Daniel P. Driscoll

Built World

Leading the Army's installation energy push

The Army Corps of Engineers awarded Dominion Privatization Texas $61.5 million on Oct. 30 to build the Phantom Warrior Microgrid at Fort Hood. The system pairs 3 megawatts of natural gas generators with a 1.5-megawatt solar canopy and a 1-megawatt battery, enough to keep critical facilities running for 14 days without the Texas grid.

Updated Nov 3

Force in Play

Signed memo extending deployment through 2026

The troops are still in Washington. The D.C. Circuit's stay kept the deployment in place while the appeal proceeds, and the mission continued through the 2026 election, with Guard members seen at ballot boxes in October.

Updated Oct 16

Force in Play

As of September 2026: Left office September 2, 2026

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll left office September 2 after 18 months, the latest departure in a Pentagon leadership shakeup. President Trump named Adam Telle, the Army's civil works chief, acting secretary the next day.

Updated Sep 16

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Approved posthumous promotions in fall 2025

In December 1941, seven University of Hawaii students were weeks away from becoming Army officers when Pearl Harbor was bombed. The U.S. government stripped them of their military status and branded them 'enemy aliens,' but they volunteered anyway, joined the most decorated unit in American military history, and died fighting Nazis in Europe. Eighty years later, the Army finally granted them the rank they would have earned—if not for wartime discrimination against Japanese Americans.

Updated May 23