DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary, , Washington, DC 20301–1155 Phone, 703–545–6700. Internet, www.defenselink.mil.

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILLIAM S. COHEN Deputy Secretary of Defense RUDY F. DE LEON Chief of ROBERT S. TYRER The Special Assistant to the Secretary and PHEBE NOVAKOVIC Deputy Secretary of Defense Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense LIZ BAILEY for White House Liaison Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of BERNARD D. ROSTKER Defense for Gulf War Illnesses Director, Defense Reform Initiative STAN Z. SOLOWAY Executive Secretary COL. MARIA I. CRIBBS, USAF Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, JACQUES S. GANSLER Technology, and Logistics Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense DAVID R. OLIVER, JR. for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for (VACANCY) Nuclear and Chemical and Biological (NCB) Defense Programs Deputy Under Secretary of Defense DAVID R. OLIVER, JR. (Acquisition and Technology) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense STAN Z. SOLOWAY (Acquisition Reform) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense JOSEPH J. EASH III (Advanced Systems and Concepts) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense SHERRI W. GOODMAN (Environmental Security) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense JEFFREY P. BIALOS (Industrial Affairs) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense RANDALL A. YIM (Installations) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (VACANCY) (Logistics and Materiel Readiness) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Science (VACANCY) and Technology) Director, Defense Research and Engineering HANS MARK Director, Small and Disadvantaged Business ROBERT L. NEAL, JR. Utilization Under Secretary of Defense for Policy WALTER B. SLOCOMBE Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense JAMES M. BODNER for Policy Assistant Secretary of Defense (International FRANKLIN D. KRAMER Security Affairs) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special BRIAN E. SHERIDAN Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict) 156 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 157

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Strategy and EDWARD L. WARNER III Threat Reduction) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy PETER F. VERGA Support) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense DAVID TARBELL (Technology Security Policy) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and BERNARD D. ROSTKER Readiness Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force ALPHONSO MALDON, JR. Management Policy) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health (VACANCY) Affairs) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (VACANCY) (Planning) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense JEANNE FITES (Program Integration) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve (VACANCY) Affairs) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense THOMAS LONGSTRETH (Readiness) Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief WILLIAM J. LYNN III Financial Officer Principal Deputy Under Secretary ALICE C. MARONI (Comptroller) Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation ROBERT R. SOULE Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, ARTHUR L. MONEY Control, Communications, and Intelligence) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative JOHN VERONEAU Affairs) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) KENNETH H. BACON Counsel (VACANCY) Director, Operational Test and Evaluation PHILIP E. COYLE III Inspector General (VACANCY) Assistant to the Secretary of Defense GEORGE B. LOTZ II (Intelligence Oversight) Director of Administration and Management D.O. COOKE Chairman GEN. HENRY H. SHELTON, USA Vice Chairman GEN. RICHARD B. MYERS, USAF , Army GEN. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, USA Chief of Naval Operations ADM. JAY L. JOHNSON, USN Chief of Staff, Air Force GEN. MICHAEL E. RYAN, USAF Commandant, Marine Corps GEN. JAMES L. JONES, USMC Joint Staff Director LT. GEN. CARLTON W. FULFORD, JR., USMC Vice Director MAJ. GEN. GARRY R. TREXLER, USAF Director for Manpower and Personnel—J–1 BRIG. GEN. ROBERT L. SMOLEN, USAF Director, Intelligence—J–2 REAR ADM. LOWELL E. JACOBY, USN Director for Operations—J–3 VICE ADM. SCOTT A. FRY, USN 158 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

Director for Logistics—J–4 LT. GEN. JOHN M. MCDUFFIE, USA Director for Strategic Plans and Policy—J–5 LT. GEN. EDWARD G. ANDERSON III, USA Director for Command, Control, LT. GEN. JOHN L. WOODWARD, JR., Communications, and Computer USAF Systems—J–6 Director for Operational Plans and MAJ. GEN. HENRY P. OSMAN, Interoperability—J–7 USMC Director for Force Structure, Resources, and LT. GEN. BRUCE A. CARLSON, USAF Assessment—J–8 [For the Department of Defense statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 32, Chapter I, Subchapter R]

