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class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Defense agencies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Defense_agencies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_intelligence_agencies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_intelligence_agencies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>National intelligence agencies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_intelligence_agencies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Joint Chiefs of Staff</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_departments_and_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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<span>FY2024</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-FY2024-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Criticism_of_finances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Criticism_of_finances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Criticism of finances</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Criticism_of_finances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_legislation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_legislation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Related legislation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_legislation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCdafi%C9%99_Nazirliyi_(AB%C5%9E)" title="Müdafiə Nazirliyi (ABŞ) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Müdafiə Nazirliyi (ABŞ)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AD-kok_Kok-h%C3%B4ng_P%C5%8D%CD%98" title="Bí-kok Kok-hông Pō͘ – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bí-kok Kok-hông Pō͘" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D2%A0%D0%A8_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B" title="АҠШ Оборона департаменты – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="АҠШ Оборона департаменты" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%97%D0%A8%D0%90" title="Міністэрства абароны ЗША – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Міністэрства абароны ЗША" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A9" title="Департамент на отбраната на САЩ – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Департамент на отбраната на САЩ" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departament_de_Defensa_dels_Estats_Units" title="Departament de Defensa dels Estats Units – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Departament de Defensa dels Estats Units" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerstvo_obrany_Spojen%C3%BDch_st%C3%A1t%C5%AF_americk%C3%BDch" title="Ministerstvo obrany Spojených států amerických – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ministerstvo obrany Spojených států amerických" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adran_Amddiffyn_yr_Unol_Daleithiau" title="Adran Amddiffyn yr Unol Daleithiau – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Adran Amddiffyn yr Unol Daleithiau" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA%27s_forsvarsministerium" title="USA's forsvarsministerium – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="USA's forsvarsministerium" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verteidigungsministerium_der_Vereinigten_Staaten" title="Verteidigungsministerium der Vereinigten Staaten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Verteidigungsministerium der Vereinigten Staaten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerika_%C3%9Chendriikide_Kaitseministeerium" title="Ameerika Ühendriikide Kaitseministeerium – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ameerika Ühendriikide Kaitseministeerium" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A5%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%86%CE%BC%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%97%CE%A0%CE%91" title="Υπουργείο Άμυνας των ΗΠΑ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Υπουργείο Άμυνας των ΗΠΑ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento_de_Defensa_de_los_Estados_Unidos" title="Departamento de Defensa de los Estados Unidos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Departamento de Defensa de los Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usona_departemento_de_defendo" title="Usona departemento de defendo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Usona departemento de defendo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameriketako_Estatu_Batuetako_Defentsa_Saila" title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Defentsa Saila – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Defentsa Saila" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="وزارت دفاع ایالات متحده آمریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وزارت دفاع ایالات متحده آمریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_de_la_D%C3%A9fense_des_%C3%89tats-Unis" title="Département de la Défense des États-Unis – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Département de la Défense des États-Unis" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%AD_%EA%B5%AD%EB%B0%A9%EB%B6%80" title="미국 국방부 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미국 국방부" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministarstvo_obrane_Sjedinjenih_Ameri%C4%8Dkih_Dr%C5%BEava" title="Ministarstvo obrane Sjedinjenih Američkih Država – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ministarstvo obrane Sjedinjenih Američkih 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/An_aerial_view_of_the_Pentagon%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_May_15%2C_2023.jpg/375px-An_aerial_view_of_the_Pentagon%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_May_15%2C_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/An_aerial_view_of_the_Pentagon%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_May_15%2C_2023.jpg/500px-An_aerial_view_of_the_Pentagon%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_May_15%2C_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7056" data-file-height="4704" /></a></span><br />An aerial view of the Pentagon</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">September 18, 1947<span class="noprint">;<br />77 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1947-09-18</span>)</span> (as National Military Establishment)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding agencies</th><td 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. federal government</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington County, Virginia</a>, U.S.<br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=United_States_Department_of_Defense&params=38_52_16_N_77_3_21_W_type:landmark_region:US-VA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°52′16″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°3′21″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.87111°N 77.05583°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.87111; -77.05583</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>789,594 (civilian)<sup id="cite_ref-workforce_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-workforce-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span 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Salesses">Robert G. Salesses</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Acting Deputy Secretary</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Q._Brown_Jr." title="Charles Q. Brown Jr.">Charles Q. Brown Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_W._Grady" title="Christopher W. Grady">Christopher W. Grady</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Child agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a 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.sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States<br />Armed Forces</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/200px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Executive departments</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="578" /></a></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">United States Department of Defense</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="247" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Staff</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/40px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/60px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg/80px-Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_identification_badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1811" data-file-height="1809" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_(2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg/40px-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg/60px-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg/80px-Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_seal_%282%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="198" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Military departments</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="889" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Military services</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/40px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/60px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/80px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/40px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/60px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/80px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg/40px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg/60px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg/80px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="504" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Command structure</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Unified combatant commands</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="590" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USEUCOM.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/40px-USEUCOM.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/60px-USEUCOM.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/80px-USEUCOM.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="220" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/40px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" 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supervising the five U.S. armed services, the Army; Navy; Marines; Air Force; Space Force; the Coast Guard for some purposes, and related functions and agencies. As of November 2022, the department has over 1.4 million active-duty uniformed personnel in the five armed services.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also supervises over 778,000 <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a> and reservist personnel, and over 747,000 civilians, bringing the total to over 2.91 million employees.<sup id="cite_ref-workforce_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-workforce-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Headquartered at <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">the Pentagon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington County, Virginia</a>, just outside <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, the Department of Defense's stated mission is "to provide the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Department of Defense is headed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a>, a cabinet-level head who reports directly to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a>. The president is <a href="/wiki/Powers_of_the_president_of_the_United_States#Commander-in-chief" title="Powers of the president of the United States">commander-in-chief of the five armed services</a>. Beneath the Department of Defense are three subordinate military departments: the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a>. In addition, four <a href="/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" title="United States Intelligence Community">national intelligence services</a> are subordinate to the Department of Defense: the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Defense Intelligence Agency">Defense Intelligence Agency</a> (DIA), the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> (NSA), the <a href="/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency" title="National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency">National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</a> (NGA), and the <a href="/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office" title="National Reconnaissance Office">National Reconnaissance Office</a> (NRO). </p><p>Other <a href="/wiki/List_of_Department_of_Defense_agencies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Department of Defense agencies">Department of Defense agencies</a> include the <a href="/wiki/DARPA" title="DARPA">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency</a> (DARPA), the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Logistics_Agency" title="Defense Logistics Agency">Defense Logistics Agency</a> (DLA), the <a href="/wiki/Missile_Defense_Agency" title="Missile Defense Agency">Missile Defense Agency</a> (MDA), the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Health_Agency" title="Defense Health Agency">Defense Health Agency</a> (DHA), <a href="/wiki/Defense_Threat_Reduction_Agency" title="Defense Threat Reduction Agency">Defense Threat Reduction Agency</a> (DTRA), the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Counterintelligence_and_Security_Agency" title="Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency">Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency</a> (DCSA), the <a href="/wiki/Space_Development_Agency" title="Space Development Agency">Space Development Agency</a> (SDA) and the <a href="/wiki/Pentagon_Force_Protection_Agency" title="Pentagon Force Protection Agency">Pentagon Force Protection Agency</a> (PFPA), all of which are subordinate to the secretary of defense. Additionally, the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Contract_Management_Agency" title="Defense Contract Management Agency">Defense Contract Management Agency</a> (DCMA) is responsible for administering contracts for the Department of Defense. Military operations are managed by eleven regional or functional <a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">unified combatant commands</a>. The Department of Defense also operates several joint services schools, including the <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower_School_for_National_Security_and_Resource_Strategy" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy">Eisenhower School</a> (ES) and the <a href="/wiki/National_War_College" title="National War College">National War College</a> (NWC). