarthy worked at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He became a professional staff member on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. McCarthy later served as a special assistant to former United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, where he was "the right hand of the Defense secretary with front-office access."

McCarthy joined Lockheed Martin in 2011, where he worked on programs including the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. He most recently served as the vice president of the sustainment program for the F-35 program. In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated him to become the Under Secretary of the Army. He was confirmed as Under Secretary of the Army by the United States Senate on August 1, 2017, by voice vote.

While Under Secretary, he served as acting Secretary of the Army twice. The first was from August 3 to November 20, 2017. The second was from June 24 to July 15, 2019, while Secretary of the Army Mark Esper was acting as Secretary of Defense.The President nominated McCarthy to become the Secretary of the Army on June 21, 2019.[8] He was confirmed on September 26, 2019 and was sworn in on September 30, 2019 as Secretary of the Army.

In 2020, amid the George Floyd protests, McCarthy activated the D.C. National Guard, which included the use of aviation assets to support local and Federal law enforcement efforts. The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard unit, out of all of the 54 states and territories, which reports only to the President. The Commanding General of the D.C. National Guard is subordinate solely to the President of the United States. This authority to activate the D.C. National Guard has been delegated, by the President, to the Secretary of Defense and further delegated to the Secretary of the Army. During the protests, McCarthy gave the order to deploy helicopters in response to the protests.On June 2, the Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, ordered an inquiry into the incident, which as of 4 June 2020 is under investigation.

On Friday Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville responded with a statement asserting the military's long-held position against involving in U.S. political decisions.

'There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election,' they said.

James Charles McConville (born April 14, 1959) is a United States Army general who serves as the 40th Chief of Staff of the Army. He previously served as the 36th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army from June 16, 2017 to July 26, 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (G1). He assumed his current assignment on August 9, 2019.

McConville was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. He graduated from the United States Military Academy, and was commissioned as an Aviation officer in the United States Army in 1981. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and was a 2002 National Security Fellow at Harvard University.

McConville's command assignments include Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), where he also served as the Commanding General of Combined Joint Task Force-101, Operation Enduring Freedom; Deputy Commanding General (support) of Combined Joint Task Force-101, Operation Enduring Freedom; Commander of 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Operation Iraqi Freedom; Commander of 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); and Commander of C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (Light).

McConville's key staff assignments include the U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1; Chief of Legislative Liaison; Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army; G-3 for 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); J5 strategic planner for U.S. Special Operations Command; S-3 for 25th Combat Aviation Brigade; S-3 for 5th Squadron, 9th Cavalry; and S-3 for Flight Concepts Division. McConville is a Master Army Aviator qualified in the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, the AH-64D Longbow Apache, the AH-6, AH-1 Cobra and other aircraft. He was nominated for appointment to Vice Chief of Staff of the Army on April 24, 2017.

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