    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 02, 1998]
    [Pages 173-183]
    [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. 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-
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        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

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        Director for Force Structure,                 Lt. Gen. Frank B.
                Resources, and Assessment--                   Campbell, USAF
                J-8

    [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 1.5 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 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

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    of the Joint Chiefs acts as Chairman in the absence of the Chairman.
        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 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 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 combatant commands.

    Office of the Secretary of Defense

    Secretary of Defense  The Secretary of Defense is the principal defense
    policy adviser to the President and is responsible for the formulation
    of general defense policy and policy related to DOD, and for the
    execution of approved policy. Under the direction of the President, the
    Secretary exercises authority, direction, and control over the
    Department of Defense.
    Deputy Secretary of Defense  The Deputy Secretary of Defense is
    delegated full power and authority to act for the Secretary of Defense
    and to exercise the powers of the Secretary on any and all matters for
    which the Secretary is authorized to act pursuant to law.
    Acquisition and Technology  The Under Secretary of Defense for
    Acquisition and Technology is the principal staff assistant and adviser
    to the Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to the acquisition
    system, research and development, test and evaluation, production,
    logistics, military construction, procurement, and economic affairs. The
    Under Secretary serves as the Defense acquisition executive with
    responsibility for supervising the performance of the entire Department
    acquisition system and chairing the Defense Acquisition Board.
    Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence  The Assistant
    Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
    (C\3\I)) is the principal staff assistant and adviser to the Secretary
    and Deputy Secretary of Defense for C\3\I, information management,
    counterintelligence, and security countermeasures matters, including
    warning reconnaissance and intelligence and intelligence-related
    activities conducted by the Department of Defense.
    Financial Management  The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief
    Financial Officer is the principal adviser and assistant to the
    Secretary of Defense for budget and fiscal matters, including financial
    management, accounting policy and systems, budget formulation and
    execution, contract audit administration and organization, and analyses
    of force planning and programming as a part of the process upon which
    DOD force structure, system acquisition, and other resource allocation
    actions are based. Through the Under Secretary, resource management
    information is collected, analyzed, and reported to the Office of
    Management and Budget, the Congress, the General Accounting Office, and
    other agencies. Supervision, direction,

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    and review of the preparation and execution of the defense budget is
    provided.
    Operational Test and Evaluation  The Director of Operational Test and
    Evaluation serves as the principal staff assistant and adviser to the
    Secretary of Defense on operational test and evaluation in the
    Department of Defense and is the principal test and evaluation official
    within the senior management of the Department.
    Personnel and Readiness  The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel
    and Readiness is the principal staff assistant and adviser to the
    Secretary of Defense for policy matters relating to the structure and
    readiness of the Total Force. Functional areas include: readiness;
    civilian and military personnel policies, programs, and systems;
    civilian and military equal opportunity programs; health policies,
    programs, and activities; Reserve Component programs, policies, and
    activities; family policy, dependent's education, and personnel support
    programs; and mobilization planning and requirements.
    Policy  The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff
    assistant to the Secretary of Defense for policy matters relating to
    overall international security policy and political-military affairs.
    Functional areas include NATO affairs; net assessments; foreign military
    sales; arms limitation agreements; international trade and technology;
    regional security affairs; special operations and low-intensity
    conflict; integration of departmental plans and policies with overall
    national security objectives; drug control policy, requirements,
    priorities, systems, resources, and programs; and issuance of policy
    guidance affecting departmental programs.
        In addition, the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense are
    assisted by a special staff of assistants to include the Assistant
    Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs; the General Counsel; the
    Inspector General; the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public
    Affairs; the Director of Administration and Management; and such other
    officers as the Secretary of Defense establishes to assist him in
    carrying out his duties and responsibilities.

    Joint Chiefs of Staff

    Joint Chiefs of Staff

    The Joint Chiefs of Staff consist of the Chairman; the Vice Chairman;
    the Chief of Staff of the Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief
    of Staff of the Air Force; and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
        The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 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
    military advisers who may provide additional information upon request
    from the President, the National Security Council, or the Secretary of
    Defense. They may also submit their advice when it does not agree with
    that of the Chairman.
        Subject to the authority of the President and the Secretary of
    Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is responsible for:
        --assisting the President and the Secretary of Defense in providing
    for the strategic direction and planning of the Armed Forces;
        --allocating resources to fulfill strategic plans;
        --making recommendations for the assignment of responsibilities
    within the Armed Forces in accordance with and in support of those
    logistic and mobility plans;
        --comparing the capabilities of American and allied Armed Forces
    with those of potential adversaries;
        --preparing and reviewing contingency plans that conform to policy