The Department of Defense is responsible for providing the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country. The major elements of these forces are the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, consisting of about 1.4 million men and women on active duty. They are backed, in case of emergency, by the 1 million members of the Reserve and National Guard. In addition, there are about 700,000 civilian employees in the Defense Department. Under the President, who is also Commander in Chief, the Secretary of Defense exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department, which includes the separately organized military departments of Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff providing military advice, the unified combatant commands, and various defense agencies established for specific purposes.

The Act Amendments and efficiency of his department. Orders of 1949 redesignated the National to the military departments are issued Military Establishment as the Department through the Secretaries of these of Defense and established it as an departments or their designees, by the executive department (10 U.S.C. 111), Secretary of Defense, or under authority with the Secretary of Defense as its specifically delegated in writing by the head. Secretary of Defense or provided by law. The commanders of the unified Structure combatant commands are responsible to the President and the Secretary of The Department of Defense is composed Defense for accomplishing the military of the Office of the Secretary of Defense; missions assigned to them and exercising the military departments and the military command authority over forces assigned services within those departments; the to them. The operational chain of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and command runs from the President to the the Joint Staff; the unified combatant Secretary of Defense to the commanders commands; the defense agencies; DOD of the unified combatant commands. The field activities; and such other offices, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff agencies, activities, and commands as functions within the chain of command may be established or designated by by transmitting the orders of the law, or by the President or the Secretary President or the Secretary of Defense to of Defense. the commanders of the unified Each military department is separately combatant commands. organized under its own Secretary and Secretary of Defense The Secretary of functions under the authority, direction, Defense is the principal defense policy and control of the Secretary of Defense. adviser to the President and is The Secretary of each military responsible for the formulation of department is responsible to the general defense policy and policy related Secretary of Defense for the operation to DOD, and for the execution of DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 159 VICE CHAIRMAN, THE JOINT STAFF CHIEF OF STAFF, ARMY JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHIEF OF STAFF, AIR FORCE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS COMMANDANT, MARINE CORPS CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF UNIFIED COMBATANT COMMANDS CENTRAL COMMAND EUROPEAN COMMAND JOINT FORCES COMMAND PACIFIC COMMAND SOUTHERN COMMAND SPACE COMMAND SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND STRATEGIC COMMAND TRANSPORTATION COMMAND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF DEFENSE OF DEFENSE AND EQUIVALENTS UNDER SECRETARIES ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DEFENSE AGENCIES AND STAFF MAJOR CHIEF OF AGENCIES AIR FORCE AIR FORCE COMMANDS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE * DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND Reports directly to the Secretary of Defense UNDER BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY DEFENSE SECURITY SERVICE DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY* /CENTRAL SERVICE * OF THE AIR FORCE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE SECRETARIES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND MARINE CORPS AGENCIES COMMANDS OF MARINE CORPS MAJOR COMMANDANT AND NAVAL CHIEF OF AGENCIES OPERATIONS COMMANDS NAVY MAJOR SECRETARY OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND UNDER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SECRETARIES DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES AND ARMY STAFF CHIEF OF AGENCIES COMMANDS ARMY MAJOR AMERICAN FORCES INFORMATION SERVICE DEFENSE POW/MP OFFICE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES AND UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY SECRETARIES 160 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL approved policy. Under the direction of Readiness is the principal staff assistant the President, the Secretary exercises and adviser to the Secretary of Defense authority, direction, and control over the for policy matters relating to the Department of Defense. structure and readiness of the total force. Functional areas include: readiness; Activties civilian and military personnel policies, Acquisition and Technology The Under programs, and systems; civilian and Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, military equal opportunity programs; Technology, and Logistics is the health policies, programs, and activities; principal staff assistant and adviser to the Reserve component programs, policies, Secretary of Defense for all matters and activities; family policy, dependent’s relating to the DOD acquisition system, education, and personnel support research and development, advanced programs; and mobilization planning technology, developmental test and and requirements. evaluation, production, logistics, Policy The Under Secretary of Defense installation management, military for Policy is the principal staff assistant construction, procurement, and adviser to the Secretary of Defense environmental security, and nuclear, for policy matters relating to overall chemical, and biological matters. international security policy and Command, Control, Communications, political-military affairs. Functional areas and Intelligence The Assistant Secretary include NATO affairs; net assessments; of Defense (Command, Control, foreign military sales; arms limitation Communications, and Intelligence (C3I)) agreements; international trade and is the principal staff assistant and adviser technology security; regional security to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of affairs; special operations and low- Defense for achieving and maintaining intensity conflict; integration of information superiority in support of departmental plans and policies with DOD missions, while exploiting or overall national security objectives; drug denying an adversary’s ability to do the control policy, requirements, priorities, same. systems, resources, and programs; and Personnel and Readiness The Under issuance of policy guidance affecting Secretary of Defense for Personnel and departmental programs.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Chairman. Subject to the authority of the President and the Secretary of The Joint Chiefs of Staff consist of the Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chairman; the Vice Chairman; the Chief Chiefs of Staff is responsible for: of Staff of the Army; the Chief of Naval —assisting the President and the Operations; the Chief of Staff of the Air Secretary of Defense in providing for the Force; and the Commandant of the strategic direction and planning of the Marine Corps. The Chairman of the Joint Armed Forces; Chiefs of Staff is the principal military —allocating resources to fulfill adviser to the President, the National strategic plans; Security Council, and the Secretary of —making recommendations for the Defense. The other members of the Joint assignment of responsibilities within the Chiefs of Staff are military advisers who Armed Forces in accordance with and in may provide additional information upon support of those logistic and mobility request from the President, the National plans; Security Council, or the Secretary of —comparing the capabilities of Defense. They may also submit their American and allied Armed Forces with advice when it does not agree with that those of potential adversaries; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 161

