Defense Acquisition Regulations System
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Contract Management Agency
Defense Counterintelligence & Security Agency
Defense Finance & Accounting Service
Defense Information Services Agency
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Military Health System / Defense Health Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Agency / Central Security Service
Pentagon Force Protection Agency
Defense Human Resources Activity
Defense Technical Information Center
Defense Technology Security Administration
Test Resource Management Center
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Department of Defense ⌨: The mission of the Department of Defense is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country. The department's headquarters is at the Pentagon. The Secretary of Defense is the principal defense policy advisor to the President. Under the direction of the President, the Secretary exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department of Defense. The Deputy Secretary, the second-highest ranking official in the DoD, is delegated full power and authority to act for the Secretary and to exercise the powers of the Secretary on any and all matters for which the Secretary is authorized to act.
DOD Agencies: Defense Acquisition Regulations System ♦ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ♦ Defense Commissary Agency ♦ Defense Contract Audit Agency ♦ Defense Contract Management Agency ♦ Defense Counterintelligence & Security Agency ♦ Defense Finance & Accounting Service ♦ Defense Information Systems Agency ♦ Defense Intelligence Agency ♦ Defense Logistics Agency ♦ Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ♦ Defense Security Cooperation Agency ♦ Defense Threat Reduction Agency ♦ Military Health System / Defense Health Agency ♦ Missile Defense Agency ♦ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ♦ National Reconnaissance Office ♦ National Security Agency / Central Security Service ♦ Pentagon Force Protection Agency
DoD Field Activities: Defense Human Resources Activity ♦ Defense Media Activity ♦ Defense Technical Information Center ♦ Defense Technology Security Administration ♦ DoD Education Activity ♦ Office of Economic Adjustment ♦ Test Resource Management Center ♦ Washington Headquarters Services
Military Departments: Joint Chiefs of Staff ♦ U.S. Army ♦ U.S. Marine Corps ♦ U.S. Navy ♦ U.S. Air Force
Unified Combatant Commands: Africa Command ♦ Central Command ♦ Cyber Command ♦ European Command ♦ Indo-Pacific Command ♦ Northern Command ♦ Southern Command ♦ Space Command ♦ Special Operations Command ♦ Strategic Command ♦ Transportation Command
Defense Acquisition Regulations System: DARS develops and maintains acquisition rules and guidance to facilitate the Acquisition workforce as they acquire the goods and services DoD requires to ensure America's Warfighters continued worldwide success.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: For more than fifty years, DARPA has held to a singular and enduring mission: to make pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security. The genesis of that mission and of DARPA itself dates to the launch of Sputnik in 1957, and a commitment by the U.S. that, from that time forward, it would be the initiator and not the victim of strategic technological surprises. Working with innovators inside and outside of government, DARPA has repeatedly delivered on that mission, transforming revolutionary concepts and even seeming impossibilities into practical capabilities. The ultimate results have included not only game-changing military capabilities such as precision weapons and stealth technology, but also such icons of modern civilian society such as the Internet, automated voice recognition and language translation, and Global Positioning System receivers small enough to embed in myriad consumer devices.
Defense Commissary Agency: Mission: Deliver a vital benefit of the military pay system that sells grocery items at significant savings while enhancing quality of life and readiness. Goals: Provide the military community with a great shopping experience; Sustain a capable, diverse and engaged civilian workforce; Be a model organization through agility and governance.
Defense Contract Audit Agency: The DCAA provides audit and financial advisory services to Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal entities responsible for acquisition and contract administration. DCAA operates under the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer.
Defense Contract Management Agency: DoD component that works directly with Defense suppliers to help ensure that DoD, Federal, and allied government supplies and services are delivered on time, at projected cost, and meet all performance requirements. DCMA directly contributes to the military readiness of the United States and its allies, and helps preserve the nation's freedom.
Defense Counterintelligence & Security Agency: DCSA is a strategic asset to the Nation and our allies - continuously ensuring a trusted federal, industrial and affiliated workforce, and enabling industry’s delivery of uncompromised capabilities by leveraging advanced technologies and innovation. We uniquely blend critical technology protection, trusted personnel vetting, counterintelligence, and professional education and certification to advance and preserve America's strategic edge.
