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| The '''United States Department of Defense''' is an executive [[UnitedStates/Departments|department]] of the federal government. | The '''United States Department of Defense''' ('''DoD''') is an executive [[UnitedStates/Departments|department]] of the federal government. It comprises the civilian chain of command over the [[UnitedStates/ArmedForces|United States Armed Forces]]. |
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| Agencies include: | The department is led by the '''Secretary''' and '''Deputy Secretary''' of DoD. Several agency-specific leaderships follow. |
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| * [[UnitedStates/DefenseSecurityCooperationAgency|Defense Security Cooperation Agency]] | Several '''undersecretaries''' and '''assistant secretaries''' of the DoD oversee agencies, which themselves are composed of '''directorates''' and are led by '''directors'''. These agencies report to the '''undersecretary for Intelligence and Security''': * [[UnitedStates/DefenseIntelligenceAgency|DIA]] * [[UnitedStates/NationalGeospatialIntelligenceAgency|NGA]] * [[UnitedStates/NationalSecurityAgency|NSA]] * [[UnitedStates/NationalReconnaissanceOffice|NRO]] Agencies reporting to the '''undersecretary of Policy''' include: * [[UnitedStates/DefenseSecurityCooperationAgency|DSCA]] The [[UnitedStates/JointStaff|Joint Chiefs of Staff]] are the highest ranking uniformed members of the [[UnitedStates/ArmedForces|United States Armed Forces]]. |
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is an executive department of the federal government. It comprises the civilian chain of command over the United States Armed Forces.
Composition
The department is led by the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of DoD. Several agency-specific leaderships follow.
Several undersecretaries and assistant secretaries of the DoD oversee agencies, which themselves are composed of directorates and are led by directors.
These agencies report to the undersecretary for Intelligence and Security:
Agencies reporting to the undersecretary of Policy include:
The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the highest ranking uniformed members of the United States Armed Forces.