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">Military history of the United States</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></div> <p>Faced with rising tensions between the <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">British government</a>, one of the first actions taken by the <a href="/wiki/First_Continental_Congress" title="First Continental Congress">First Continental Congress</a> in September 1774 was to recommend that the colonies begin defensive military preparations. In mid-June 1775, after the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a>, recognizing the necessity of having a national army that could move about and fight beyond the boundaries of any particular colony, organized the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> on June 14, 1775.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-June_14_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-June_14-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, Congress would charter the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Navy" title="Continental Navy">Continental Navy</a> on October 13,<sup id="cite_ref-Navy_Birthday_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Navy_Birthday-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Marines" title="Continental Marines">Continental Marines</a> on November 10. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_Department_and_Navy_Department">War Department and Navy Department</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: War Department and Navy Department"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">United States Department of War</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">United States Department of the Navy</a></div> <p>Upon the seating of the <a href="/wiki/1st_United_States_Congress" title="1st United States Congress">1st U.S. Congress</a> on March 4, 1789, legislation to create a military defense force stagnated as they focused on other concerns relevant to setting up the new government. President <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> went to Congress to remind them of their duty to establish a military twice during this time. Finally, on the last day of the session, September 29, 1789, Congress created the <a href="/wiki/United_States_War_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="United States War Department">War Department</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The War Department handled naval affairs until Congress created the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Navy Department</a> in 1798. The secretaries of each department reported directly to the president as cabinet-level advisors until 1949, when all military departments became subordinate to the Secretary of Defense. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Military_Establishment">National Military Establishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: National Military Establishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_President_Truman_at_his_desk_in_the_Oval_Office,_signing_the_National_Security_Act_Amendments_of_1949..._-_NARA_-_200168.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Photograph_of_President_Truman_at_his_desk_in_the_Oval_Office%2C_signing_the_National_Security_Act_Amendments_of_1949..._-_NARA_-_200168.jpg/220px-Photograph_of_President_Truman_at_his_desk_in_the_Oval_Office%2C_signing_the_National_Security_Act_Amendments_of_1949..._-_NARA_-_200168.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Photograph_of_President_Truman_at_his_desk_in_the_Oval_Office%2C_signing_the_National_Security_Act_Amendments_of_1949..._-_NARA_-_200168.jpg/330px-Photograph_of_President_Truman_at_his_desk_in_the_Oval_Office%2C_signing_the_National_Security_Act_Amendments_of_1949..._-_NARA_-_200168.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Photograph_of_President_Truman_at_his_desk_in_the_Oval_Office%2C_signing_the_National_Security_Act_Amendments_of_1949..._-_NARA_-_200168.jpg/440px-Photograph_of_President_Truman_at_his_desk_in_the_Oval_Office%2C_signing_the_National_Security_Act_Amendments_of_1949..._-_NARA_-_200168.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2397" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Harry_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Truman">President Truman</a> signs the National Security Act Amendment of 1949.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, President <a href="/wiki/Harry_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Truman">Harry Truman</a> proposed the creation of a unified department of national defense. In a special message to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> on December 19, 1945, the president cited wasteful military spending and interdepartmental conflicts. Deliberations in Congress went on for months focusing heavily on the role of the military in society and the threat of granting too much military power to the executive.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 26, 1947, Truman signed the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a>, which established the National Military Establishment (NME) and created the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Resources_Board" title="National Security Resources Board">National Security Resources Board</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>. The NME was placed under the control of the new post of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPolmar200517_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPolmar200517-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nibley_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nibley-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The National Military Establishment formally began operations on September 18, the day after the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> confirmed <a href="/wiki/James_V._Forrestal" class="mw-redirect" title="James V. Forrestal">James V. Forrestal</a> as the first secretary of defense.<sup id="cite_ref-nibley_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nibley-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Military Establishment was renamed the "Department of Defense" on August 10, 1949, and absorbed the three cabinet-level military departments, in an amendment to the original 1947 law.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The renaming is alleged to be due to the Establishment's abbreviation, NME, being pronounced "enemy."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Reorganization_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Defense Reorganization Act">Department of Defense Reorganization Act</a> of 1958 (<a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/85/599">85–599</a>), channels of authority within the department were streamlined while still maintaining the ordinary jurisdiction of the Military Departments to organize, train, and equip their associated forces. The Act clarified the overall decision-making authority of the secretary of defense concerning these subordinate military departments. It more clearly defined the operational <a href="/wiki/Command_hierarchy" title="Command hierarchy">chain of command</a> over U.S. military forces (created by the military departments) as running from the president to the secretary of defense, the service chief of the unified combatant commander(s), and then to the unified combatant commander(s).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also provided in this legislation was a centralized research authority, the <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Research Projects Agency">Advanced Research Projects Agency</a>, eventually known as <a href="/wiki/DARPA" title="DARPA">DARPA</a>. The act was written and promoted by the Eisenhower administration and was signed into law on August 6, 1958. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Organizational structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Organizational_structure_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="Organizational structure of the United States Department of Defense">Organizational structure of the United States Department of Defense</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Department_of_Defense_agencies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Department of Defense agencies">List of Department of Defense agencies</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.png/220px-Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.png/330px-Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.png/440px-Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.png 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="471" /></a><figcaption>Organization of the Department of Defense following the creation of the United States Space Force</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg/220px-DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg/330px-DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg/440px-DoD_Organization_December_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>A December 2013 Department of Defense organizational chart</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a>, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>, is by federal law (<a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/113">§ 113</a>) the head of the Department of Defense, "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to Department of Defense", and has "authority, direction, and control over the Department of Defense". Because the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a> vests all military authority in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> and the president, the statutory authority of the secretary of defense is derived from their constitutional authority. Since it is impractical for either Congress or the president to participate in every piece of Department of Defense affairs, the secretary of defense and the secretary's subordinate officials generally exercise military authority. </p><p>The Department of Defense is composed of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (<a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">OSD</a>), the Joint Chiefs of Staff (<a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">JCS</a>) and the Joint Staff (<a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Staff">JS</a>), Office of the Inspector General (<a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General,_U.S._Department_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense">DODIG</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">Combatant Commands</a>, the Military Departments (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> (DA), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> (DON) & <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> (DAF)), the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Department_of_Defense_agencies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Department of Defense agencies">Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a> (NGB), and such other offices, agencies, activities, organizations, and commands established or designated by law, or by the president or by the secretary of defense. Department of Defense Directive 5100.01 describes the organizational relationships within the department and is the foundational issuance for delineating the major functions of the department. The latest version, signed by former secretary of defense <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> in December 2010, is the first major re-write since 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Office of the Secretary of Defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DoD_Structure_Jan2008.