Defense Finance & Accounting Service: In 1991, the Secretary of Defense created the DFAS to standardize, consolidate, and improve accounting and financial functions throughout the DoD. The intent was to reduce the cost of the Department's finance and accounting operations while strengthening its financial management. DFAS pays all DoD military and civilian personnel, retirees and annuitants, as well as major DoD contractors and vendors. DFAS also supports customers outside the DoD in support of electronic government initiatives. Customers include the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Energy, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Defense Information Sytems Agency: Mission: DISA, a Combat Support Agency, provides, operates, and assures command and control, information sharing capabilities, and a globally accessible enterprise information infrastructure in direct support to joint warfighters, national level leaders, and other mission and coalition partners across the full spectrum of operations. Vision: Information superiority in defense of our Nation.
Defense Intelligence Agency: DIA provides military intelligence to warfighters, defense policymakers and force planners in the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, in support of U.S. military planning and operations and weapon systems acquisition. They plan, manage, and execute intelligence operations during peacetime, crisis, and war.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Vision: A world-class workforce fulfills our nation’s obligation by maximizing the number of missing personnel accounted for while ensuring timely, accurate information is provided to their families. Mission: Provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.
Defense Security Cooperation Agency: DSCA is the Department’s lead agency for the execution of Security Cooperation programs. DSCA subject-matter expertise spans the gamut of Security Cooperation activities to include policy, financial, legal, legislative, programmatic, and weapons systems experts.
Defense Threat Reduction Agency: DTRA focus is to keep WMD out of the hands of terrorists and other enemies by locking down, monitoring, and destroying weapons and weapons related materials. DTRA also assistS Combatant Commanders with their plans and responses to WMD events and develop and deliver cutting-edge technologies to assist with all of these endeavors.
Military Health System: On the battlefield, every element of the MHS comes together to make the difference between life and death. Army, Navy and Air Force medical professionals help ensure those in uniform are medically ready to deploy anywhere around the globe on a moment's notice. And these medical professionals are also ready to go with them. The MHS, however, is more than combat medicine. It’s a complex system that weaves together:
The MHS is led by office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs under the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
Defense Health Agency: DHA is a joint, integrated Combat Support Agency that enables the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and wartime. The DHA supports the delivery of integrated, affordable, and high quality health services to MHS beneficiaries and is responsible for driving greater integration of clinical and business processes across the MHS.
Missile Defense Agency: MDA is a research, development, and acquisition agency within the DoD. The workforce includes government civilians, military service members, and contractor personnel in multiple locations across the U.S. They are focused on retaining and recruiting a dedicated workforce interested in supporting our national security. The MDA mission is to develop, test, and field an integrated, layered, ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) to defend the U.S., its deployed forces, allies, and friends against all ranges of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of flight.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals and first responders. NGA enables all of these critical actions and shapes decisions that impact our world through the indispensable discipline of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). NGA is a unique combination of intelligence agency and combat support agency. NGA enables the U.S. intelligence community and the DoD to fulfill the president’s national security priorities to protect the nation.
National Reconnaissance Office: NRO is the U.S. Government agency in charge of designing, building, launching, and maintaining America’s intelligence satellites. Provides reconnaissance support to the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD).
National Security Agency / Central Security Service: The NSA/CSS leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) products and services, and enables Computer Network Operations (CNO) in order to gain a decision advantage for the Nation and our allies under all circumstances.
Pentagon Force Protection Agency: PFPA is a civilian Defense Agency within the DoD charged with protecting and safeguarding the occupants, visitors, and infrastructure of the Pentagon, Mark Center, Defense Health Headquarters and other delegated Pentagon facilities. This critical mission is accomplished with law enforcement officers (U.S. Pentagon Police), criminal investigative and protective services agents; threat management agents; chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives technicians; and anti-terrorism/force protection and physical security personnel. PFPA provides a variety of services to its customers to include emergency services, parking management, lock installation/services, classified waste disposal, access control, building pass issuance, mail screening, and law enforcement.
Defense Human Resources Activity: DHRA is a multifaceted organization with a diverse mission set:
Defense Media Activity: DMA provides a broad range of high quality multimedia products and services to inform, educate, and entertain Department of Defense audiences around the world.
Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC has served the information needs of the Defense community for more than 70 years. DTIC reports to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. DTIC is the DoD outlet for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering and business related information. DTIC provides the general public and industry with access to unclassified, unlimited information. DTIC responsibilities include:
DTIC Technical Reports: Reports created by organizations funded by the Department of Defense to perform research in a variety of industries and disciplines. Technical Reports found on DTIC's public website will only include reports designated as unclassified and unlimited information.
