[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.