—preparing and reviewing serving, holds the grade of general or contingency plans that conform to policy and outranks all other officers of guidance from the President and the the Armed Forces except the Chairman Secretary of Defense; of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. —preparing joint logistic and mobility plans to support contingency plans; and Joint Staff —recommending assignment of logistic and mobility responsibilities to The Joint Staff, under the Chairman of the Armed Forces to fulfill logistic and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assists the mobility plans. Chairman and the other members of the The Chairman, while so serving, holds Joint Chiefs of Staff in carrying out their the grade of general or admiral and responsibilities. outranks all other officers of the Armed The Joint Staff is headed by a Director Forces. who is selected by the Chairman in The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs consultation with the other members of performs duties assigned by the the Joint Chiefs of Staff and with the Chairman, with the approval of the approval of the Secretary of Defense. Secretary of Defense. The Vice Chairman Officers assigned to serve on the Joint acts as Chairman when there is a Staff are selected by the Chairman in vacancy in the office of the Chairman, or approximate equal numbers from the in the absence or disability of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Chairman. The Vice Chairman, while so Force.

Unified Combatant Commands

The unified combatant commands are conducting operations, and coordinating military commands with broad activities of the forces assigned to them continuing missions maintaining the in accordance with the directives of security and defense of the higher authority. The Chairman of the against attack; supporting and advancing Joint Chiefs of Staff serves as the the national policies and interests of the spokesman for the commanders of the United States and discharging U.S. unified combatant commands, especially military responsibilities in their area of on the operational requirements of their responsibility; and preparing plans, commands. Unified Combatant Commands

