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    The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged...
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    The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has a complex organizational structure. It includes the Army, Navy, the Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force...
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    The United States Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the executive department of the U.S. Armed...
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    The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America...
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    The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the U.S. The Department of the...
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    The Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force later joined the Department of the Navy under the United States Department of Defense in 1949...
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    The Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) are a network of schools, both primary and secondary, that serve the dependents of United States military...
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    The United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America...
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    Department of Defense of the United States of America. The deputy secretary is the principal civilian deputy to the secretary of defense, and is appointed by...
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    military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly...
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    United States Department of Defense police (or DoD police) are the uniformed civilian security police officers of the United States Department of Defense...
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  • investigations of the Department of Defense (DoD) are typically audits in which the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the United States Congress' investigative...
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  • paygrade of O-9. "Department of Defence Instruction 1310.01: Rank and Seniority of Commissioned Officers" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. 6 May...
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    The United States under secretary of defense for policy (USDP) is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The under...
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    The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense...
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    of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). DoD IG was created in 1982 as an amendment to the Inspector General Act of 1978. The Department of Defense...
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    Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States are insignia worn by service members conducting special duties, many of which can be awarded...
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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...
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  • Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) is the title for several high-ranking posts in the U.S. Department of Defense, requiring appointment by the president...
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    The United States Air Force is a military service branch organized within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the...
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  • Department of Defense. These include the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. Almost all of these nominations will need to be confirmed by the United States...
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    The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is a headquarters-level staff of the United States Department of Defense. It is the principal civilian staff...
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  • Ney, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense)". United States Senate. Retrieved 30 May 2022. "PN1714 – Nomination of Jason Abend...
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    The Department of Defense master clock is the atomic master clock to which time and frequency measurements for the United States Department of Defense are...
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  • In 2008, the United States Department of Defense was infected with malware. Described at the time as the "worst breach of U.S. military computers in history"...
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    Secretary of Defense is a title used for many high-level executive positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense within the U.S. Department of Defense. The...
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  • and is signed by the United States Secretary of Defense as the United States Department of Defense's (DoD) capstone strategic guidance. The NDS translates...
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  • The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are...
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    prekindergarten through 12th grade educational programs on behalf of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). DoDEA is globally positioned, operating 163 accredited...
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    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for...
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