# Platte Moring **Platte B. Moring III** is the Inspector General of the [[Department of Defense]] — the largest office in the federal IG community, with roughly 1,600 staff — confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2025. A retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel and Bronze Star recipient who taught political science at The Citadel, he served as a DoD deputy general counsel in the first Trump administration and worked in private practice and at the Department of Justice. His nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee was September 18, 2025. He fills the seat emptied when Robert Storch, the Senate-confirmed IG, was fired in the overnight removals of January 24, 2025 — the firing that gave [[Storch v. Hegseth]] its name; Steven Stebbins, the principal deputy, served as acting IG in the interim. ## See Also - [[Inspector General Oversight Tree]] - [[Inspectors General]]