PubDefense Search: DoD & ODNI/IARPA Public Access Search: Provides access to journal articles and conference papers, and related material, that are the result of DoD and ODNI/IARPA-funded research.
Defense Technology Security Administration: DTSA establishes DoD technology security policies related to international transfers of defense-related goods, services, and technologies. DTSA reviews and provides expert recommendations on foreign access to U.S. military technology or foreign purchases of American companies. DTSA also serves as a reviewing agency for the export licensing of dual-use commodities and munitions items and provides technical and policy assessments on export license applications.
DoD Education Activity: DoDEA, as one of only two Federally-operated school systems, is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and managing prekindergarten through 12th grade educational programs on behalf of the DoD. DoDEA is globally positioned, operating 166 accredited schools in 8 districts located in 11 foreign countries, 7 states, Guam, and Puerto Rico. DoDEA employs approximately 15,000 employees who serve more than 72,000 children of active duty military and DoD civilian families. DoDEA is committed to ensuring that all school-aged children of military families are provided a world-class education that prepares them for postsecondary education and/or career success and to be leading contributors in their communities as well as in our 21st century globalized society.
Office of Economic Adjustment: OEA is the Department of Defense’s field organization responsible for supporting state and local government's response to defense program changes, such as base closures, base restructuring or realignment, growth issues surrounding compatible land and air use for military base and community, and other issues that can impact the economy of a region.
Test Resource Management Center: TRMC supports the needs and solutions process to ensure the DoD T&E community has the right set of capabilities for the future; and through the T&E Range Oversight Division which supports the specific infrastructure needs of the Components and range users.
Washington Headquarters Services: WHS supports agencies, organizations, and personnel in the National Capital Region working with administration, buildings, facilities, finances, information technology, human resources, security, and transportation.
Joint Chiefs of Staff: JCS consists of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. Responsibilities as members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff take precedence over duties as the Chiefs of Military Services. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military adviser to the President, Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council (NSC), however, all JCS members are by law military advisers, and they may respond to a request or voluntarily submit, through the Chairman, advice or opinions to the President, the Secretary of Defense, or NSC.
U.S. Army: The U.S. Army’s mission is to fight and win our Nation’s wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders. We do this by:
The Army, as one of the three military departments (Army, Navy and Air Force) reporting to the DoD, is composed of two distinct and equally important components: the active component and the reserve components. The reserve components are the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard.
Army University Press Publications:
Country Studies/Area Handbook Series: Online versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy
U.S. Marine Corps: The National Security Act of 1947 directed the Marine Corps to conduct:
U.S. Marine Corps: America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness*
Marine Corps Publications Electronic Library
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U.S. Navy: The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.
U.S. Air Force: The mission of the U.S. Air Force is to fly, fight and win...in air, space and cyberspace. To achieve that mission, the Air Force has a vision: The U.S. Air Force will be a trusted and reliable joint partner with our sister services known for integrity in all of our activities, including supporting the joint mission first and foremost. We will provide compelling air, space, and cyber capabilities for use by the combatant commanders. We will excel as stewards of all Air Force resources in service to the American people, while providing precise and reliable Global Vigilance, Reach and Power for the nation.
Unified Combatant Commands: The Defense Department has 11 combatant commands, each with a geographic or functional mission that provides command and control of military forces in peace and war.
Air Force History Index: Search 550,000 historical Air Force documents.
Air University Library: Index to Military Periodicals
Army Heritage Center Foundation: In cooperation with the U.S. Army and other partners, serves as the lead agency supporting the development and expansion of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center. The Center is being developed to preserve the memories of Soldiers and their Families, honor their service, and help educate the American public about the Army's and its Soldiers contributions to the Nation.
Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources*: Congressional Research Service. Provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of discharged, retired, and deceased military personnel. Also provides information on locating and replacing military awards and medals. Included is contact information for military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications, including related CRS reports.
National Archives: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
National Technical Reports Library: National Technical Information Service. Search 3,000,000+ titles with links to over 800,000 full-text (PDF).
Naval Postgraduate School: Dudley Knox Library: Research Guides
Quick Search: Public website that lets users search for defense and federal specifications and standards, military handbooks, commercial item descriptions, data item descriptions, MS detail drawings, Qualified Product Lists (QPLs), and related technical documents prepared in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Defense Standardization Program (DSP).
World Military Expenditures & Arms Transfers: U.S. Department of State. Annual military expenditures, arms transfers, armed forces, selected economic data, and relative indicators consisting of pertinent military-economic ratios.
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