= National Security Act = The '''National Security Act of 1947''' reorganized the [[UnitedStates/ArmedForces|U.S. Armed Forces]], the civilian command over them, and the logistics operations for them. <> ---- == Description == The [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfWar|Department of War]] was split between [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheArmy|Army]] and [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheAirForce|Air Force]]. These departments, along with that of the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheNavy|Navy]], were then made subordinate to a [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfDefense|National Military Establishment]]. The [[UnitedStates/JointStaff|Joint Chiefs of Staff]] was established to centralized uniformed command within the NME. The various logistics agencies and munitions boards that oversaw the [[UnitedStates/ArmedForces|U.S. Armed Forces]] supply chain were consolidated into the [[UnitedStates/NationalSecurityResourcesBoard|NSRB]] and the '''Munitions Board'''. ---- == History == As early as 1944, Congress began to study a reorganization plan for the [[UnitedStates/ArmedForces|U.S. Armed Forces]]. The '''Select Committee On Postwar Military Policy''' was convened and heard plans from both the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfWar|War Deparment]] and [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheNavy|Navy]]; the former supported a merger while the latter opposed any reorganization. After a few months, the committee was dissolved without consensus. It was also known as the '''Wadsworth Committee''' for [[UnitedStates/JamesWWadsworth|Wadsworth]] who introduced the resolution to create it. In late 1945, [[UnitedStates/HarrySTruman|Truman]] began to lobby Congress for a merger. In 1946 he issued gag orders against Navy leadership to prevent them from publicly opposing his plans. In February 1947, Truman sent a draft of the National Security Act to Congress. By July, the bill was finally passed and signed into law. In 1949, the NME was renamed to the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfDefense|DOD]]; [[UnitedStates/DwightDEisenhower|Eisenhower]] would further reorganize it in 1958 to establish the modern DOD. The [[UnitedStates/NationalSecurityResourcesBoard|NSRB]] and '''Munitions Board''' both quickly became ineffectual. Truman attempted to solve these issues by creating additional agencies (i.e. the [[UnitedStates/OfficeOfDefenseMobilization|ODM]] and '''Defense Supply Management Agency'''). Eisenhower eliminated all of these boards and agencies; economic management powers were abandoned, mobilization advisement was moved into the [[UnitedStates/ExecutiveOfficeOfThePresident|Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization]], and procurement was assigned to a new [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfDefense|assistant secretary for Supply and Logistics]]. ---- CategoryCategory