List of U.S. Department of Defense agencies

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 Mark Esper.

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Department of Defense Agencies, Field Activities, and others

Department of the Army

  • U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (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)

Divisions

Laboratories

Department of the Navy

Marine Corps

Department of the Air Force

Major Commands (MAJCOMs)

Unified Combatant Commands

The Geographic Commands

The United States has ten Combatant Commands (COCOM); six 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)

FCCs:

  • U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM)
  • U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
  • U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
  • U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)

See also

References

  1. "Defense Department Military Personnel" Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 16/02/2011.

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