List of U.S. Department of Defense agencies

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This is a list of Agencies under the United States Department of Defense (DoD) which was formerly and shortly known as the National Military Establishment. Its main responsibilities are to control the Armed Forces of the United States. The Department was established in 1947 and is currently divided into three major Departments—the Department of the Army, Navy and Air Force—and has a military staff of 1,418,542 (553,044 US Army; 329,304 US Navy; 202,786 US Marine Corps; 333,408 US Air Force).[1] The DoD is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The current defense secretary is Dr. Ashton Carter.

Department of Defense Agencies, Field Activities, and others

Department of the Army

Divisions

Laboratories

Department of the Navy

Navy

Marine Corps

Department of the Air Force

Major Commands (MAJCOMs)

Unified Military Commands

The Geographic Commands

The United States has nine Combatant Commands.

See also

References

Most information on this list was taken from Government Information. Some pieces were taken from USA.gov.

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