Department of Defense

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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

Phone, 703-545-6700

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE William S. Cohen

Deputy Secretary of Defense John P. White

Special Assistants to the Secretary James M. Bodner, and Deputy Secretaries of Robert B. Hall, Defense Scott A. Harris

Executive Secretary Col. James N. Mattis, USMC

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Paul G. Kaminski

Technology

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Noel Longuemare, Jr.

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

Director, Defense Research and Anita K. Jones

Engineering

Assistant to the Secretary of Harold P. Smith, Jr.

Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological

(NCB) Defense Programs

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Space)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense John M. Bachkosky

(Advanced Technology)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Sherri W. Goodman

(Environmental Security)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense John F. Phillips

(Logistics)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Acquisition Reform)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Paul J. Hopper

(International and Commercial Programs)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense John B. Goodman

(Industrial Affairs and Installations)

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

Business Utilization

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Walter B. Slocombe

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Jan M. Lodal

Defense for Policy

Assistant Secretary of Defense Franklin D. Kramer

(International Security Affairs)

Assistant Secretary of Defense Franklin C. Miller,

(International Security Acting

Policy) Assistant Secretary of Defense Edward L. Warner III

(Strategy, Requirements, and Assessments)

Director of Net Assessment Andrew W. Marshall

Assistant Secretary of Defense H. Allen Holmes

(Special Operations and Low-

Intensity Conflict)

Defense Adviser, U.S. Mission NATO (vacancy)

Deputy to the Under Secretary for Linton Wells II

Policy Support

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Edwin Dorn

Readiness

Assistant Secretary of Defense Frederick F.Y. Pang

(Force Management Policy)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Health Affairs)

Assistant Secretary of Defense Deborah R. Lee

(Reserve Affairs)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense L. Finch

(Readiness)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jeanne Fites

(Program Integration)

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief John J. Hamre

Financial Officer

Principal Deputy Under Secretary Alice C. Maroni

(Comptroller)

Director, Program Analysis and William J. Lynn III

Evaluation

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Emmett Paige, Jr.

Control, Communications, and Intelligence)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Sandra K. Stuart

Affairs)

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

General Counsel Judith A. Miller

Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Philip E. Coyle III

Inspector General Eleanor Hill

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Walter Jajko

(Intelligence Oversight)

Director of Administration and Management D.O. Cooke

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Chairman Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA

Vice Chairman Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF

Chief of Staff, Army Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA

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

Chief of Staff, Air Force Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF

Commandant, Marine Corps Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC

Joint Staff

Director Vice Adm. Dennis Blair, USN

Vice Director Maj. Gen. Stephen T. Rippe, USA

Director for Manpower and Brig. Gen. Patrick O. Personnel--J-1 Adams, USAF

Director, Intelligence--J-2 Maj. Gen. James C. King, USA

Director for Operations--J-3 Lt. Gen. Peter Pace, USMC

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

Director for Strategic Plans and Vice Adm. John S. Policy--J-5 Redd, USN

Director for Command, Control, Lt. Gen. Douglas D. Communications, and Computer Buchholz, USA Systems--J-6 Director for Operational Plans and Maj. Gen. David A. Interoperability--J-7 Sawyer, USAF

Director for Force Structure, Lt. Gen. David J. Resources, and Assessment-- McCloud, 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 1.5 million men and women on active duty. They are backed, in case of emergency, by the 1 million members of the Reserve components. In addition, there are about 900,000 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 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. Since that time, many legislative and administrative changes have occurred, evolving the Department into the structure under which it currently operates.

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 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.

In providing immediate staff assistance and advice to the Secretary of Defense, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Joint Staff, though separately identified and organized, function in full coordination and cooperation.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense includes the offices of the Deputy Secretary of Defense; the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology; the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer; the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; the Director of Defense Research and Engineering; Assistant Secretaries of Defense; the General Counsel; the Inspector General; the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation; and such other staff offices as the Secretary of Defense establishes to assist him in carrying out his duties and responsibilities. The heads of these offices are staff advisers to the Secretary and perform such functions as he assigns to them.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff consist of the Chairman; the Vice Chairman; the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; and the Commandant of the Marine...