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    guidance from the President and the Secretary of Defense;
        --preparing joint logistic and mobility plans to support contingency
    plans; and
        --recommending assignment of logistic and mobility responsibilities
    to the Armed Forces to fulfill logistic and mobility plans.
        The Chairman advises the Secretary of Defense on critical
    deficiencies and strengths in force capabilities (including manpower,
    logistic, and mobility support) and assesses the effect of such
    deficiencies and strengths on meeting national security objectives and
    policy and on strategic plans. He establishes and maintains a uniform
    system for evaluating the preparedness of each combatant command to
    carry out assigned missions.
        The Chairman advises the Secretary of Defense on the priorities of
    the requirements identified by the commanders of the combatant commands
    and on the extent to which program recommendations and budget proposals
    of the military departments and other DOD components for a fiscal year
    conform with priorities established in requirements of the combatant
    commands. He is responsible for submitting to the Secretary alternative
    program recommendations and budget proposals with guidance provided by
    the Secretary, in order to achieve greater conformance with priorities
    established by the combatant commands. The Chairman also advises the
    Secretary on the extent to which major programs and policies of the
    Armed Forces in the area of manpower conform with strategic plans and
    assesses military requirements for defense acquisition programs.
        Additionally, the Chairman:
        --formulates doctrine and training policies and coordinates military
    education and training;
        --represents the United States on the Military Staff Committee of
    the United Nations;
        --performs such other duties as may be prescribed by law or by the
    President and the Secretary of Defense;
        --convenes and presides over regular meetings of the Joint Chiefs of
    Staff;
        --assists the Joint Chiefs in carrying on their business as promptly
    as practicable; and
        --schedules issues for consideration by the Joint Chiefs.
        The Chairman, while so serving, holds the grade of general or
    admiral and outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces.
        The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs performs duties assigned by
    the Chairman, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense. The Vice
    Chairman acts as Chairman when there is a vacancy in the office of the
    Chairman, or in the absence or disability of the Chairman. The Vice
    Chairman, while so serving, holds the grade of general or admiral and
    outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces except the Chairman of
    the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

    Joint Staff

    The Joint Staff under the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff assists
    the Chairman and, subject to the authority of the Chairman, the other
    members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in carrying out their
    responsibilities.
        The Joint Staff is headed by a Director who is selected by the
    Chairman in consultation with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of
    Staff, and with the approval of the Secretary of Defense. Officers
    assigned to serve on the Joint Staff are selected by the Chairman in
    approximate equal numbers from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air
    Force. The Joint Staff is composed of all members of the Armed Forces
    and civilian employees assigned or detailed to permanent duty to perform
    the functions assigned to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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    Sources of
    Information

    Audiovisual Products  Certain Department of Defense productions on film
    and videotapes, CD-ROM's, and other audiovisual products such as stock
    footage and still photographs are available to the public. Usually, they
    are created by the Department to support training, documentation, and
    internal information objectives. No admission or any other fees may be
    charged for exhibition of the productions, and they must be exhibited in
    their entirety, including all titles at the beginning and end. No
    portion may be reproduced, edited, or cut in any manner. An up-to-date,
    full-text searchable listing of the Department's inventory of film and
    videotape titles is available on the Internet, at http://
    www.redstone.army.mil/davis/. Persons without Internet access and those
    interested in obtaining productions may contact the following sources:
        --For newer productions, contact the National Technical Information
    Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Phone, 703-605-
    6000.
        --For older productions, contact the Motion Picture, Sound, and
    Video Branch (NWDNM), National Archives and Records Administration, 8601
    Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Phone, 301-713-7050.
        --For CD-ROM's, stock footage, and still photographs, contact the
    Defense Visual Information Center, 1363 Z Street, Building 2730, March
    Air Reserve Base, CA 92518-2717. Phone, 909-413-2515.
        There is usually a fee charged for the Department's audiovisual
    products.
    Contracts and Small Business Activities  Contact the Director, Small and
    Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary of Defense,
    Room 2A338, 3061 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3061. Phone,
    703-697-9383.
    DOD Directives and Instructions  Correspondence and Directives
    Directorate, Washington Headquarters Services, Room 2A286, 1155 Defense
    Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155. Phone, 703-697-4111.
    Employment  Almost all positions are in the competitive service and are
    filled from civil service registers. College recruiting requirements are
    limited primarily to management intern positions at the B.S. and M.S.
    levels. For additional information, inquiries should be addressed to the
    Human Resource Services Center, Washington Headquarters Services, Room
    2E22, AMC Building, Alexandria, VA 22233-0001. Phone, 703-617-7211.
    Internet, http://www.hrsc.osd.mil/.
    Pentagon Tours  Guided tours of the Pentagon are available Monday
    through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m., excluding Federal
    holidays. The 75-minute tour starts at the Metro entrance to the
    Pentagon and is approximately one mile long. Groups of more than 100
    should schedule the tour 2 weeks in advance. Wheelchairs are available
    at no cost. For further information or reservations, contact Pentagon
    Tours, Director for Programs and Community Relations, 1400 Defense
    Pentagon, Room 1E776, Washington, DC 20301-1400. Phone, 703-695-1776.
    Speakers  Civilian and military representatives of the Department of
    Defense are available to speak on a variety of defense subjects in
    response to invitations, usually at no cost to the local sponsor.
    However, speakers may accept transportation, meals, and lodging, if
    offered by the sponsor of the public event in which they are to
    participate. Written requests for speakers should be addressed to the
    Director for Programs and Community Relations, Office of the Assistant
    Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, 1400 Defense Pentagon,
    Washington, DC 20301-1400 (phone, 703-695-3845); or to the public
    affairs officer of the nearest military installation.
    Telephone Directory  The Department of Defense telephone directory is
    available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government
    Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Phone, 202-512-1800.

