Department of Defense

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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

Phone, 703-545-6700. Internet, http://www.defenselink.mil/.

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE William S. Cohen

Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre

Chief of Staff Robert S. Tyrer

The Special Assistants to the James M. Bodner, Phebe Secretary and Deputy Novakovic

Secretary of Defense

Special Assistant to the Secretary Christopher K. Mellon

of Defense for Intelligence Policy

Special Assistant to the Secretary Pamela Berkowsky

of Defense for Policy and Personnel

Special Assistant to the Secretary Liz Bailey

of Defense for White House Liaison

Special Assistant to the Deputy Bernard Rostker

Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses

Director, Defense Reform Initiative William P. Houley

Executive Secretary Col. James N. Mattis, USMC

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Jacques S. Gansler

Technology

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

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

Director, Defense Research and (vacancy)

Engineering

Assistant to the Secretary of (vacancy)

Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological

(NCB) Defense Programs

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Joseph J. Eash III

(Advanced Technology)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Sherri W. Goodman

(Environmental Security)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Roy Willis, Acting

(Logistics)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Donna S. Richbourg

(Acquisition Reform)

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 Edward L. Warner III

(Strategy and Threat Reduction)

Director of Net Assessment Andrew W. Marshall

Assistant Secretary of Defense H. Allen Holmes

(Special Operations and Low-

Defense Adviser, U.S. Mission NATO Robert B. Hall

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Policy Support)

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Rudy F. de Leon

Readiness

Assistant Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Force Management Policy)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Health Affairs)

Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles L. Cragin,

(Reserve Affairs) Acting

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)

(Readiness)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jeanne Fites

(Program Integration)

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 Acting

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Arthur L. Money, Control, Communications, and Acting

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

Director of Administration and Management D.O. Cooke

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Chairman Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA

Vice Chairman Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF

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

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

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

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

Joint Staff

Director Vice Adm. Dennis C. 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 Rear Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, USN

Director for Operations--J-3 Vice Adm. Vernon E. Clark, USN

Director for Logistics--J-4 Lt. Gen. John M. McDuffie, 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. George F. Interoperability--J-7 Close, Jr., USA

Director for Force Structure, Lt. Gen. Frank B. Resources, and Assessment-- Campbell, 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 1.5 million members of the Reserve and National Guard. In addition, there are about 770,000 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 Corps. Supported, subject to the authority of the...