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List of U.S. Department of Defense agencies
Partial list of agencies under the U.S. Department of Defense From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is a partial 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. It is headed by the Secretary of Defense.
The department was established in 1947 and is divided into three major Departments—the Department of the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as a number of other component organizations.
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Department of Defense agencies
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Field activities
Field activities are DoD agencies which "perform a supply or service activity common to more than one military department".[1]
- Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
- Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA)
- Department of Defense Education Activity (DOD EA)
- Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (DOD TRMC)
- Washington Headquarters Services (WHS)
- Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC), formerly Office of Economic
Other agencies
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- Defense Contract Audit Agency(DCAA)
- Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
- Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)
- Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
- Defense Health Agency (DHA)
- Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
- Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
- Defense Legal Services Agency (DLSA)
- Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
- Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
- Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
- Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
- National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS)
- Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA)
Other DOD components
- Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
- Army and Air Force Exchange Service
- Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
- Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) (component of DOD Office of Inspector General)
- Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (a Chairman's Controlled Activity)
- Military Postal Service Agency
- National Assessment Group (NAG)
- National Defense University (NDU)
- National Guard Bureau (NGB)
- Army National Guard (ARNG)
- Air National Guard (ANG)
- National Intelligence University (NIU) (part of DIA)
- Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (includes NDU)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM)
- Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Cross Functional Team (EMSO CFT)
- Close Combat Lethality Task Force (CCLTF)
- Protecting Critical Technology Task Force (PCTTF)
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Department of the Army
- U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Regional Headquarters
- Great Lakes Region
- Missouri River Regional Headquarters (CENWD-MR) (Former Missouri River Division)
- North Pacific Regional Headquarters (CENWD-NP)(Former North Pacific Division)
- Army Digitization Office (ADO)
- Army Medical Department (AMEDD)
- Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
- Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA)
- U.S. Army Financial Management
- White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)
Army Corps of Engineers: Divisions
- Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (CELRD)
- Mississippi Valley Division (CEMVD)
- North Atlantic Division (CENAD)
- Northwestern Division (CENWD)
- Pacific Ocean Division (CEPOD)
- South Atlantic Division (CESAD)
- South Pacific Division (CESPD)
- Southwestern Division (CESWD)
Army Corps of Engineers: Laboratories
Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
- Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)
- Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL)
- Environmental Laboratory (EL)
- Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL)
- Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)
- Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL) formerly the Topographic Engineering Center
Army Geospatial Center (AGC)
Army Commands (MACOMs)
- U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)
- U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC)
- U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC)
- U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
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Department of the Navy
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
- United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (USMC CID)
Navy
Marine Corps
Department of the Air Force
Air Force
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)
- Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
Major Commands (MAJCOMs)
- Air Combat Command (ACC)
- Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)
- United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
- Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
- Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
- Air Mobility Command (AMC)
- Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)
- Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
- Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)
Space Force
Field Commands
- Space Operations Command (SpOC)
- Space Systems Command (SSC)
- Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM)
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Unified Combatant Commands
The United States has eleven Combatant Commands (COCOM); seven Geographical Combatant Commands (GCC) & four Functional Combatant Commands (FCC).
GCCs:
- U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM)
- U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
- U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)
- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
- U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)
- U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)
- U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM)
FCCs:
- U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM)
- U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
- U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
- U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
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