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/DoD_Structure_Jan2008.png/220px-DoD_Structure_Jan2008.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/DoD_Structure_Jan2008.png/330px-DoD_Structure_Jan2008.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/DoD_Structure_Jan2008.png/440px-DoD_Structure_Jan2008.png 2x" data-file-width="1187" data-file-height="777" /></a><figcaption>A 2008 Office of the Secretary of Defense organizational chart</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a> (<b>OSD</b>) is the secretary and their deputies, including predominantly civilian staff. OSD is the principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource management, fiscal and program evaluation and oversight, and interface and exchange with other <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. federal government</a> departments and agencies, foreign governments, and international organizations, through formal and informal processes. OSD also performs oversight and management of the Defense Agencies, Department of Defense Field Activities, and specialized <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Defense-Empowered_Cross-Functional_Teams" title="Secretary of Defense-Empowered Cross-Functional Teams">Cross Functional Teams</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Defense_agencies">Defense agencies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Defense agencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Combat_support_agency" title="Combat support agency">Combat support agency</a></div> <p>OSD is a parent agency of the following defense agencies: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Radiobiology_Research_Institute" title="Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute">Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute</a> (AFRRI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Education_Activity" title="Department of Defense Education Activity">Department of Defense Education Activity</a> (DoDEA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency</a> (DARPA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Commissary_Agency" title="Defense Commissary Agency">Defense Commissary Agency</a> (DeCA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Contract_Audit_Agency" title="Defense Contract Audit Agency">Defense Contract Audit Agency</a> (DCAA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Contract_Management_Agency" title="Defense Contract Management Agency">Defense Contract Management Agency</a> (DCMA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Finance_and_Accounting_Service" title="Defense Finance and Accounting Service">Defense Finance and Accounting Service</a> (DFAS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Health_Agency" title="Defense Health Agency">Defense Health Agency</a> (DHA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Information_Systems_Agency" title="Defense Information Systems Agency">Defense Information Systems Agency</a> (DISA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Legal_Services_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Legal Services Agency">Defense Legal Services Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Logistics_Agency" title="Defense Logistics Agency">Defense Logistics Agency</a> (DLA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_POW/MIA_Accounting_Agency" title="Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency">Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency</a> (DPAA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Security_Cooperation_Agency" title="Defense Security Cooperation Agency">Defense Security Cooperation Agency</a> (DSCA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Counterintelligence_and_Security_Agency" title="Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency">Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency</a> (DCSA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Technical_Information_Center" title="Defense Technical Information Center">Defense Technical Information Center</a> (DTIC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Threat_Reduction_Agency" title="Defense Threat Reduction Agency">Defense Threat Reduction Agency</a> (DTRA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Development_Agency" title="Space Development Agency">Space Development Agency</a> (SDA)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_intelligence_agencies">National intelligence agencies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National intelligence agencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several defense agencies are members of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" title="United States Intelligence Community">United States Intelligence Community</a>. These are national-level intelligence services that operate under the Department of Defense jurisdiction but simultaneously fall under the authorities of the <a href="/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence" title="Director of National Intelligence">Office of the Director of National Intelligence</a>. They fulfill the requirements of national policymakers and war planners, serve as <a href="/wiki/Combat_support_agency" title="Combat support agency">Combat Support Agencies</a>, and also assist and deploy alongside non-Department of Defense intelligence or law enforcement services such as the <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>. The military services each have their intelligence elements that are distinct from but subject to coordination by national intelligence agencies under the Department of Defense. Department of Defense manages the nation's coordinating authorities and assets in disciplines of <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">signals intelligence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geospatial_intelligence" title="Geospatial intelligence">geospatial intelligence</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Measurement_and_signature_intelligence" title="Measurement and signature intelligence">measurement and signature intelligence</a>, and also builds, launches, and operates the Intelligence Community's satellite assets. Department of Defense also has its own <a href="/wiki/Human_intelligence_(intelligence_collection)" class="mw-redirect" title="Human intelligence (intelligence collection)">human intelligence</a> <a href="/wiki/Defense_Clandestine_Service" title="Defense Clandestine Service">service</a>, which contributes to the CIA's human intelligence efforts while also focusing on military human intelligence priorities. These agencies are directly overseen by the <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence_and_Security" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security">under secretary of defense for intelligence and security</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerycaption">National Intelligence Agencies under the Department of Defense</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Defense Intelligence Agency"><img alt="Defense Intelligence Agency" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg/180px-Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg/240px-Seal_of_the_U.S._Defense_Intelligence_Agency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="127" data-file-height="127" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Defense Intelligence Agency">Defense Intelligence Agency</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency"><img alt="National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg/120px-US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg/180px-US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg/240px-US-NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency-2008Seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency" title="National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency">National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NRO.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Reconnaissance Office"><img alt="National Reconnaissance Office" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/NRO.svg/120px-NRO.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/NRO.svg/180px-NRO.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/NRO.svg/240px-NRO.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office" title="National Reconnaissance Office">National Reconnaissance Office</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Security Agency"><img alt="National Security Agency" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg/180px-Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg/240px-Seal_of_the_U.S._National_Security_Agency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="718" data-file-height="718" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Joint Chiefs of Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Joint_Staff_Org_Chart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/The_Joint_Staff_Org_Chart.jpg/220px-The_Joint_Staff_Org_Chart.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/The_Joint_Staff_Org_Chart.jpg/330px-The_Joint_Staff_Org_Chart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/The_Joint_Staff_Org_Chart.jpg/440px-The_Joint_Staff_Org_Chart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> and Joint Staff organizational chart</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> (JCS) is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the Department of Defense who advise the secretary of defense, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Homeland_Security_Council" title="United States Homeland Security Council">Homeland Security Council</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a> and the president on military matters. The composition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is defined by statute and consists of the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> (CJCS), <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> (VCJCS), senior enlisted advisor to the chairman (SEAC), the Military Service chiefs from the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Air Force</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a>, in addition to the chief of <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_Bureau" title="National Guard Bureau">National Guard Bureau</a>, all appointed by the president following <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> confirmation.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of the individual military service chiefs, outside their Joint Chiefs of Staff obligations, works directly for the secretary of the military department concerned: the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Army">secretary of the Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Navy">secretary of the Navy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Air Force">secretary of the Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a> in 1986, the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> no longer maintained operational command authority individually or collectively. The act designated the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) as the "principal military adviser to the president, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining Joint Chiefs of Staff may only have their advice relayed to the president, National Security Council, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Homeland_Security_Council" title="United States Homeland Security Council">Homeland Security Council</a>, or the secretary of defense after submitting it to the CJCS. By law, the chairman has to present that advice whenever he is presenting his own.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chain of command goes from the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">commanders of the Combatant Commands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Goldwater–Nichols also created the office of vice-chairman, and the chairman is now designated as the <i>principal military adviser</i> to the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and to the president.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Joint Staff (JS) is a headquarters staff at the <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">Pentagon</a> made up of personnel from all five services that assist the chairman and vice chairman in discharging their duties. It is managed by the <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Joint_Staff" title="Director of the Joint Staff">director of the Joint Staff</a> (DJS) who is a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General (United States)">lieutenant general</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral (United States)">vice admiral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_departments_and_services">Military departments and services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Military departments and services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are three military departments within the Department of Defense: </p> <ol><li>the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a>, within which the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> is organized.