[United States Government Manual]
[May 30, 1997]
[Pages 172-182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155
Phone, 703-545-6700
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE William S. Cohen
Deputy Secretary of Defense John P. White
Special Assistants to the Secretary James M. Bodner,
and Deputy Secretaries of Robert B. Hall,
Defense Scott A. Harris
Executive Secretary Col. James N.
Mattis, USMC
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Paul G. Kaminski
Technology
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Noel Longuemare, Jr.
Defense for Acquisition and
Technology
Director, Defense Research and Anita K. Jones
Engineering
Assistant to the Secretary of Harold P. Smith, Jr.
Defense for Nuclear and
Chemical and Biological
(NCB) Defense Programs
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)
(Space)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense John M. Bachkosky
(Advanced Technology)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Sherri W. Goodman
(Environmental Security)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense John F. Phillips
(Logistics)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (vacancy)
(Acquisition Reform)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Paul J. Hopper
(International and
Commercial Programs)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense John B. Goodman
(Industrial Affairs and
Installations)
Director, Small and Disadvantaged Robert L. Neal, Jr.
Business Utilization
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Walter B. Slocombe
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Jan M. Lodal
Defense for Policy
Assistant Secretary of Defense Franklin D. Kramer
(International Security
Affairs)
Assistant Secretary of Defense Franklin C. Miller,
(International Security Acting
Policy)
Assistant Secretary of Defense Edward L. Warner III
(Strategy, Requirements, and
Assessments)
Director of Net Assessment Andrew W. Marshall
Assistant Secretary of Defense H. Allen Holmes
(Special Operations and Low-
Intensity Conflict)
Defense Adviser, U.S. Mission NATO (vacancy)
Deputy to the Under Secretary for Linton Wells II
Policy Support
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Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Edwin Dorn
Readiness
Assistant Secretary of Defense Frederick F.Y. Pang
(Force Management Policy)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (vacancy)
(Health Affairs)
Assistant Secretary of Defense Deborah R. Lee
(Reserve Affairs)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense L. Finch
(Readiness)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Jeanne Fites
(Program Integration)
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief John J. Hamre
Financial Officer
Principal Deputy Under Secretary Alice C. Maroni
(Comptroller)
Director, Program Analysis and William J. Lynn III
Evaluation
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Emmett Paige, Jr.
Control, Communications, and
Intelligence)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Sandra K. Stuart
Affairs)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Kenneth H. Bacon
General Counsel Judith A. Miller
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Philip E. Coyle III
Inspector General Eleanor Hill
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Walter Jajko
(Intelligence Oversight)
Director of Administration and Management D.O. Cooke
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman Gen. John M.
Shalikashvili, USA
Vice Chairman Gen. Joseph W.
Ralston, USAF
Chief of Staff, Army Gen. Dennis J.
Reimer, USA
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. J.L. Johnson,
USN
Chief of Staff, Air Force Gen. Ronald R.
Fogleman, USAF
Commandant, Marine Corps Gen. Charles C.
Krulak, USMC
Joint Staff
Director Vice Adm. Dennis
Blair, USN
Vice Director Maj. Gen. Stephen T.
Rippe, USA
Director for Manpower and Brig. Gen. Patrick O.
Personnel--J-1 Adams, USAF
Director, Intelligence--J-2 Maj. Gen. James C.
King, USA
Director for Operations--J-3 Lt. Gen. Peter Pace,
USMC
Director for Logistics--J-4 Lt. Gen. John J.
Cusick, USA
Director for Strategic Plans and Vice Adm. John S.
Policy--J-5 Redd, USN
Director for Command, Control, Lt. Gen. Douglas D.
Communications, and Computer Buchholz, USA
Systems--J-6
Director for Operational Plans and Maj. Gen. David A.
Interoperability--J-7 Sawyer, USAF
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Director for Force Structure, Lt. Gen. David J.
Resources, and Assessment-- McCloud, USAF
J-8
[For the Department of Defense statement of organization, see the Code
of Federal Regulations, Title 32, Chapter I, Subchapter R]
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The Department of Defense is responsible for providing the military
forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country.
The major elements of these forces are the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
and Air Force, consisting of about 1.5 million men and women on active
duty. They are backed, in case of emergency, by the 1 million members of
the Reserve components. In addition, there are about 900,000 civilian
employees in the Defense Department.
Under the President, who is also Commander in Chief, the Secretary of
Defense exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department,
which includes the separately organized military departments of Army,
Navy, and Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff providing military
advice, the combatant commands, and various defense agencies established
for specific purposes.
The National Security Act Amendments of 1949 redesignated the National
Military Establishment as the Department of Defense and established it
as an executive department (10 U.S.C. 111), with the Secretary of
Defense as its head. Since that time, many legislative and
administrative changes have occurred, evolving the Department into the
structure under which it currently operates.
Structure
The Department of Defense is composed of the Office of the Secretary of
Defense; the military departments and the military services within those
departments; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint
Staff; the combatant commands; the Defense agencies; DOD field
activities; and such other offices, agencies, activities, and commands
as may be established or designated by law, or by the President or the
Secretary of Defense.
