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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155
Phone, 703-545-6700. Internet, www.defenselink.mil.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE William S. Cohen
Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy F. de Leon
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 D. Rostker
Secretary of Defense for
Gulf War Illnesses
Director, Defense Reform Initiative Stan Z. Soloway
Executive Secretary Col. Maria I. Cribbs,
USAF
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Jacques S. Gansler
Technology, and Logistics
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of David R. Oliver, Jr.
Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics
Assistant to the Secretary of (vacancy)
Defense for Nuclear and
Chemical and Biological
(NCB) Defense Programs
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense David R. Oliver, Jr.
(Acquisition and Technology)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Stan Z. Soloway
(Acquisition Reform)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Joseph J. Eash III
(Advanced Systems and
Concepts)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Sherri W. Goodman
(Environmental Security)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jeffrey P. Bialos
(Industrial Affairs)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Randall A. Yim
(Installations)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)
(Logistics and Materiel
Readiness)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)
(Science and Technology)
Director, Defense Research and Hans Mark
Engineering
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 Brian E. Sheridan
(Special Operations and Low-
Intensity Conflict)
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Assistant Secretary of Defense Edward L. Warner III
(Strategy and Threat
Reduction)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Peter F. Verga
(Policy Support)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense David Tarbell
(Technology Security Policy)
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Bernard D. Rostker
Readiness
Assistant Secretary of Defense Alphonso Maldon, Jr.
(Force Management Policy)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (vacancy)
(Health Affairs)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)
(Planning)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jeanne Fites
(Program Integration)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (vacancy)
(Reserve Affairs)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Thomas Longstreth
(Readiness)
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, Arthur L. Money
Control, Communications, and
Intelligence)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative John Veroneau
Affairs)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Kenneth H. Bacon
General Counsel (vacancy)
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Philip E. Coyle III
Inspector General (vacancy)
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. Richard B. Myers,
USAF
Chief of Staff, Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki,
USA
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jay L. Johnson,
USN
Chief of Staff, Air Force Gen. Michael E. Ryan,
USAF
Commandant, Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones,
USMC
Joint Staff
Director Lt. Gen. Carlton W.
Fulford, Jr.,
USMC
Vice Director Maj. Gen. Garry R.
Trexler, USAF
Director for Manpower and Brig. Gen. Robert L.
Personnel--J-1 Smolen, USAF
Director, Intelligence--J-2 Rear Adm. Lowell E.
Jacoby, USN
Director for Operations--J-3 Vice Adm. Scott A.
Fry, USN
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Director for Logistics--J-4 Lt. Gen. John M.
McDuffie, USA
Director for Strategic Plans and Lt. Gen. Edward G.
Policy--J-5 Anderson III,
USA
Director for Command, Control, Lt. Gen. John L.
Communications, and Computer Woodward, Jr.,
Systems--J-6 USAF
Director for Operational Plans and Maj. Gen. Henry P.
Interoperability--J-7 Osman, USMC
Director for Force Structure, Lt. Gen. Bruce A.
Resources, and Assessment-- Carlson, 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 1.4 million men and women on active
duty. They are backed, in case of emergency, by the 1 million members of
the Reserve and National Guard. In addition, there are about 700,000
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.
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.
Each military department 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.
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
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approved policy. Under the direction of the President, the Secretary
exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department of
Defense.
Activties
Acquisition and Technology The Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics is the principal staff assistant
and adviser to the Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to the
DOD acquisition system, research and development, advanced technology,
developmental test and evaluation, production, logistics, installation
management, military construction, procurement, environmental security,
and nuclear, chemical, and biological matters.
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 achieving and maintaining
information superiority in support of DOD missions, while exploiting or
denying an adversary's ability to do the same.
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 and adviser 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 security; 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.
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;
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--preparing and reviewing contingency plans that conform to policy
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, 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 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.
Unified Combatant Commands
The unified combatant commands are military commands with broad
continuing missions maintaining the security and defense of the United
States against attack; supporting and advancing the national policies
and interests of the United States and discharging U.S. military
responsibilities in their area of responsibility; and preparing plans,
conducting operations, and coordinating activities of the forces
assigned to them in accordance with the directives of higher authority.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff serves as the spokesman for
the commanders of the unified combatant commands, especially on the
operational requirements of their commands.
Unified Combatant Commands
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Command Address Commander
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Central...................... USCENTCOM, 7115 S. Boundary Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC
Blvd., MacDill AFB, FL 35621-
5101.
European..................... USEUCOM, CMR 450, Box 7100, APO Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF
AE 09705.
Joint Forces................. USJFCOM, Suite 200, 1562 Mitscher Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr., USN
Ave., Norfolk, VA 23511-2488.
Pacific...................... USPACCOM, Box 64028, Camp H.M. Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN
Smith, HI 96861-4028.
Southern..................... USSOUTHCOM, 3511 NW. 91st Ave., Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC
Miami, FL 33172.
Space........................ USSPACECOM, Suite 116, 250 S. Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF
Peterson Blvd., Peterson AFB, CO
80914-3010.
Special Operations........... USSOCOM, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd., Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, USA
MacDill AFB, FL 33621-5323.
Strategic.................... USSTRATCOM, Suite 2A1, 901 SAC Adm. Richard W. Mies, USN
Blvd., Offutt AFB, NE 68113-6000.
