FBI Director Kash Patel Replaced As Acting ATF Boss, Army Secretary Steps In

The rapid change in leadership comes as senior Justice Department officials consider merging ATF with the Drug Enforcement Administration to save money.

Driscoll, the 26th Army Secretary, was sworn in on February 25, following Trump’s nomination and Senate confirmation.

Driscoll was commissioned as an armor commander in 2007, and his Army biography states that he headed a cavalry unit in the Army’s 10th Mountain Division that deployed to Baghdad in 2009.