Department of Defense

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155

Phone, 703-545-6700. Internet, www.defenselink.mil.

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Robert M. Gates

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England

The Special Assistant Robert S. Rangel

Special Assistant to the Deputy Bob Earl

Secretary of Defense

Special Assistant to the Secretary Jim O'Beirne

of Defense for White House Liaison

Special Assistant to the Secretary Jessica Lightburn, and Deputy Secretary of Acting

Defense for Protocol

Executive Secretary Capt. William P. Marriott, USN

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, John Young

Technology, and Logistics

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense James I. Finley

(Acquisition and Technology)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jack Bell

(Logistics and Materiel Readiness)

Director, Defense Research and Alan Schaffer, Acting

Engineering

Assistant to the Secretary of Arthur T. Hopkins, Defense for Nuclear and Acting

Chemical and Biological

(NCB) Defense Programs

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Phillip Grone

(Installations and Environment)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense John Kubricky

(Advanced Systems and Concepts)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense William Greenwalt

(Industrial Policy)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Alan E. Haggerty

(International Technology Security)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense William S. Rees

(Laboratory and Basic Sciences)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Andre Van Tilborg

(Science and Technology)

Director, Small and Disadvantaged Lee Rosenberg

Business Utilization

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Ryan Henry

Defense for Policy

Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Beth Long

(International Security Affairs)

Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Vickers

(Special Operations and Low-

Intensity Conflict)

Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul F. McHale

(Homeland Defense)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(International Security Policy)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Lisa Bronson

(Technology Security Policy/

Counter Proliferation)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Near East and South Asian Affairs)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jim Shinn

(Asian and Pacific Affairs)

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and David S.C. Chu

Readiness/Chief Human Capital Officer

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Michael Dominguez

Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Assistant Secretary of Defense S. Ward Casscells

(Health Affairs)

Assistant Secretary of Defense Thomas F. Hall

(Reserve Affairs)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jeanne Fites

(Program Integration)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Readiness)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Patricia S. Bradshaw

(Civilian Personnel Policy)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense William J. Carr

(Military Personnel Policy)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Leslye A. Arsht

(Military Community and Family Policy)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Gail H. McGinn

(Plans)

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Tina W. Jonas

Financial Officer

Principal Deputy Under Secretary Jack D. Patterson

(Comptroller)

Deputy Chief Financial Officer James Short

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Management Reform)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jack Koller

(Financial Management)

Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) James R. Clapper, Jr.

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Carol Haave

(Counterintelligence and Security)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Lt. Gen. Richard

(Intelligence and Zahner, USA

Warfighting)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Letitia Long

(Policy, Requirements, and Resources)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Thomas Behling

(Preparation and Warning)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and John G. Grimes

Information Integration)/Chief Information Officer

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Robert Wilkie

Affairs)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Robert L. Hastings, Acting

General Counsel William J. Haynes II

Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Charles E. McQueary

Inspector General Claude M. Kicklighter

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense William R. Dugan

(Intelligence Oversight)

Director of Administration and Management Michael B. Donley

Director, Net Assessment Andrew W. Marshall

Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation Bradley Berkson

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Chairman Adm. Michael G. Mullen, USN

Vice Chairman Gen. James E. Cartwright, USMC

Chief of Staff, Army Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., USA

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, USN

Chief of Staff, Air Force Gen. T. Michael Moseley, USAF

Commandant, Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway, USMC

Joint Staff

Director Lt. Gen. Walter L. Sharp, USA

Vice Director Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Goldfein, USAF

Director for Manpower and Brig. Gen. Gary S. Personnel--J-1 Patton, USA

Director, Intelligence--J-2 Rear Adm. David J. Dorsett, USN

Director for Operations--J-3 Lt. Gen. Carter F. Ham, USA

Director for Logistics--J-4 Lt. Gen. Claude V. Christianson, USA

Director for Strategic Plans and Lt. Gen. John F. Policy--J-5 Sattler, USAF

Director for Command, Control, Vice Adm. Nancy E. Communications, and Computer Brown, USN

Systems--J-6

Director for Operational Plans and Brig. Gen. Michael E. Interoperability--J-7 Rounds, USA

Director for Force Structure, Vice Adm. Paul S. Resources, and Assessment-- Stanley, USN

J-8

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The Department of Defense is responsible for providing the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country.

The major elements of these forces are the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, consisting of about 1.3 million men and women on active duty. They are backed, in case of emergency, by the 825,000 members of the Reserve and National Guard. In addition, there are about 600,000 civilian employees in the Defense Department.

Under the President, who is also Commander in Chief, the Secretary of Defense exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department, which includes the separately organized military departments of Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff providing military advice, the combatant commands, and defense agencies and field activities established for specific purposes.

The National Security Act Amendments of 1949 redesignated the National Military Establishment as the Department of Defense and established it as an executive department (10 U.S.C. 111), headed by the Secretary of Defense.

Structure

The Department of Defense is composed of the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the military departments and the military services within those departments; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and

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the Joint Staff; the combatant commands; the defense agencies; DOD field activities; and such other offices, agencies, activities, and commands as may be established or designated by law, or by the President or the Secretary of Defense.

Each military department is separately organized under its own Secretary and functions under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of each military department is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for the operation and efficiency of his department. Orders to the military departments are issued through the Secretaries of these departments or their designees, by the Secretary of Defense, or under authority specifically delegated in writing by the Secretary of Defense or provided by law.

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