Command Address Commander

Central ...... USCENTCOM, 7115 S. Boundary Blvd., MacDill AFB, FL Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC 35621±5101. European ...... USEUCOM, CMR 450, Box 7100, APO AE 09705 ...... Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF Joint Forces ...... USJFCOM, Suite 200, 1562 Mitscher Ave., Norfolk, VA Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr., USN 23511±2488. Pacific ...... USPACCOM, Box 64028, Camp H.M. Smith, HI 96861± Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN 4028. Southern ...... USSOUTHCOM, 3511 NW. 91st Ave., Miami, FL 33172 ...... Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC Space ...... USSPACECOM, Suite 116, 250 S. Peterson Blvd., Peterson Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF AFB, CO 80914±3010. Special Operations USSOCOM, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd., MacDill AFB, FL Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, USA 33621±5323. Strategic ...... USSTRATCOM, Suite 2A1, 901 SAC Blvd., Offutt AFB, NE Adm. Richard W. Mies, USN 68113±6000. Transportation ...... USTRANSCOM, Rm. 310, 508 Scott Dr., Scott AFB, IL Gen. Charles T. Robertson, Jr., USAF 62225±5357. 162 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

Field Activities representation at meetings and deliberations of educational panels and American Forces Information Service advisory groups. The American Forces Information Service (AFIS) was established in 1977. AFIS For further information, contact the Department of provides internal information to U.S. Defense Education Activity, 4040 North Fairfax forces worldwide in order to promote Drive, Arlington, VA 22203–1635. Phone, 703– 696–4236. Internet, www.odedodea.edu. and sustain military unit and individual readiness, quality of life, and morale; Human Resources and Manpower The trains public affairs, broadcast, and Department of Defense Human visual information professionals for Resources Activity (DODHRA) is DOD; and provides communications chartered to support departmental and services to military commanders and congressionally mandated programs in combat forces. AFIS provides news, the benefits, readiness, and force features, photography, videography, protection areas. DODHRA collects, news clippings, and other internal maintains, and analyzes manpower, command information products and personnel, training, and financial data; services to DOD. It provides policy establishes and maintains data and guidance and oversight for departmental systems used to determine entitlements periodicals and pamphlets, military to DOD benefits; and manages civilian command newspapers, the broadcast personnel administrative services for the elements of the military departments, Department. It plans and executes DOD audiovisual matters, and public changes to existing permanent and affairs and visual information training. reserve duty travel policies and For further information, contact the American processes and performs long-term Forces Information Service, Department of Defense, programmatic research and analysis to Suite 311, 601 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314–2007. Phone, 703–428–1200. Internet, improve DOD personnel and industrial www.defenselink.mil/afis. security systems. Education The Department of Defense For further information, contact the Department of Education Activity (DODEA) was Defense Human Resources Activity-Headquarters, Suite 200, 4040 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA established in 1992. It consists of two 22203–1613. Phone, 703–696–1036. Internet, subordinate organizational entities: the www.dhra.osd.mil. Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) and the Department Health Care The TRICARE of Defense Domestic Dependent Management Activity (TMA) was formed Elementary and Secondary Schools in 1998 from the consolidation of the (DOD DDESS). DODEA formulates, TRICARE Support Office (formerly develops, and implements policies, Civilian Health and Medical Program of technical guidance, and standards for the the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) effective management of Defense headquarters), the Defense Medical dependents education activities and Programs Activity, and the integration of programs. It also plans, directs, health management program functions coordinates, and manages the education formerly located in the Office of the programs for eligible dependents of U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health military and civilian personnel stationed Affairs. The mission of TMA is to overseas and stateside; evaluates the manage TRICARE; manage the Defense programmatic and operational policies Health Program appropriation; provide and procedures for DODDS and DOD operational direction and support to the DDESS; and provides education activity Uniformed Services in the management DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 163 and administration of the TRICARE Americans isolated in harm’s way in program; and administer CHAMPUS. future conflicts. The Office assembles and maintains databases on U.S. military For further information, contact the TRICARE Management Activity, Suite 810, Skyline 5, 5111 and civilian personnel who are or were Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3206. prisoners of war or missing as a result of Phone, 703–681–1730. Fax, 703–681–3665. a hostile action; declassifies DOD Internet, www.tricare.osd.mil. documents for disclosure and release; Prisoners of War and Missing Personnel and maintains channels of The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing communication on prisoner of war/ Personnel Office (DPMO) was missing personnel matters between DOD established in 1993 and provides and the Congress, prisoner of war/ centralized management of prisoner of missing personnel families, and the war/missing personnel affairs within the American public through periodic Department of Defense, including consultations and other appropriate leadership and policy oversight for all measures. efforts to reach an accounting for For further information, contact the Defense Americans still unaccounted for as a Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, Department of Defense, OASD/ISA, The Pentagon, result of U.S. involvement in past Washington, DC 20301–2400. Phone, 703–602– conflicts since World War II and the 2102. Fax, 703–602–1890. Internet, www.dtic.mil/ recovery and accounting of those dpmo.

