    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 1999]
    [Pages 173-177]
    [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 Assistant to the                  Phebe Novakovic
                Secretary and Deputy
                Secretary of Defense
        Special Assistant to the Secretary            Liz Bailey
                of Defense for White House
                Liaison
        Special Assistant to the Deputy               Bernard S. Rostker
                Secretary of Defense for
                Gulf War Illnesses
        Director, Defense Reform Initiative           Stan Z. Soloway
        Executive Secretary                           Col. Joseph Reynes,
                                                              Jr., USAF
    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                Hans Mark
                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 Systems and
                Concepts)
        Deputy Under Secretary of Defense             Delores M. Etter
                (Science and Technology)
        Deputy Under Secretary of Defense             Randall A. Yim, Acting
                (Installations)
        Deputy Under Secretary of Defense             Sherri W. Goodman
                (Environmental Security)
        Deputy Under Secretary of Defense             Roger W. Kallock
                (Logistics)
        Deputy Under Secretary of Defense             Stan Z. Soloway
                (Acquisition Reform)
        Deputy Under Secretary of Defense             Steven C. Grundman,
                (Industrial Affairs)                          Acting
        Director, Small and Disadvantaged             Robert L. Neal, Jr.
                Business Utilization
    Under Secretary of Defense for Policy             Walter B. Slocombe
        Principal Deputy Under Secretary of           James M. Bodner
                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)
        Assistant Secretary of Defense                (vacancy)
                (Special Operations and Low-
                Intensity Conflict)
        Defense Adviser, U.S. Mission NATO            Robert B. Hall

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        Deputy Under Secretary of Defense             David Tarbell
                (Technology Security Policy)
    Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and      Rudy F. de Leon
            Readiness
        Assistant Secretary of Defense                Francis M. Rush, Jr.,
                (Force Management Policy)                     Acting
        Assistant Secretary of Defense                Sue Bailey
                (Health Affairs)
        Assistant Secretary of Defense                Charles L. Cragin,
                (Reserve Affairs)                             Acting
        Deputy Under Secretary of Defense             Thomas Longstreth
                (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
    Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command,          (vacancy)
            Control, Communications, and
            Intelligence)
    Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative       John Veroneau, Acting
            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                                 Donald Mancuso, Acting
    Assistant to the Secretary of Defense             George B. Lotz II
            (Intelligence Oversight)
    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. Vernon E.
                                                              Clark, 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. Scott A.
                                                              Fry, 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. John L.
                Communications, and Computer                  Woodward, Jr.,
                Systems--J-6                                  USAF
        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. Edward G.
                Resources, and Assessment--                   Anderson III,
                J-8                                           USA

    [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 1.4 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 742,000
    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

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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 the 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.