Transportation............... USTRANSCOM, Rm. 310, 508 Scott Gen. Charles T. Robertson, Jr., USAF
Dr., Scott AFB, IL 62225-5357.
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Field Activities
American Forces Information Service The American Forces Information
Service (AFIS) was established in 1977. AFIS provides internal
information to U.S. forces worldwide in order to promote and sustain
military unit and individual readiness, quality of life, and morale;
trains public affairs, broadcast, and visual information professionals
for DOD; and provides communications services to military commanders and
combat forces. AFIS provides news, features, photography, videography,
news clippings, and other internal command information products and
services to DOD. It provides policy guidance and oversight for
departmental periodicals and pamphlets, military command newspapers, the
broadcast elements of the military departments, DOD audiovisual matters,
and public affairs and visual information training.
For further information, contact the American Forces Information
Service, Department of Defense, Suite 311, 601 North Fairfax Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314-2007. Phone, 703-428-1200. Internet,
www.defenselink.mil/afis.
Education The Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) was
established in 1992. It consists of two subordinate organizational
entities: the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) and the
Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary
Schools (DOD DDESS). DODEA formulates, develops, and implements
policies, technical guidance, and standards for the effective management
of Defense dependents education activities and programs. It also plans,
directs, coordinates, and manages the education programs for eligible
dependents of U.S. military and civilian personnel stationed overseas
and stateside; evaluates the programmatic and operational policies and
procedures for DODDS and DOD DDESS; and provides education activity
representation at meetings and deliberations of educational panels and
advisory groups.
For further information, contact the Department of Defense Education
Activity, 4040 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1635. Phone,
703-696-4236. Internet, www.odedodea.edu.
Human Resources and Manpower The Department of Defense Human Resources
Activity (DODHRA) is chartered to support departmental and
congressionally mandated programs in the benefits, readiness, and force
protection areas. DODHRA collects, maintains, and analyzes manpower,
personnel, training, and financial data; establishes and maintains data
and systems used to determine entitlements to DOD benefits; and manages
civilian personnel administrative services for the Department. It plans
and executes changes to existing permanent and reserve duty travel
policies and processes and performs long-term programmatic research and
analysis to improve DOD personnel and industrial security systems.
For further information, contact the Department of Defense Human
Resources Activity-Headquarters, Suite 200, 4040 Fairfax Drive,
Arlington, VA 22203-1613. Phone, 703-696-1036. Internet,
www.dhra.osd.mil.
Health Care The TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) was formed in 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, and the
integration of health management program functions formerly located in
the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. The
mission of TMA is to manage TRICARE; manage the Defense Health Program
appropriation; provide operational direction and support to the
Uniformed Services in the management
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and administration of the TRICARE program; and administer CHAMPUS.
For further information, contact the TRICARE Management Activity, Suite
810, Skyline 5, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3206. Phone,
703-681-1730. Fax, 703-681-3665. Internet, www.tricare.osd.mil.
Prisoners of War and Missing Personnel The Defense Prisoner of War/
Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) was established in 1993 and provides
centralized management of prisoner of war/missing personnel affairs
within the Department of Defense, including 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 and the recovery and accounting of those Americans isolated
in harm's way in future conflicts. The Office assembles and maintains
databases on U.S. military and civilian personnel who are or were
prisoners of war or missing as a result of a hostile action;
declassifies DOD documents for disclosure and release; and maintains
channels of communication on prisoner of war/missing personnel matters
between DOD and the Congress, prisoner of war/missing personnel
families, and the American public through periodic consultations and
other appropriate measures.
For further information, contact the 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.
Internet, www.dtic.mil/dpmo.
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. An up-to-
date, full-text searchable listing of the Department's inventory of
film, videotape, and interactive multimedia titles is available on the
Internet. For information and obtaining productions, contact the
following sources:
--For newer productions, contact the National Technical Information
Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161 (phone, 703-605-
6000), or the defense visual information site (Internet,
dodimagery.afis.osd.mil, and select ``Search DAVIS/DITIS'').
--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 92518-2073. Phone, 909-413-2515.
There is usually a fee charged for the Department's audiovisual and
multimedia products.
Contracts and Small Business Activities Contact the Director, Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary of Defense,
3061 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3061. Phone, 703-588-8620.
DOD Directives and Instructions Contact the Correspondence and
Directives Directorate, Washington Headquarters Services, Room 2A286,
1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155. Phone, 703-697-4111.
Electronic Access Information about the following offices is available
as listed below:
Office of the Secretary of Defense: www.defenselink.mil.
Joint Chiefs of Staff: www.dtic.mil/jcs.
Unified combatant commands: www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/
unified.html.
Central Command: www.centcom.mil.
European Command: www.eucom.mil.
Joint Forces Command: www.jfcom.mil.
Pacific Command: www.pacom.mil.
Southern Command: www.southcom.mil.
Space Command: www.spacecom.af.mil.
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Special Operations Command: www.socom.mil.
Strategic Command: www.stratcom.mil.
Transportation Command: www.transcom.mil.
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, www.hrsc.osd.mil.
Pentagon Tours Guided tours of the Pentagon are available Monday
through Friday, from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m., excluding Federal holidays.
The 75-minute tour starts on the hour 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. For further information or
reservations, write to 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.
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.
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,
www.defenselink.mil.