[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.