Mr. Corso is the Director of the Office of Military Compensation and Financial
Readiness, where he formulates, implements, and administers Department of War
policies and plans for military compensation for over 2 million active and reserve
service members and an additional 2 million military retirees; oversees all financial
training and education for military members and their families, and determines the
rates for housing and cost of living allowances worldwide.
Prior to this, Mr. Corso was Principal Director in the Office of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Navy (Military Manpower and Personnel). In this role, he was
responsible for establishment and oversight of policies for Navy and Marine Corps
service members and their families, including human resource management
(accessions, recruiting, assignments, force management, promotions, retirement, and
compensation); education and training; health care; military family and quality of life
programs; casualty and mortuary affairs; defense resale including exchanges and
commissaries; drug demand reduction; and readiness and transition. He has held two
previous positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, first leading a
comprehensive review of the military’s combat and valor award program on behalf of
the Secretary of Defense and later administering the military retirement and annuity
programs. In the latter position, Mr. Corso was the Department of Defense project
manager for the implementation of the Blended Retirement System (BRS).
Mr. Corso has 28 years of experience in the defense community. After receiving his
commission as a Naval Officer in 1997, he served as a Surface Warfare Officer on the
USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD 980) and on the now-USS ROBERT SMALLS (CG-62)
and, ashore, on the OPNAV staff. Later transitioning to the Navy Reserve, he
commanded the Navy Reserve Office of Inspector General unit, the Littoral Combat
Ship Mine Countermeasures Reserve Division, and Assault Craft Unit TWO
(Baltimore). Mr. Corso retired from the Navy Reserve as a Captain following his last
assignment with Headquarters, Commander Naval Forces Japan.