</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a>, within which the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> are organized.</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a>, within which the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> are organized.</li></ol> <p>The military departments are each headed by their secretary (i.e., <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a>), appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>. They have the legal authority under <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10 of the United States Code</a> to conduct all the affairs of their respective departments within which the military services are organized.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The secretaries of the military departments are (by law) subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a> and (by SecDef delegation) to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">deputy secretary of defense</a>. </p><p>Secretaries of military departments, in turn, normally exercise authority over their forces by delegation through their respective service chiefs (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a>) over forces not assigned to a <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">Combatant Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPolmar200520_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPolmar200520-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Military departments are tasked solely with "the training, provision of equipment, and administration of troops."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPolmar200520_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPolmar200520-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Defense_Reorganization_Act_of_1958" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Reorganization Act of 1958">Defense Reorganization Act of 1958</a> removed the power of command over troops from secretaries of military departments and service chiefs. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerycaption">Military Departments of the Department of Defense</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Department of the Army"><img alt="Department of the Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/120px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/180px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/240px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Department of the Navy"><img alt="Department of the Navy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/180px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/240px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="889" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Department of the Air Force"><img alt="Department of the Air Force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/180px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/240px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a></div> </li> </ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerycaption">Military Services of the Department of Defense</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="U.S. Army"><img alt="U.S. Army" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/120px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/180px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/240px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="U.S. Marine Corps"><img alt="U.S. Marine Corps" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/120px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/180px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/240px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="U.S. Navy"><img alt="U.S. Navy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/120px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/180px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/240px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="U.S. Air Force"><img alt="U.S. Air Force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/120px-Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/180px-Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/240px-Military_service_mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description" title="U.S. Space Force"><img alt="U.S. Space Force" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png/120px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png/180px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png/240px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="504" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">U.S. Space Force</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unified_Combatant_Commands">Unified Combatant Commands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Unified Combatant Commands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GCCMAP_2019.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/GCCMAP_2019.png/220px-GCCMAP_2019.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/GCCMAP_2019.png/330px-GCCMAP_2019.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/GCCMAP_2019.png/440px-GCCMAP_2019.png 2x" data-file-width="11100" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Department of Defense combatant command areas of responsibility</figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">unified combatant command</a> is a military command composed of personnel/equipment from at least two Military Departments, which has a broad, continuing mission.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhitley200944_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitley200944-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are responsible for the operational command of forces. Almost all operational U.S. forces are under the authority of a Unified Command.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPolmar200520_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPolmar200520-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TThe DOD <a href="/wiki/Unified_Command_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Command Plan">Unified Command Plan</a> lays out combatant commands' missions, geographical/functional responsibilities, and force structure.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhitley200944_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitley200944-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During military operations, the chain of command runs from the president to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Combatant_commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Combatant commander">combatant commanders</a> of the Combatant Commands.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPolmar200520_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPolmar200520-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the United States has eleven Combatant Commands, organized either on a geographical basis (known as "<a href="/wiki/Area_of_responsibility" title="Area of responsibility">area of responsibility</a>", AOR) or on a global, functional basis:<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Northern_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Northern Command">U.S. Northern Command</a> (USNORTHCOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Southern_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Southern Command">U.S. Southern Command</a> (USSOUTHCOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Central_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Central Command">U.S. Central Command</a> (USCENTCOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._European_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. European Command">U.S. European Command</a> (USEUCOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Indo-Pacific_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Indo-Pacific Command">U.S. Indo-Pacific Command</a> (USINDOPACOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Africa_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Africa Command">U.S. Africa Command</a> (USAFRICOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Strategic_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Strategic Command">U.S. Strategic Command</a> (USSTRATCOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Special_Operations_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Special Operations Command">U.S. Special Operations Command</a> (USSOCOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Transportation_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Transportation Command">U.S. Transportation Command</a> (USTRANSCOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Cyber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Cyber Command">U.S. Cyber Command</a> (USCYBERCOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Space_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Space Command">U.S. Space Command</a> (USSPACECOM)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Budget">Budget</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Budget"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Military budget of the United States</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png/220px-Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png/330px-Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png/440px-Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png 2x" data-file-width="5202" data-file-height="1405" /></a><figcaption>Defense spending as a percent of <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic product</a> from 1792 to 2017</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Defense_Outlays.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/United_States_Defense_Outlays.png/220px-United_States_Defense_Outlays.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/United_States_Defense_Outlays.png/330px-United_States_Defense_Outlays.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/United_States_Defense_Outlays.png/440px-United_States_Defense_Outlays.png 2x" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="289" /></a><figcaption>Total United States Defense outlays from 1962 to 2024 in $millions (2019 to 2024 are estimated)</figcaption></figure> <p>Department of Defense spending in 2017 was 3.15% of GDP and accounted for about 38% of the budgeted <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by military expenditures">global military spending</a> – more than the next 7 largest militaries combined.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2019, the 27th secretary of defense had begun a line-by-line review of the defense budget; in 2020 the secretary identified items amounting to $5.7 billion, out of a $106 billion subtotal (the so-called "fourth estate" agencies such as missile defense, and defense intelligence, amounting to 16% of the defense budget),<sup id="cite_ref-mcleary2020_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcleary2020-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-eaglen_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eaglen-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He will re-deploy to the modernization of hypersonics, artificial intelligence, and missile defense.<sup id="cite_ref-mcleary2020_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcleary2020-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beyond 2021 the 27th secretary of defense is projecting the need for yearly budget increases of 3 to 5 percent to modernize.<sup id="cite_ref-esper3,5_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esper3,5-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Department of Defense accounts for the majority of federal discretionary spending. In FY 2017, the Department of Defense budgeted spending accounted for 15% of the U.S. federal budget, and 49% of federal <a href="/wiki/Discretionary_spending" title="Discretionary spending">discretionary spending</a>, which represents funds not accounted for by pre-existing obligations. However, this does not include many military-related items that are outside the Department of Defense budget, such as nuclear weapons research, maintenance, cleanup, and production, which is in the Department of Energy budget, Veterans Affairs, the Treasury Department's payments in pensions to military retirees and widows and their families, interest on debt incurred in past wars, or State Department financing of foreign arms sales and militarily-related development assistance. Neither does it include defense spending that is not military, such as the Department of Homeland Security, counter-terrorism spending by the FBI, and intelligence-gathering spending by the NSA. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_federal_budget" title="2010 United States federal budget">2010 United States federal budget</a>, the Department of Defense was allocated a base budget of $533.7 billion, with a further $75.5 billion adjustment in respect of 2009, and $130 billion for overseas contingencies.