Frank Carlucci Frank Carlucci Frank Charles Carlucci III (October 18, 1930 – June 3, 2018) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989 in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Carlucci served in a variety of senior-level governmental positions, including Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the Richard Nixon administration, Deputy Director of the CIA in the Jimmy Carter administration, and Deputy Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor in the Reagan administration. Carlucci was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Roxanne (née Bacon) and Frank Charles Carlucci,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs completely on January 31, 1961, and for the remainder of the decade, all of its functions were vested in the "Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower)". However, Congress authorized a permanent assistant secretary position for health affairs in November 1969 (P.L. 91-121). The post was then re-established as "Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Environment)" in June 1970 by Defense Directive 5136.1. In January 1976, the position was re-designated "Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)", a title that has endured to the present day. The ASD(HA) is responsible for a number of organizations which directly affect the health care of service