--- description: Mabus, who has served as Governor of Mississippi, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Secretary of the U.S. Navy, is CEO of The Mabus Group. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Secretary Ray Mabus  ## Secretary Ray Mabus Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Mabus, who has served as Governor of Mississippi, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Secretary of the U.S. Navy, is CEO of The Mabus Group._  ## Secretary Ray Mabus Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Oct 2, 2017 ### [Former Navy Sec.: 3 Simple Ways We Can Help Puerto Rico](https://time.com/4965294/puerto-rico-trump-relief-navy/) And the U.S. Virgin Islands [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 17, 2017 ### [Every Single Confederate Statue Must Be Removed Forever](https://time.com/4905956/ray-mabus-confederate-statues-trump/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 27, 2017 ### [Former Secretary of the Navy: Donald Trump’s Ban on Transgender Service Is a Threat to America](https://time.com/4876984/ray-mabus-president-donald-trump-transgender-military-service-ban/) 'President Trump sent the message ability doesn’t count and that prejudice wins' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 3, 2016 ### [A Salute to the Home Team: America’s Civilian Workforce](https://time.com/4478572/americas-civilian-workforce-navy-marine-corps/) Our Navy and Marine presence around the world would not be possible without America's Home Team, our... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 3, 2015 ### [Secretary of Navy: Allowing Women in Every Combat Role Was Overdue](https://time.com/4135649/women-in-combat-2/) ‘Diversity is vital to maintaining our exceptional fighting force' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 16, 2015 ### [Why Our Fleet Is Growing After Years of Decline](https://time.com/4033459/secretary-of-navy-why-our-fleet-is-growing-after-years-of-decline/) Size and capability equal global presence, and our multi-billion dollar contracts are actually savin... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/secretary-ray-mabus/","name":"Secretary Ray Mabus"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/secretary-ray-mabus/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/secretary-ray-mabus/"},"name":"Secretary Ray Mabus","jobTitle":null,"description":"Mabus, who has served as Governor of Mississippi, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Secretary of the U.S. Navy, is CEO of The Mabus Group.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c58353890ab33db/6988da37196cf4e4f5041862/secnav-_mabus-_official_photo2-2014.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/secretary-ray-mabus/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```