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The subsequent 2010 Department of Defense Financial Report shows the total budgetary resources for <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">fiscal year</a> 2010 were $1.2 trillion.<sup id="cite_ref-DoD_FR_25_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoD_FR_25-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these resources, $1.1 trillion were obligated and $994 billion were disbursed, with the remaining resources relating to multi-year modernization projects requiring additional time to procure.<sup id="cite_ref-DoD_FR_25_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoD_FR_25-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After over a decade of <a href="/wiki/US_military_expenditure#GAO_audits" class="mw-redirect" title="US military expenditure">non-compliance</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2010" title="National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010">National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> established a deadline of <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">Fiscal year</a> 2017 for the Department of Defense to achieve <a href="/wiki/Audit#Accounting" title="Audit">audit readiness</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although this did not end up occurring. </p><p>In 2015 the allocation for the Department of Defense was $585 billion,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">highest level of budgetary resources</a> among all federal agencies, and this amounts to more than one-half of the annual federal expenditures in the United States federal budget <a href="/wiki/Discretionary_spending" title="Discretionary spending">discretionary budget</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 28, 2018, President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> signed the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R.6157) into law.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 30, 2018, the FY2018 Budget expired and the FY2019 budget came into effect. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FY2019">FY2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: FY2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The FY2019 Budget for the Department of Defense is approximately $686,074,048,000<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Including Base + Overseas Contingency Operations + Emergency Funds) in discretionary spending and $8,992,000,000 in mandatory spending totaling $695,066,000,000 </p><p><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_(Comptroller)" title="Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)">Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller)</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Norquist" title="David Norquist">David L. Norquist</a> said in a hearing regarding the FY 2019 budget: "The overall number you often hear is $716 billion. That is the amount of funding for national defense, the accounting code is 050 and includes more than simply the Department of Defense. It includes, for example, the Department of Energy and others. That large a number, if you back out the $30 billion for non-defense agencies, you get to $686 billion. That is the funding for the Department of Defense, split between $617 billion in base and $69 billion in <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Contingency_Operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas Contingency Operation">overseas contingency</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-fy2019GreenBook_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fy2019GreenBook-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Department of Defense budget encompasses the majority of the National Defense Budget of approximately $716.0 billion in discretionary spending and $10.8 billion in mandatory spending for a $726.8 billion total. Of the total, $708.1 billion falls under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Committee on Armed Services</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Armed Services Committee</a> and is subject to authorization by the annual <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act" title="National Defense Authorization Act">National Defense Authorization Act</a> (NDAA). The remaining $7.9 billion falls under the jurisdiction of other congressional committees.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Department of Defense is unique because it is one of the few federal entities where the majority of its funding falls into the discretionary category. The majority of the entire federal budget is mandatory, and much of the discretionary funding in the budget consists of DoD dollars. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Budget_overview">Budget overview</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Budget overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right"> <caption>DoD Base + OCO + Emergency budget by appropriation title<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Title </th> <th scope="col">FY 2019 ($ in thousands)* </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Military Personnel </th> <td>$152,883,052 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Operation and Maintenance </th> <td>$283,544,068 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Procurement </th> <td>$144,340,905 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">RDT&E </th> <td>$92,364,681 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Revolving and Management Funds </th> <td>$1,557,305 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <th scope="row"><b>Defense Bill</b> </th> <td>$674,690,011 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Military Construction </th> <td>$9,801,405 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Family Housing </th> <td>$1,582,632 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <th scope="row"><b>Military Construction Bill</b> </th> <td>$11,384,037 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold; text-decoration:solid underline"> <th scope="row"><b>Total</b> </th> <td>$686,074,048 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>* Numbers may not add due to rounding </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FY2024">FY2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: FY2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 10 March 2023 the <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">fiscal year</a> 2024 (FY2024) presidential budget request was $842<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion.<sup id="cite_ref-FY2024Agreement_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY2024Agreement-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2023, Treasury Secretary <a href="/wiki/Janet_Yellen" title="Janet Yellen">Janet Yellen</a> announced the US government would hit its $31.4<span class="nowrap"> </span>trillion <a href="/wiki/Debt_ceiling" class="mw-redirect" title="Debt ceiling">debt ceiling</a> on 19 January 2023;<sup id="cite_ref-31teraUSD_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31teraUSD-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the date on which the US government would no longer be able to use <a href="/wiki/United_States_debt_ceiling#Extraordinary_measures" title="United States debt ceiling">extraordinary measures</a> such as issuance of <a href="/wiki/Treasury_securities" class="mw-redirect" title="Treasury securities">Treasury securities</a> is estimated to be in June 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-yellen_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yellen-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 June 2023, the debt ceiling was suspended until 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-dorn_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dorn-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The $886<span class="nowrap"> </span>billion <a href="/wiki/2024_NDAA" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 NDAA">National Defense Authorization Act</a> is facing reconciliation of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> bills after passing both houses 27 July 2023; the conferees have to be chosen, next.<sup id="cite_ref-facingReconcil2023_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-facingReconcil2023-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ndaa2023_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndaa2023-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-harris2023_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris2023-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of September 2023, a <a href="/wiki/Continuing_resolution" title="Continuing resolution">Continuing resolution</a> is needed to prevent a <a href="/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States" title="Government shutdowns in the United States">Government shutdown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2023ShutdownThreat_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023ShutdownThreat-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-demRepCoalitionLikely_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demRepCoalitionLikely-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-whatShutdownAffects_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whatShutdownAffects-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A shutdown was avoided on 30 September for 45 days (until 17 November 2023),<sup id="cite_ref-houseCr23_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-houseCr23-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-senatCr23_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senatCr23-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2Crs_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2Crs-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-defenseAuthExpected_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defenseAuthExpected-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with passage of the NDAA on 14 December 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-zengerle23_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zengerle23-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Senate will next undertake negotiations on supplemental spending for 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-supplementalUpNext_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-supplementalUpNext-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8Jan24status_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8Jan24status-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A government shutdown was averted on 23 March 2024 with the signing of a $1.2 trillion bill to cover FY2024.<sup id="cite_ref-trillionBudgetIn2024_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trillionBudgetIn2024-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stopgapUntil8Mar24_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stopgapUntil8Mar24-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism_of_finances">Criticism of finances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Criticism of finances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office_investigations_of_the_Department_of_Defense" title="Government Accountability Office investigations of the Department of Defense">Government Accountability Office investigations of the Department of Defense</a></div> <p>A 2013 <i>Reuters</i> investigation concluded that <a href="/wiki/Defense_Finance_and_Accounting_Service" title="Defense Finance and Accounting Service">Defense Finance & Accounting Service</a>, the Department of Defense's primary financial management arm, implements monthly "unsubstantiated change actions"—illegal, inaccurate "plugs"—that forcibly make DoD's books match Treasury's books.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> reported that <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">the Pentagon</a> was the only federal agency that had not released annual audits as required by a 1992 law. According to Reuters, the Pentagon "annually reports to Congress that its books are in such disarray that an audit is impossible".<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, a Pentagon consulting firm performed an audit on the Department of Defense's budget. It found that there was $125 billion in wasteful spending that could be saved over the next five years without layoffs or reduction in military personnel. In 2016, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> uncovered that rather than taking the advice of the auditing firm, senior defense officials suppressed and hid the report from the public to avoid political scrutiny.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General,_U.S._Department_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense">Office of the Inspector General</a> released a report stating that the Army made $6.5 trillion in wrongful adjustments to its accounting entries in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Department of Defense failed its fifth audit in 2022, and could not account for more than 60% of its $3.5 trillion in assets.