Sources of Information

Audiovisual Products Certain There is usually a fee charged for the Department of Defense productions on Department’s audiovisual and film and videotapes, CD–ROM’s, and multimedia products. other audiovisual products such as stock Contracts and Small Business Activities footage and still photographs are Contact the Director, Small and available to the public. An up-to-date, Disadvantaged Business Utilization, full-text searchable listing of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 3061 Department’s inventory of film, Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC videotape, and interactive multimedia 20301–3061. Phone, 703–588–8620. titles is available on the Internet. For DOD Directives and Instructions information and obtaining productions, Contact the Correspondence and contact the following sources: Directives Directorate, Washington —For newer productions, contact the Headquarters Services, Room 2A286, National Technical Information Service, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA DC 20301–1155. Phone, 703–697– 22161 (phone, 703–605–6000), or the 4111. defense visual information site (Internet, Electronic Access Information about dodimagery.afis.osd.mil, and select the following offices is available as listed ‘‘Search DAVIS/DITIS’’). below: —For older productions, contact the Office of the Secretary of Defense: Motion Picture, Sound, and Video www.defenselink.mil. Branch (NWDNM), National Archives Joint Chiefs of Staff: www.dtic.mil/jcs. and Records Administration, 8601 Unified combatant commands: Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740– www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/unified.html. 6001. Phone, 301–713–7050. Central Command: www.centcom.mil. —For CD–ROM’s, stock footage, and European Command: www.eucom.mil. still photographs, contact the Defense Joint Forces Command: www.jfcom.mil. Visual Information Center, 1363 Z Street, Pacific Command: www.pacom.mil. Building 2730, March Air Reserve Base, Southern Command: www.southcom.mil. CA 92518–2073. Phone, 909–413–2515. Space Command: www.spacecom.af.mil. 164 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

Special Operations Command: www.socom.mil. Pentagon Tours, Director for Programs Strategic Command: www.stratcom.mil. and Community Relations, 1400 Defense Transportation Command: www.transcom.mil. Pentagon, Room 1E776, Washington, Employment Almost all positions are in DC 20301–1400. Phone, 703–695– the competitive service and are filled 1776. from civil service registers. College Speakers Civilian and military recruiting requirements are limited representatives of the Department of primarily to management intern positions Defense are available to speak on a at the B.S. and M.S. levels. For variety of defense subjects in response to additional information, inquiries should invitations, usually at no cost to the local be addressed to the Human Resource sponsor. Written requests for speakers Services Center, Washington should be addressed to the Director for Headquarters Services, Room 2E22, AMC Building, Alexandria, VA 22233– Programs and Community Relations, 0001. Phone, 703–617–7211. Internet, Office of the Assistant Secretary of www.hrsc.osd.mil. Defense for Public Affairs, 1400 Defense Pentagon Tours Guided tours of the Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1400 Pentagon are available Monday through (phone, 703–695–3845); or to the public Friday, from 9 a.m. through 3 p.m., affairs officer of the nearest military excluding Federal holidays. The 75- installation. minute tour starts on the hour at the Telephone Directory The Department Metro entrance to the Pentagon and is of Defense telephone directory is approximately one mile long. Groups of available for sale by the Superintendent more than 100 should schedule the tour of Documents, Government Printing 2 weeks in advance. For further Office, Washington, DC 20402. Phone, information or reservations, write to 202–512–1800.

For further information concerning the Department of Defense, contact the Director, Directorate for Public Communication, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, 1400 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1400. Phone, 703–697–5737. Internet, www.defenselink.mil.