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    For further information concerning the Department of Defense, contact
    the Director, Directorate for Public Communication, Office of the
    Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, 1400 Defense
    Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1400. Phone, 703-697-5737. Internet,
    http://www.defenselink.mil/.

    DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES

    American Forces Information Service  The American Forces Information
    Service, established in 1977 under the supervision of the Assistant
    Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, is responsible for the
    Department's internal information program, visual information policy,
    and visual information and public affairs training. The Armed Forces
    Radio and Television Service, the Print Media Directorate (which
    includes among its many products the Current News Early Bird), the Armed
    Forces Radio and Television Service Broadcast Center, the Television-
    Audio Support Activity, the Defense Information School, the Defense
    Visual Information Center, and the worldwide operations of the Stars and
    Stripes newspapers function under the Director of American Forces
    Information Service. In addition, the Service provides policy guidance
    and oversight for departmental periodicals and pamphlets, military
    command newspapers, the broadcast elements of the military departments,
    and departmental audiovisual matters.

    (American Forces Information Service, Department of Defense, Suite 311,
    601 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2007. Phone, 703-428-
    0597.)

    Department of Defense Education Activity  The Department of Defense
    Education Activity (DODEA) was established in 1992 under the authority,
    direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force
    Management Policy. It consists of two subordinate organizational
    entities: the Department of Defense Dependents Schools and the
    Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary
    Schools.
        The mission of DODEA is to serve as the principal staff adviser to
    the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy on all
    Defense education matters relative to overseas and stateside education
    activities and programs; formulate, develop, and implement policies,
    technical guidance, and standards for the effective management of
    Defense education activities and programs; plan, direct, coordinate, and
    manage the education programs for eligible dependents of U.S. military
    and civilian personnel stationed overseas and stateside; evaluate the
    programmatic and operational policies and procedures for the DOD
    Dependent Schools, and DOD Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary
    Schools; and provide education activity representation at meetings and
    deliberations of educational panels and advisory groups.

    (Department of Defense Education Activity, 4040 North Fairfax Drive,
    Arlington, VA 22203-1635. Phone, 703-696-4236.)

    Department of Defense Human Resources Activity  The Department of
    Defense Human Resources Activity was formed through the merger of the
    Defense Manpower Data Center with the Civilian Personnel Management
    Service. This field activity falls under the authority, direction, and
    control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
    The mission of DHRA includes supporting the OUSD (P&R) in planning and
    formulating civilian personnel programs; providing policy support;
    developing and managing DOD civilian personnel information systems and
    civilian personnel administrative services for the Office of the
    Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, and Defense Agencies;
    collecting and maintaining an archive of automated manpower, personnel,
    training, and financial data bases for DOD to support the information
    requirements of the OUSD (P&R) and other members of the DOD manpower,
    personnel, and training

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    communities; conducting large-scale surveys of DOD personnel; developing
    and managing selection tests used for entry into the military; and
    maintaining data and systems used to determine entitlements for DOD
    benefits such as medical, exchange, and commissary.

    (Department of Defense Human Resources Activity-Headquarters, Suite
    B200, 1400 Key Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209-5144. Phone, 703-696-
    1720.)

    Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office  The Defense Prisoner
    of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) was established July 16, 1993,
    under the authority, direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary
    of Defense for International Security Affairs and provides centralized
    management of prisoner of war/missing personnel affairs within the
    Department of Defense. DPMO's responsibilities include leadership and
    policy oversight for all efforts to reach an accounting for Americans
    still unaccounted for as a result of U.S. involvement in past conflicts
    since World War II as well as the recovery and accounting of those
    Americans isolated in harm's way in future conflicts.
        DPMO is the lead proponent for prisoner of war/missing personnel
    matters, including policy and oversight within the Department of Defense
    of the entire process for investigation and recovery related to missing
    persons (which includes matters related to search, rescue, escape, and
    evasion), and the procedures to be followed by Department of Defense
    boards of inquiry relating to missing persons and by officials reviewing
    the reports of such boards. The Office represents the Department of
    Defense in negotiations with officials of foreign governments regarding
    efforts to achieve the fullest possible accounting of missing American
    service members and other designated civilian personnel; assembles and
    maintains data bases on U.S. military and civilian personnel who are or
    were prisoners of war or missing as a result of a hostile action;
    prescribes uniform procedures for determination of the status of missing
    personnel and for systematic, comprehensive, and timely collection,
    analysis, review, dissemination, and periodic update of information
    related to missing personnel; declassifies Department of Defense
    documents for disclosure and release in accordance with section 1082 of
    Public Law 102-190 (50 U.S.C. 435 note), Executive Order 12812, and
    Executive Order 12958; and maintains channels of communication on
    prisoner of war/missing personnel matters between the Department of
    Defense and the Congress, prisoner of war/missing personnel families,
    and the American public through periodic consultations and other
    appropriate measures.
        DPMO coordinates with the interagency community, the Joint Staff,
    services, and combatant commands to provide policy, control, and
    oversight over all personnel recovery matters. The Office promulgates
    policy and oversees implementation of these policies throughout the
    Department. DPMO is also responsible for policy oversight of Code of
    Conduct training throughout the Department of Defense and represents the
    Department at the Interagency Committee on Search and Rescue.

    (Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, Department of
    Defense, OASD/ISA, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-2400. Phone, 703-
    602-2102. Fax, 703-602-1890.)

    Defense Technology Security Administration  The Defense Technology
    Security Administration (DTSA) was established by the Deputy Secretary
    of Defense on May 10, 1985, under the authority, direction, and control
    of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy.
    The mission of DTSA is to develop and implement DOD policies on
    international transfers of defense-related goods, services, and
    technologies to ensure that: critical U.S. military technological
    advantages are preserved; transfers of defense-related technology which
    could prove detrimental to U.S. security interests are controlled and
    limited; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of
    delivery is prevented; and legitimate defense

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    cooperation with foreign allies and friends is supported.

    (Defense Technology Security Administration, Department of Defense,
    Suite 300, 400 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202-2884. Phone, 703-
    604-5215.)

    Office of Economic Adjustment  The Office of Economic Adjustment is
    responsible for planning and managing the Department's defense economic
    adjustment programs and for assisting Federal, State, and local
    officials in cooperative efforts to alleviate any serious social and
    economic side effects resulting from major departmental realignments or
    other actions.

    (Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense, 400 Army Navy
    Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22202-2884. Phone, 703-604-6020.)

    TRICARE Management Activity  The TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) was
    formed on February 10, 1998, from the consolidation of the TRICARE
    Support Office (formerly Civilian Health and Medical Program of the
    Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) headquarters), the Defense Medical Programs
    Activity (DMPA), and the integration of health management program
    functions formerly located in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of
    Defense for Health Affairs (OASD(HA)). The TMA mission is to manage
    TRICARE; administer and manage the Defense Health Program appropriation;
    provide operational direction and support to the Uniformed Services in
    the management and administration of the TRICARE program; and administer
    CHAMPUS.

    (TRICARE Management Activity, Suite 810, Skyline 5, 5111 Leesburg Pike,
    Falls Church, VA 22041-3206. Phone, 703-681-6909. Fax, 703-681-8706.)

    Washington Headquarters Services  The Director of Administration and
    Management serves in a dual capacity as the Director of Washington
    Headquarters Services. The agency's mission is to provide administrative
    and operational support to certain Department of Defense activities in
    the National Capital region. Such support includes budget and
    accounting, personnel management, office services, security,
    correspondence, directives and records management, travel, building
    administration, information and data systems, voting assistance program,
    and other administrative support as required.

    (Washington Headquarters Services, Department of Defense, Room 3D972,
    The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155. Phone, 703-695-4436.)