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the latest <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Effective_Government" title="Center for Effective Government">Center for Effective Government</a> analysis of 15 federal agencies which receive the most <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)" title="Freedom of Information Act (United States)">Freedom of Information Act</a> requests, published in 2015 (using 2012 and 2013 data, the most recent years available), the DoD earned 61 out of a possible 100 points, a D− grade. While it had improved from a failing grade in 2013, it still had low scores in processing requests (55%) and disclosure rules (42%).<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_legislation">Related legislation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Department_of_Defense&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Related legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The organization and functions of the Department of Defense are in <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10 of the United States Code</a>. </p><p>Other significant legislation related to the Department of Defense includes: </p> <ul><li>1947: <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></li> <li>1958: Department of Defense Reorganization Act, <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/85/599">85–599</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Appropriations_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Defense Appropriations Act">Department of Defense Appropriations Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/88/149">88–149</a></li> <li>1963: Military Construction Authorization Act, <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/88/174">88–174</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Supplemental_Defense_Appropriations_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act">Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/90/8">90–8</a></li> <li>1984: Department of Defense Authorization Act, <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/98/525">98–525</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Goldwater-Nichols_Act_of_1986" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986">Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986</a> (Department of Defense Reorganization Act), <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/99/433">99–433</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Antiterrorism_and_Effective_Death_Penalty_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act">Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. 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Logistics, and Technology">Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Civil_Works)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)">Assistant Secretary for Civil Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Financial_Management_and_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary (Financial Management and Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_for_Installations,_Energy_and_Environment" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment">Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Manpower_and_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Army" title="General Counsel of the Army">General Counsel of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Administrative_Assistant_to_the_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army">The Administrative Assistant</a> <br /> The Army Staff: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Vice Chief of Staff of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army" title="Sergeant Major of the Army">Sergeant Major of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_Staff_G-8_Programs_of_The_United_States_Army" title="Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Programs of The United States Army">Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Judge Advocate General of the United States Army">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Provost_Marshal_General" title="United States Army Provost Marshal General">Provost Marshal General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Surgeon General of the United States Army">Surgeon General</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> field organizations: see <i><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Structure of the United States Army">Structure of the United States Army</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a></b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Navy">The Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Energy,_Installations_and_Environment)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Financial_Management_and_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Manpower_and_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Research,_Development_and_Acquisition)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Navy" title="General Counsel of the Navy">General Counsel of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Judge Advocate General of the Navy">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Criminal_Investigative_Service" title="Naval Criminal Investigative Service">Naval Criminal Investigative Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Inspector_General" title="Naval Inspector General">Naval Inspector General</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a>: <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">Chaplain</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> field organizations: see <i><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">Organization of the United States Marine Corps</a></i> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Chief of Naval Operations">Office of the Chief of Naval Operations</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Vice Chief of Naval Operations">Vice Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Chief_Petty_Officer_of_the_Navy" title="Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy">Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reactors" title="Naval Reactors">Director of Naval Reactors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Chief of Naval Personnel">Chief of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Surgeon General of the United States Navy">Surgeon General</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> field organizations: see <i><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Structure of the United States Navy">Structure of the United States Navy</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a></b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Air Force">The Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">Under Secretary of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Acquisition,_Technology_and_Logistics)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Financial_Management_%26_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Installations,_Environment_%26_Energy)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Manpower_%26_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force">General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Office_of_Special_Investigations" title="Air Force Office of Special Investigations">Air Force Office of Special Investigations</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">The Air Staff</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force" title="Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force">Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Safety_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Safety of the United States Air Force">Chief of Safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Scientist_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force">Chief Scientist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Surgeon General of the United States Air Force">Surgeon General</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> field organizations: <a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major Commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Reporting_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct Reporting Unit">Direct Reporting Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Space_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Staff">Space Staff</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> field organizations</li></ul> 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href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security">Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li>Committees on Armed Services <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States four-star officers">Active duty four-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States three-star officers">Active duty three-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_seniority" title="United States military seniority">United States military seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_components_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Department of Defense</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service branches<br /> and heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_Coast_Guard" title="Commandant of the Coast Guard">Commandant of the Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Reserves: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Reserve" title="United States Coast Guard Reserve">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">AF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Civilian auxiliaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Auxiliary_Radio_System" title="Military Auxiliary Radio System">Military Auxiliary Radio System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant<br /> command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_14_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 14 of the United States Code">Title 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">Title 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">Title 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_military_installations" title="List of American military installations">Installations</a></li> <li>Units: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Category:Units and formations of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Organization of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military logistics of the United States">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_of_the_military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Mass media of the military of the United States">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Armed_Forces_unit_mottoes" title="List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes">Unit mottoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations<br />and <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_deployments" title="United States military deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_United_States" title="List of conflicts in the United States">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States" title="List of wars involving the United States">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_civil_affairs_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces">Civil affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="History of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="History of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" title="Timeline of United States military operations">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans" title="Military history of African Americans">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans" title="Military history of Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhists_in_the_United_States_military" title="Buddhists in the United States military">Buddhist Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Jewish_Americans" title="Military history of Jewish Americans">Jewish Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military" title="Muslims in the United States military">Muslim Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhs_in_the_United_States_military" title="Sikhs in the United States military">Sikh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Hispanic_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Hispanic Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Hispanics in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Hispanics in the United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Navy" title="Hispanics in the United States Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Naval_Academy" title="Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy">Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_History_Division" title="United States Marine Corps History Division">Marine Corps History Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/American_official_war_artists" title="American official war artists">War artists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Art_Program" title="United States Air Force Art Program">Air Force Art Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Service