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Army and the Department of the Army. statute, with certain minor exceptions. In The act consolidated and revised the general, the act followed the policy of numerous earlier laws, incorporated vesting broad organizational powers in various adjustments made necessary by the Secretary of the Army, subject to the National Security Act of 1947 and delegation by him, rather than specifying other postwar enactments, and provided duties of subordinate officers (10 U.S.C. for the organization of the Department of 3012, 3062). the Army in a single comprehensive

Army Secretariat

Secretary The Secretary of the Army is National Cemeteries; and such other the head of the Department of the Army. activities of a civil nature as may be Subject to the direction, authority, and prescribed by higher authority or control of the President as Commander authorized by law. in Chief and of the Secretary of Defense, Principal Assistants The Under the Secretary of the Army is responsible Secretary of the Army is the primary for and has the authority to conduct all assistant to the Secretary. Other principal affairs of the Department of the Army, assistants include: the Assistant including its organization, Secretaries, General Counsel, administration, operation, efficiency, and Administrative Assistant, the several such other activities as may be Directors and Chiefs, the Auditor prescribed by the President or the General, and the Chairman of the Army Secretary of Defense as authorized by Reserve Forces Policy Committee. law. Army Policy Council The Council is Certain civilian functions, such as the senior policy advisory council of the comptroller, acquisition, inspector Department of the Army. It provides the general, auditing and information Secretary of the Army and his principal management, are also under the civilian and military assistants with a authority of the Army Secretariat. forum for the discussion of Army Additionally, the Secretary is responsible subjects of significant policy interest and for civil functions, such as oversight of an opportunity for members to consult the Panama Canal Commission and with other members on matters arising execution of the Panama Canal Treaty; within their specific areas of the civil works program of the Corps of responsibility. Engineers; Arlington and Soldiers’ Home For further information, call 703–695–7922.

Army Staff

The Army Staff, presided over by the supplying, equipping, training, Chief of Staff, is the military staff of the mobilizing, and demobilizing of the Secretary of the Army. The Army Staff Army as will assist the execution of any renders professional advice and power, duty, or function of the Secretary assistance to the Secretary of the Army, or the Chief of Staff; the Under Secretary of the Army, the —investigate and report upon the Assistant Secretaries of the Army, and efficiency of the Army and its other officials of the Army Secretariat. preparation for military operations; It is the duty of the Army Staff to: —act as the agent of the Secretary of —prepare for employment of the Army the Army and the Chief of Staff in and for such recruiting, organizing, coordinating the action of all 200 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL organizations of the Department of the direction of the Secretary of the Army, Army; and supervises the members and organization —perform such other duties not of the Army and performs the duties otherwise assigned by law as may be prescribed for him by the National prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401) and Chief of Staff The Chief of Staff is the other laws. He is directly responsible to principal military adviser to the Secretary the Secretary of the Army for the of the Army and is charged by him with efficiency of the Army, its state of the planning, development, execution, preparation for military operations, and review, and analysis of the Army plans therefor. programs. The Chief of Staff, under the

Department of the Army Program Areas

Military Operations and Plans This control, welfare and morale, promotion, area includes: determination of retention, and separation; military requirements and priorities for, and the compensation, transportation, and travel employment of, Army forces strategy entitlements; the personnel aspects of formation; mid-range, long-range, and military construction and housing regional strategy application; arms management; research and development control, negotiation, and disarmament; related to training personnel, manpower national security affairs; joint service systems, and human factors; and matters; net assessment; politico-military management of civilian personnel affairs; force mobilization and training. demobilization; force planning, Reserve Components This area programming structuring, development, includes: management of individual and analysis and management; operational unit readiness and mobilization for readiness; overall roles and missions; Reserve Components, comprised of the collective security; individual and unit Army National Guard and the U.S. Army training; psychological operations; Reserve. unconventional warfare; Intelligence This area includes: counterterrorism; operations security; management of Army intelligence and signal security; military aspects of space and sea; special plans; table of counterintelligence activities, personnel, equipment development and approval; equipment, systems, and organizations; electronic warfare; nuclear and chemical Army cryptology, topography, and matters; civil affairs; military support of meteorology; coordination of Army civil defense; civil disturbance; domestic requirements for mapping, charting, and actions; audiovisual activities; command geodesy; and Army industrial security. and control; automation and Management-Comptrollership This communications programs and activities; area includes: review and analysis of management of the program for law Army programs and major Army enforcement, correction and crime commands; management information prevention for military members of the systems in the financial area, progress Army; and physical security. and statistical reporting, and reports Personnel This area includes: control; financial management, management of military and civilian budgeting, finance and accounting, cost personnel for overall integrated support analysis, economic analysis, military pay of the Army, including policies and and allowances, resource management, programs for manpower utilization and productivity and value standards, allocation and documentation, improvement; regulatory policies and career development, equal opportunity, programs pertaining to the overall leadership, alcohol and drug abuse management of the Army; and legislative