[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 172-176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155
Phone, 703-545-6700
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE                             William J. Perry
Deputy Secretary of Defense                      John P. White
  Special Assistants to the                      Robert B. Hall, Scott 
      Secretary and Deputy                           A. Harris, Margaret 
      Secretaries of Defense                         C. Sullivan
  Executive Secretary                            Col. Robert P. McAleer, 
                                                     USMC
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and   Paul G. Kaminski
    Technology
  Principal Deputy Under Secretary               Noel Longuemare, Jr.
      of 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              Robert V. Davis
      (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              Colleen A. Preston
      (Acquisition Reform)
  Deputy Under Secretary of Defense              Paul J. Hoeper
      (International and Commercial 
      Programs)
  Deputy Under Secretary of Defense              John B. Goodman
      (Industrial Affairs and 
      Installations)
  Director, Small and Disadvantaged              Susan E. Haley, Acting
      Business Utilization
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy            Walter B. Slocombe
  Principal Deputy Under Secretary               Jan M. Lodal
      of Defense for Policy
  Assistant Secretary of Defense                 Frederick C. Smith, 
      (International Security                        Acting
      Affairs)
  Assistant Secretary of Defense                 Ashton B. Carter
      (International Security 
      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                  Catherine Kellerher
      NATO
  Deputy for Policy Support                      Linton Wells II
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and     Edwin Dorn
  Readiness
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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force            Frederick F.Y. Pang
    Management Policy)
  Assistant Secretary of Defense                 Stephen C. Joseph, M.D.
      (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
      (Requirements and Resources)
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, 
                                                     Acting
  Chief of Staff, Air Force                      Gen. Ronald R. 
                                                     Fogleman, USAF
  Commandant, Marine Corps                       Gen. Charles C. Krulak, 
                                                     USMC

Joint Staff                                        

  Director                                       Lt. Gen. Walter Kross, 
                                                     USAF
  Vice Director                                  Maj. Gen. Carlton W. 
                                                     Fulford, Jr., USMC
  Director for Manpower and                      Rear Adm. Veronica Z. 
      Personnel--J-1                                 Froman, USN
  Director, Intelligence--J-2                    Maj. Gen. James C. 
                                                     King, USA
  Director for Operations--J-3                   Lt. Gen. Howell M. 
                                                     Estes III, USAF
  Director for Logistics--J-4                    Vice Adm. John B. 
                                                     LaPlante, USN
  Director for Strategic Plans and               Lt. Gen. Wesley K. 
      Policy--J-5                                    Clark, USA
  Director for Command, Control,                 Vice Adm. Arthur K. 
      Communications, and Computer                   Cebrowski, USN
      Systems--J-6
  Director for Operational Plans                 Maj. Gen. David A. 
      and Interoperability--J-7                      Sawyer, USAF

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  Director for Force Structure,                  Rear Adm. Francis W. 
      Resources, and Assessment--J-                  Lacroix, USN
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[For the Department of Defense statement of organization, see the Code 
of Federal Regulations, Title 32, Chapter I, Subchapter R]

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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 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. 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 unified 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 Chairman, by the Joint 
Staff, they constitute the immediate military staff of the Secretary of 
Defense. The Chairman is the principal military adviser to the 
President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. 
The other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are the senior military 
officers of their respective services and are military advisers to the 
President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. 
The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs acts as Chairman in the absence of 
the Chairman.

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    Each military department (the Department of the Navy includes naval 
aviation and the United States Marine Corps) 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.
    The commanders of unified combatant commands are responsible to the 
President and the Secretary of Defense for accomplishing the military 
missions assigned to them and exercising command authority over forces 
assigned to them. The operational chain of command runs from the 
President to the Secretary of Defense to the commanders of the unified 
combatant commands. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff functions 
within the chain of command by transmitting the orders of the President 
or the Secretary of Defense to the commanders of the unified combatant 
commands.