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Parent topics
- United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
- United States Government [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
Officials
- United States Secretary of Defense [r]: The civilian official with authority over all personnel of the United States Department of Defense, currently Robert Gates [e]
- United States Deputy Secretary of Defense [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks & Information Integration) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Under Secretary of Defense(Policy) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Secretary of the Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Secretary of the Army [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Secretary of the Navy (U.S.) [r]: U.S. civilian official, of Assistant Secretary of Defense rank, who heads the U.S. Department of the Navy and to whom the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps report [e]
Major organizations
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joint Chiefs of Staff [r]: The staff committee of the most senior members of the U.S. military services, charged with policy advice, doctrinal development, and preparedness rather than operational control of forces [e]
- United States Department of the Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Department of the Army [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Department of the Navy [r]: Add brief definition or description
Uniformed services
- United States Air Force [r]: One of the uniformed services of the United States, with principal responsibility for land-based long-range and high-performance aircraft, as well as land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles [e]
- United States Army [r]: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
- United States Navy [r]: That part of the United States Department of Defense responsible for combat on, over, and under water [e]
- United States Marine Corps [r]: A branch of the United States Armed Forces, with primary responsibilities as naval infantry and in amphibious warfare, are organized in Marine Air-Ground Task Forces capable of serving as up to corps headquarters with integrated close air support [e]
Operational commands
- United States Central Command [r]: Unified Combatant Command responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, now under the command of General David Petraeus [e]
- United States European Command [r]: U.S. Unified Combatant Command with responsibility for Europe and some nearby areas, such as the Mediterranean Sea; United States Africa Command is a subcommand [e]
- United States Joint Forces Command [r]: A source of "surge" planners and staff, while helping organize the mission-focused joint task force that will address the specific need of other U.S. Unified Combatant Commands [e]
- United States Northern Command [r]: Within the Department of Defense, the military headquarters responsible for defense of the continental United States, and support to civil authorities for disasters beyond their capabilities [e]
- United States Pacific Command [r]: The U.S. Unified Combatant Command, headquartered in Hawaii, and responsible for the Pacific and East Asia [e]
- United States Southern Command [r]: U.S. Unified Combatant Command responsible for military operations in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America [e]
- United States Special Operations Command [r]: A U.S. Unified Combatant Command with both functional and operational responsibilities, both to prepare special operations forces for the geographic commands, and to execute strategic special operations, typically under national orders and high security classification [e]
- United States Strategic Command [r]: The U.S. unified headquarters for the missions of worldwide nuclear and conventional precision strike; command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in support of strategic operations; global network operations of the Global Information Grid, information operations, ballistic missile defense, and reduction of Weapons of Mass Destruction threats [e]
- United States Transportation Command [r]: The single point of contact and operations for transportation services, by land, air, and sea, for the U.S. Department of Defense [e]
Supporting organizations
- Defense Contract Management Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Defense Security Cooperation Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Defense Information Systems Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Defense Logistics Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Missile Defense Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- Command and control [r]: The combination of lawful authority over people and resources, coupled with the methods of directing their execution of missions and tasks directed at goals set by that authority [e]
- National Command Authority [r]: The combination of the U.S. President and Secretary of Defense, or their successors, who have the sole authority to authorize the use of nuclear weapons, or issue orders to Unified Combatant Commands [e]
- National Security Act of 1947 [r]: Core of legislation that restructured the U.S. military from its traditional structure of a separate Army and Navy, creating the United States Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the predecessor to the U.S. Department of Defense [e]
Intelligence organizations
- Defense Intelligence Agency [r]: One of the members of the United States intelligence community, charged with providing national-level analysis specifically relevant for military needs, and being the focal point for measurement and signature intelligence [e]
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency [r]: A United States Department of Defense organization reponsible for interpretation of imagery and geospatial intelligence, as well as geodesic surveys and mapmaking, including missile targeting reference data [e]
- National Reconnaissance Office [r]: An agency of the United States intelligence community, which designs, procures, launches, and operates intelligence satellites and certain aircraft/UAV platforms. It does not analyze their output. [e]
- National Security Agency [r]: An organization within the United States Department of Defense, with the dual roles of the principal signals intelligence agency in the United States intelligence community, but also having the responsibility for information assurance of military, diplomatic, and other critical communications. [e]
- United States intelligence community [r]: The United States' intelligence agencies coordinated by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. [e]
Other countries
- Ministry of Defense (Argentina) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Department of National Defence (Canada) [r]: The Canadian cabinet department responsible for the uniformed Canadian Forces, departmental agencies, and several organizations (e.g., search and rescue) that may or may not be part of the regular military of some other nations. [e]
- Ministry of National Defense (China) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ministry of Defense (France) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ministry of Defense of Germany [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ministry of Defense (Israel) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ministry of Defense (Italy) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Department of Defense (Mexico) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ministry of Defence (Russian Federation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ministry of Defense and Aviation (Saudi Arabia) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Self-Defense Agency (Japan) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) [r]: Add brief definition or description
