= United States Department of the Army = The '''United States Department of the Army''' is a [[UnitedStates/Departments|sub-cabinet executive department]] of the United States government. It is responsible for the [[UnitedStates/ArmedForces|U.S. Army]]. <> ---- == Composition == The department was led by a '''secretary''' and '''undersecretary'''. The abbreviations '''SECARMY''' and '''USA''', respectively, are commonly used. Several '''assistant secretaries''' oversee offices. Programs are overseen by a '''program executive officer''' ('''PEO'''). The '''general counsel''' is the senior legal advisor to the secretary. These offices and programs report to the '''acquisition executive''', more formally known as the '''assistant secretary of Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology''' ('''ASA(ALT)'''): * ... These offices and programs report to the '''assistant secretary of Civil Works''' ('''ASA(CW)'''): * ... These offices and programs report to the '''assistant secretary of Financial Management and Comptroller''' ('''ASA(FM&C)'''): * ... These offices and programs report to the '''assistant secretary of Installations, Energy, and Environment''' ('''ASA(IE&E)'''): * ... These offices and programs report to the '''assistant secretary of Manpower and Reserve Affairs''' ('''ASA(M&RA)'''): * ... These offices and programs report to the '''chief information officer''' ('''CIO'''): * ... Some assistant secretaries have a '''principal deputy assistant secretary''' and several '''deputy assistant secretaries'''. These are abbreviated similarly to the undersecretaries themselves. ---- == History == In 1947, [[UnitedStates/HarrySTruman|Truman]] split the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfWar|Department of War]] into Army and [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheAirForce|Air Force]]. The '''National Military Establishment''' ('''NME'''), led by a '''secretary of defense''', encompassed both of these departments and the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheNavy|Navy]]. This was renamed to the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfDefense|DOD]] in 1949. However, it was [[UnitedStates/DwightDEisenhower|Eisenhower]] who reorganized it into the modern DOD, in 1958. ---- CategoryRicottone