academies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">A</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Military Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">MC/N</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="Naval Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">AF/SF</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Officer candidate/training school: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Entrance_Processing_Command" title="United States Military Entrance Processing Command">MEPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> (MC)</li> <li>Enlisted recruit training: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Training_Center_Cape_May" title="United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_education_and_training_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Military education and training in the United States">Other education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces">Uniforms</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Awards & decorations</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-service_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military">Inter-service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorized_foreign_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military">Foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_decoration_authorized_by_the_United_States_military" title="International military decoration authorized by the United States military">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_award_devices" title="United States military award devices">Devices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States" title="Military badges of the United States">Badges</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identification_badges_of_the_uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States">Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Badges of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Badges of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">Ranks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Officer: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officers</a></li> <li>Enlisted: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_enlisted_ranks" title="List of United States Coast Guard enlisted ranks">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Oath: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment" title="United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment">Enlistment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">Officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Creeds & Codes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer%27s_creed" title="Noncommissioned officer's creed">NCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guardsman" title="Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Armed_Forces)" title="Service number (United States Armed Forces)">Service numbers</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Service number (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Coast_Guard)" title="Service number (United States Coast Guard)">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_code" title="United States military occupation code">Military Occupational Specialty</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Health_System" title="Military Health System">Military Health System</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tricare" title="Tricare">Tricare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_(United_States_military)" title="Separation (United States military)">Separation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States" title="Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States">Chiefs of Chaplains</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of equipment of the United States Armed Forces">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">A</a> (<a href="/wiki/Army_Nomenclature_System" title="Army Nomenclature System">Designations</a>)</li> <li>MC: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">other</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of equipment of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of land vehicles of the United States Armed Forces">Vehicles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles" title="List of currently active United States military land vehicles">active</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_watercraft" class="mw-redirect" title="List of currently active United States military watercraft">All watercraft</a></li> <li>Ships: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of ships of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy#Future_ships" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">future</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of ships of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_cutters" title="List of United States Coast Guard cutters">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Military_Sealift_Command_ships" title="List of Military Sealift Command ships">MSC</a></li></ul></li> <li>Weapons: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_weapons" title="List of United States Navy weapons">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_reactors" title="United States naval reactors">Reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="Lists of military aircraft of the United States">Aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_undesignated_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft" title="List of active United States military aircraft">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_future_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of future military aircraft of the United States">future</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_designation_systems" title="United States military aircraft designation systems">Aircraft designation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._helicopter_armament_subsystems" title="U.S. helicopter armament subsystems">Helicopter arms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army_during_World_War_II" title="List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II">WWII equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_football" title="Nuclear football">Nuclear football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States" title="List of military electronics of the United States">Electronics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Joint_Electronics_Type_Designation_System" title="Joint Electronics Type Designation System">designations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flags_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Flags of the United States Armed Forces">Flags</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Flag of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Flag of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Flag of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Flag of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Flag of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Flag of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_United_States" title="Ensign of the United States">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States" title="Jack of the United States">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guidon_(United_States)" title="Guidon (United States)">Guidons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_ration" title="United States military ration">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="United States and weapons of mass destruction">WMDs</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States" title="Nuclear weapons of the United States">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_biological_weapons_program" title="United States biological weapons program">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._chemical_weapons_topics" title="List of U.S. chemical weapons topics">Chemical</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a 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Intelligence Branch">FBI Intelligence Branch</a> (<i>Justice</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DHS_Office_of_Intelligence_and_Analysis" title="DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis">Office of Intelligence and Analysis</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security"><i>Homeland Security</i></a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Intelligence_and_Analysis_(Treasury_Department)" title="Office of Intelligence and Analysis (Treasury Department)">Office of Intelligence and Analysis</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Department of the Treasury"><i>Treasury</i></a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Intelligence_and_Counterintelligence" title="Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence">Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy" title="United States Department of Energy"><i>Energy</i></a>)</li></ul> 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Security Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Threat_Intelligence_Integration_Center" title="Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center">Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Intelligence_Council" title="National Intelligence Council">National Intelligence Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Advanced_Research_Projects_Activity" title="Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity">Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Joint_Intelligence_Community_Council" title="United States Joint Intelligence Community Council">Joint Intelligence Community Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associate_Director_of_National_Intelligence_and_Chief_Information_Officer" title="Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer">Chief Information Officer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Truman">Presidency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Harry_S._Truman_presidency" title="Timeline of the Harry S. Truman presidency">Timeline</a></li> <li>Inaugurations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="First inauguration of Harry S. Truman">first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="Second inauguration of Harry S. Truman">second</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman">Assassination attempt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1952_Puerto_Rican_constitutional_referendum" title="1952 Puerto Rican constitutional referendum">1952 Puerto Rican constitutional referendum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union Address</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1946 State of the Union Address">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1947 State of the Union Address">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1948 State of the Union Address">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1949 State of the Union Address">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1950 State of the Union Address">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1951 State of the Union Address">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1952 State of the Union Address">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1953_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="January 1953 State of the Union Address">1953</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Harry_S._Truman" title="List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman">Judicial appointments</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Supreme_Court_candidates" title="Harry S. Truman Supreme Court candidates">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Minton_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Sherman Minton Supreme Court nomination">Sherman Minton Supreme Court nomination</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#Administration_and_cabinet" title="Harry S. Truman">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Balcony" title="Truman Balcony">Truman Balcony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_passing#"The_buck_stops_here"" title="Buck passing">"The buck stops here"</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Harry_S._Truman/Executive_orders" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Harry S. Truman/Executive orders">Executive Orders</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Harry_S._Truman/Presidential_Proclamations" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Harry S. Truman/Presidential Proclamations">Presidential Proclamations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Presidential transition of Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower transition</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Harry_S._Truman_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration">Foreign policy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Doctrine" title="Truman Doctrine">Truman Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potsdam_Conference" title="Potsdam