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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

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Contents 1 Parent topics 2 Subtopics 2.1 Officials 2.2 Major organizations 2.3 Uniformed services 2.4 Operational commands 2.5 Supporting organizations 3 Other related topics 3.1 Intelligence organizations

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. [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]: Add brief definition or description

Major organizations

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Joint Chiefs of Staff [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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 formed during the American Revolution on 14 June 1775, as "the American continental army". [e]
• United States Navy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United States Marine Corps [r]: A branch of the United States Armed Forces originally established by the Second Continental Congress on November 10, 1775. [e]

Operational commands

• United States Central Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United States European Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United States Joint Forces Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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]: Add brief definition or description
• United States Southern Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United States Special Operations Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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]: Add brief definition or description
• National Security Act of 1947 [r]: Add brief definition or description

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]: Add brief definition or description
• 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]