180 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL health policies, programs, and activities; budgetary and financial matters relating Reserve Component programs, policies, to such activities, including operational and activities; family policy, dependent’s test facilities and equipment. In addition, education, and personnel support the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of programs; and mobilization planning Defense are assisted by a special of and requirements. assistants to include the Assistant Operational Test and Evaluation The Secretary of Defense for Legislative Director of Operational Test and Affairs; the Counsel; the Evaluation serves as the principal staff Inspector General; the Assistant to the assistant and adviser to the Secretary of Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Defense on operational test and Oversight; the Assistant to the Secretary evaluation in the Department of Defense of Defense for Public Affairs; the and is the principal test and evaluation Director for Administration and official within the senior management of Management; and such other offices as the Department. The Director prescribes the Secretary of Defense establishes to policies and procedures for the conduct assist him in carrying out his duties and of operational test and evaluation within responsibilities. the Department; provides advice and Command, Control, Communications makes recommendations to the Secretary and Intelligence The Assistant Secretary of Defense and issues guidance to and of Defense (Command, Control, consults with the heads of Defense Communications and Intelligence (C3I)) Components with respect to such is the principal staff assistant and adviser activities and specific programs to be to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of conducted in connection with a major Defense for C3I, information defense acquisition program; monitors management, counterintelligence, and and reviews all test and evaluation security countermeasures matters, programs to ensure adherence to including warning reconnaissance and approved policies and standards; and intelligence and intelligence-related reviews and makes recommendations to activities conducted by the Department the Secretary of Defense on all of Defense.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Subject to the authority of the President and the Secretary of Defense, The Joint Chiefs of Staff consists of the the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the is responsible for: Vice Chairman; the of the —assisting the President and the Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Secretary of Defense in providing for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and the strategic direction and planning of the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Armed Forces; The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of —allocating resources to fulfill Staff is the principal military adviser to strategic plans; the President, the —making recommendations for the Council, and the Secretary of Defense. assignment of responsibilities within the The other members of the Joint Chiefs of Armed Forces in accordance with and in Staff are military advisers who may support of those logistic and mobility provide additional information upon plans; request from the President, the National —comparing the capabilities of Security Council, or the Secretary of American and allied Armed Forces with Defense. They may also submit their those of potential adversaries; advice when it does not agree with that —preparing and reviewing of the Chairman. contingency plans that conform to policy DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 181 guidance from the President and the —performs such other duties as may Secretary of Defense; be prescribed by law or by the President —preparing joint logistic and mobility and the Secretary of Defense; plans to support contingency plans; and —convenes and presides over regular —recommending assignment of meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; logistic and mobility responsibilities to —assists the Joint Chiefs in carrying on the Armed Forces to fulfill logistic and their business as promptly as practicable; mobility plans. and The Chairman advises the Secretary of —schedules issues for consideration Defense on critical deficiencies and by the Joint Chiefs. strengths in force capabilities (including The Chairman, while so serving, holds manpower, logistic, and mobility the grade of general or and support) and assesses the effect of such outranks all other officers of the Armed deficiencies and strengths on meeting Forces. national security objectives and policy The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and on strategic plans. He establishes performs duties assigned by the and maintains a uniform system for Chairman, with the approval of the evaluating the preparedness of each Secretary of Defense. The Vice Chairman unified combatant command to carry out acts as Chairman when there is a assigned missions. vacancy in the office of the Chairman, or The Chairman advises the Secretary of in the absence or disability of the Defense on the priorities of the Chairman. The Vice Chairman, while so requirements identified by the serving, holds the grade of general or commanders of the unified combatant admiral and outranks all other officers of commands and on the extent to which the Armed Forces except the Chairman program recommendations and budget of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. proposals of the military departments and other DOD components for a fiscal Joint Staff year conform with priorities established in requirements of the unified combatant The Joint Staff under the Chairman of the commands. He is responsible for Joint Chiefs of Staff assists the Chairman submitting to the Secretary alternative and, subject to the authority of the program recommendations and budget Chairman, the other members of the proposals with guidance provided by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in carrying out their Secretary, in order to achieve greater responsibilities. conformance with priorities established The Joint Staff is headed by a Director by the unified combatant commands. who is selected by the Chairman in The Chairman also advises the Secretary consultation with the other members of on the extent to which major programs the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and with the and policies of the Armed Forces in the approval of the Secretary of Defense. area of manpower conform with strategic Officers assigned to serve on the Joint plans and assesses military requirements Staff are selected by the Chairman in for defense acquisition programs. approximate equal numbers from the Additionally, the Chairman: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air —formulates doctrine and training Force. The Joint Staff is composed of all policies and coordinates military members of the Armed Forces and education and training; civilian employees assigned or detailed —represents the on the to permanent duty to perform the of the United functions assigned to the Chairman of Nations; the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 182 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

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