Conference">Potsdam Conference</a> <ul><li>1945; <a href="/wiki/Potsdam_Agreement" title="Potsdam Agreement">Agreement on Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potsdam_Declaration" title="Potsdam Declaration">Declaration to Japan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_Brides_Act" title="War Brides Act">War Brides Act</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_Fianc%C3%A9es_and_Fianc%C3%A9s_Act" title="Alien Fiancées and Fiancés Act">Alien Fiancées and Fiancés Act</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luce%E2%80%93Celler_Act" title="Luce–Celler Act">Luce–Celler Act</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_9835" title="Executive Order 9835">Executive Order 9835</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade" title="General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade">General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoover_Commission" title="Hoover Commission">Hoover Commission</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">U.S. Department of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Resources_Board" title="National Security Resources Board">National Security Resources Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Displaced_Persons_Act" title="Displaced Persons Act">Displaced Persons Act</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Key_West_Agreement" title="Key West Agreement">Key West Agreement</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Plan" title="Marshall Plan">Marshall Plan</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Joint Long Range Proving Grounds</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty" title="North Atlantic Treaty">North Atlantic Treaty</a> <ul><li>1949; <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Admirals" title="Revolt of the Admirals">Revolt of the Admirals</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> <ul><li>1950–1953; <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_82" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 82">U.N. Security Council Resolutions 82,</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_83" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 83">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Production_Act_of_1950" title="Defense Production Act of 1950">Defense Production Act of 1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relief_of_Douglas_MacArthur" title="Relief of Douglas MacArthur">Relief of Douglas MacArthur</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Defense_Mobilization" title="Office of Defense Mobilization">Office of Defense Mobilization</a> <ul><li>1950; <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Science_Advisory_Committee" title="President's Science Advisory Committee">Science Advisory Committee</a>, 1951</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952" title="Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952">Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> (1952)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fair_Deal" title="Fair Deal">Fair Deal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Freedom_(1945)" title="Medal of Freedom (1945)">Medal of Freedom</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1945" title="Revenue Act of 1945">Revenue Act of 1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Mental_Health_Act" title="National Mental Health Act">National Mental Health Act</a> <ul><li>1946; <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Mental_Health" title="National Institute of Mental Health">National Institute of Mental Health</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Act_of_1946" title="Atomic Energy Act of 1946">Atomic Energy Act of 1946</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission" title="United States Atomic Energy Commission">U.S. Atomic Energy Commission</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Employment_Act_of_1946" title="Employment Act of 1946">Employment Act of 1946</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Economic_Advisers" title="Council of Economic Advisers">Council of Economic Advisers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flood_Control_Act" title="Flood Control Act">Flood Control Acts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flood_Control_Act_of_1946" title="Flood Control Act of 1946">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flood_Control_Act_of_1948" title="Flood Control Act of 1948">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flood_Control_Act_of_1950" title="Flood Control Act of 1950">1950</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulbright_Program" title="Fulbright Program">Fulbright Program</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill%E2%80%93Burton_Act" title="Hill–Burton Act">Hill–Burton Act</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Reorganization_Act_of_1946" title="Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946">Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Regulation_of_Lobbying_Act_of_1946" title="Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946">Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Tort_Claims_Act" title="Federal Tort Claims Act">Federal Tort Claims Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service" title="Congressional Research Service">Legislative Reference Service</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_School_Lunch_Act" title="National School Lunch Act">National School Lunch Act</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Committee_on_Civil_Rights" title="President's Committee on Civil Rights">President's Committee on Civil Rights</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Insecticide,_Fungicide,_and_Rodenticide_Act" title="Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act">Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_and_Home_Finance_Agency" title="Housing and Home Finance Agency">Housing and Home Finance Agency</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Succession_Act" title="Presidential Succession Act">Presidential Succession Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Hartley_Act" title="Taft–Hartley Act">Taft–Hartley Act</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Act_of_1948" title="Agricultural Act of 1948">Agricultural Act of 1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_9981" title="Executive Order 9981">Executive Order 9981</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1948" title="Revenue Act of 1948">Revenue Act of 1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Act_of_1949" title="Agricultural Act of 1949">Agricultural Act of 1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_Act_of_1949" title="Housing Act of 1949">Housing Act of 1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingell%E2%80%93Johnson_Act" title="Dingell–Johnson Act">Dingell–Johnson Act</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1950" title="Revenue Act of 1950">Revenue Act of 1950</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Excess_profits_tax" title="Excess profits tax">Excess profits tax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unrelated_Business_Income_Tax" title="Unrelated Business Income Tax">Unrelated Business Income Tax</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1951" title="Revenue Act of 1951">Revenue Act of 1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1952" title="Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952">Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_steel_strike" title="1952 steel strike">1952 steel strike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#Early_life_and_career" title="Harry S. Truman">Early life and career</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Presidential_Library_and_Museum" title="Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum">Presidential Library, Museum, and gravesite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Office_and_Courtroom" title="Harry S Truman Office and Courtroom">Missouri Office and Courtroom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Committee" title="Truman Committee">Truman Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="1944 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">1944 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Homes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Birthplace_State_Historic_Site" title="Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site">Birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Farm_Home" title="Harry S. Truman Farm Home">Harry S. Truman Farm Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_National_Historic_Site" title="Harry S. Truman National Historic Site">Harry S. Truman home and National Historic Site</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Historic_District" title="Harry S. Truman Historic District">Historic District</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_House" title="Blair House">Blair House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Little_White_House" title="Harry S. Truman Little White House">Truman Little White House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="Electoral history of Harry S. Truman">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri" title="1934 United States Senate election in Missouri">United States Senate election in Missouri, 1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri" title="1940 United States Senate election in Missouri">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1944 Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention 1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1948 Democratic National Convention">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election" title="1944 United States presidential election">1944 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">1948</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_1948_presidential_campaign" title="Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman" title="Dewey Defeats Truman">Dewey Defeats Truman</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Just_Wild_About_Harry" title="I'm Just Wild About Harry">campaign song</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries">1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="Bibliography of Harry S. Truman">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Day" title="Truman Day">Truman Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S_Truman_Building" title="Harry S Truman Building">Harry S Truman Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Reservoir" title="Truman Reservoir">Truman Dam and Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Scholarship" title="Harry S. Truman Scholarship">Harry S. Truman Scholarship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Sports_Complex" title="Truman Sports Complex">Truman Sports Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidents_of_the_United_States_on_U.S._postage_stamps#Harry_S._Truman" title="Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps">U.S. Postage stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="Statue of Harry S. Truman">Statue of Harry S. Truman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public image</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Give_%27em_Hell,_Harry!" title="Give 'em Hell, Harry!">Give 'em Hell, Harry!</a></i> (1975 play and film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Truman_(song)" title="Harry Truman (song)">Harry Truman</a></i> (1975 song by <a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Collision_Course:_Truman_vs._MacArthur" title="Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur">Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur</a></i> (1976 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MacArthur_(1977_film)" title="MacArthur (1977 film)">MacArthur</a></i> (1977 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Backstairs_at_the_White_House" title="Backstairs at the White House">Backstairs at the White House</a></i> (1979 miniseries)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Truman_(1995_film)" title="Truman (1995 film)">Truman</a></i> (1995 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Truman_(1997_film)" title="Truman (1997 film)">Truman</a></i> (1997 documentary film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Lady_(American_TV_series)" title="The First Lady (American TV series)">The First Lady</a></i> (2022 TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oppenheimer_(film)" title="Oppenheimer (film)">Oppenheimer</a></i> (2023 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bess_Truman" title="Bess Truman">Bess Wallace Truman</a> (wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Truman" title="Margaret Truman">Margaret Truman</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Ellen_Young_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Martha Ellen Young Truman">Martha Ellen Young Truman</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_Truman_Daniel" title="Clifton Truman Daniel">Clifton Truman Daniel</a> (grandson)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. 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