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 William S. Cohen

Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy F. de Leon

Chief of Staff Robert S. Tyrer

The Special Assistant to the Phebe Novakovic

Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense

Special Assistant to the Secretary Liz Bailey

of Defense for White House Liaison

Special Assistant to the Deputy Bernard D. Rostker

Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses

Director, Defense Reform Initiative Stan Z. Soloway

Executive Secretary Col. Maria I. Cribbs, USAF

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Jacques S. Gansler

Technology, and Logistics

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of David R. Oliver, Jr.

Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

Assistant to the Secretary of (vacancy)

Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological

(NCB) Defense Programs

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense David R. Oliver, Jr.

(Acquisition and Technology)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Stan Z. Soloway

(Acquisition Reform)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Joseph J. Eash III

(Advanced Systems and Concepts)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Sherri W. Goodman

(Environmental Security)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jeffrey P. Bialos

(Industrial Affairs)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Randall A. Yim

(Installations)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Logistics and Materiel Readiness)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Science and Technology)

Director, Defense Research and Hans Mark

Engineering

Director, Small and Disadvantaged Robert L. Neal, Jr.

Business Utilization

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Walter B. Slocombe

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of James M. Bodner

Defense for Policy

Assistant Secretary of Defense Franklin D. Kramer

(International Security Affairs)

Assistant Secretary of Defense Brian E. Sheridan

(Special Operations and Low-

Intensity Conflict)

Assistant Secretary of Defense Edward L. Warner III

(Strategy and Threat Reduction)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Peter F. Verga

(Policy Support)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense David Tarbell

(Technology Security Policy)

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Bernard D. Rostker

Readiness

Assistant Secretary of Defense Alphonso Maldon, Jr.

(Force Management Policy)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Health Affairs)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Planning)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jeanne Fites

(Program Integration)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Reserve Affairs)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Thomas Longstreth

(Readiness)

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief William J. Lynn III

Financial Officer

Principal Deputy Under Secretary Alice C. Maroni

(Comptroller)

Director, Program Analysis and Robert R. Soule

Evaluation

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Arthur L. Money

Control, Communications, and Intelligence)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative John Veroneau

Affairs)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Kenneth H. Bacon

General Counsel (vacancy)

Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Philip E. Coyle III

Inspector General (vacancy)

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense George B. Lotz II

(Intelligence Oversight)

Director of Administration and Management D.O. Cooke

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Chairman Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA

Vice Chairman Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF

Chief of Staff, Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jay L. Johnson, USN

Chief of Staff, Air Force Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF

Commandant, Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones, USMC

Joint Staff

Director Lt. Gen. Carlton W. Fulford, Jr., USMC

Vice Director Maj. Gen. Garry R. Trexler, USAF

Director for Manpower and Brig. Gen. Robert L. Personnel--J-1 Smolen, USAF

Director, Intelligence--J-2 Rear Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, USN

Director for Operations--J-3 Vice Adm. Scott A. Fry, USN

Director for Logistics--J-4 Lt. Gen. John M. McDuffie, USA

Director for Strategic Plans and Lt. Gen. Edward G. Policy--J-5 Anderson III, USA

Director for Command, Control, Lt. Gen. John L. Communications, and Computer Woodward, Jr., Systems--J-6 USAF

Director for Operational Plans and Maj. Gen. Henry P. Interoperability--J-7 Osman, USMC

Director for Force Structure, Lt. Gen. Bruce A. Resources, and Assessment-- Carlson, USAF

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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 1.4 million men and women on active duty. They are backed, in case of emergency, by the 1 million members of the Reserve and National Guard. In addition, there are about 700,000 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 unified combatant commands, and various defense agencies 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), with the Secretary of Defense as its head.

Structure

The Department of Defense is composed of the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the military departments and the...