In providing immediate staff assistance and advice to the Secretary
of Defense, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Joint Staff, though separately
identified and organized, function in full coordination and cooperation.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense includes the offices of the
Deputy Secretary of Defense; the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Technology; the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer;
the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; the Director
of Defense Research and Engineering; Assistant Secretaries of Defense;
the General Counsel; the Inspector General; the Director of Operational
Test and Evaluation; and such other staff offices as the Secretary of
Defense establishes to assist him in carrying out his duties and
responsibilities. The heads of these offices are staff advisers to the
Secretary and perform such functions as he assigns to them.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff consist of the Chairman; the Vice
Chairman; the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; the Chief of Naval Operations;
the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; and the Commandant of the Marine
Corps. Supported, subject to the authority of the Chairman, by the Joint
Staff, they constitute the immediate military staff of the Secretary of
Defense. The Chairman is the principal military adviser to the
President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
The other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are the senior military
officers of their respective services and are military advisers to the
President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs acts as Chairman in the absence of
the Chairman.
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Each military department (the Department of the Navy includes naval
aviation and the United States Marine Corps) is separately organized
under its own Secretary and functions under the authority, direction,
and control of the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of each military
department is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for the operation
and efficiency of his department. Orders to the military departments are
issued through the Secretaries of these departments, or their designees,
by the Secretary of Defense or under authority specifically delegated in
writing by the Secretary of Defense or provided by law.
The commanders of combatant commands are responsible to the
President and the Secretary of Defense for accomplishing the military
missions assigned to them and exercising command authority over forces
assigned to them. The operational chain of command runs from the
President to the Secretary of Defense to the commanders of the combatant
commands. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff functions within the
chain of command by transmitting the orders of the President or the
Secretary of Defense to the commanders of the combatant commands.
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Defense The Secretary of Defense is the principal defense
policy adviser to the President and is responsible for the formulation
of general defense policy and policy related to DOD, and for the
execution of approved policy. Under the direction of the President, the
Secretary exercises authority, direction, and control over the
Department of Defense.
Deputy Secretary of Defense The Deputy Secretary of Defense is
delegated full power and authority to act for the Secretary of Defense
and to exercise the powers of the Secretary on any and all matters for
which the Secretary is authorized to act pursuant to law.
Acquisition and Technology The Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Technology is the principal staff assistant and adviser
to the Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to the acquisition
system, research and development, test and evaluation, production,
logistics, military construction, procurement, and economic affairs. The
Under Secretary serves as the Defense acquisition executive with
responsibility for supervising the performance of the entire Department
acquisition system and chairing the Defense Acquisition Board.
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence The Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
(C\3\I)) is the principal staff assistant and adviser to the Secretary
and Deputy Secretary of Defense for C\3\I, information management,
counterintelligence, and security countermeasures matters, including
warning reconnaissance and intelligence and intelligence-related
activities conducted by the Department of Defense.
Financial Management The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief
Financial Officer is the principal adviser and assistant to the
Secretary of Defense for budget and fiscal matters, including financial
management, accounting policy and systems, budget formulation and
execution, contract audit administration and organization, and analyses
of force planning and programming as a part of the process upon which
DOD force structure, system acquisition, and other resource allocation
actions are based. Through the Under Secretary, resource management
information is collected, analyzed, and reported to the Office of
Management and Budget, the Congress, the General Accounting Office, and
other agencies. Supervision, direction, and review of the preparation
and execution of the defense budget is provided.
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Operational Test and Evaluation The Director of Operational Test and
Evaluation serves as the principal staff assistant and adviser to the
Secretary of Defense on operational test and evaluation in the
Department of Defense and is the principal test and evaluation official
within the senior management of the Department.
Personnel and Readiness The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel
and Readiness is the principal staff assistant and adviser to the
Secretary of Defense for policy matters relating to the structure and
readiness of the Total Force. Functional areas include: readiness;
civilian and military personnel policies, programs, and systems;
civilian and military equal opportunity programs; health policies,
programs, and activities; Reserve Component programs, policies, and
activities; family policy, dependent's education, and personnel support
programs; and mobilization planning and requirements.
Policy The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff
assistant to the Secretary of Defense for policy matters relating to
overall international security policy and political-military affairs.
Functional areas include NATO affairs; net assessments; foreign military
sales; arms limitation agreements; international trade and technology;
regional security affairs; special operations and low-intensity
conflict; integration of departmental plans and policies with overall
national security objectives; drug control policy, requirements,
priorities, systems, resources, and programs; and issuance of policy
guidance affecting departmental programs.
In addition, the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense are
assisted by a special staff of assistants to include the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs; the General Counsel; the
Inspector General; the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence Oversight; the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public
Affairs; the Director of Administration and Management; and such other
officers as the Secretary of Defense establishes to assist him in
carrying out his duties and responsibilities.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Joint Chiefs of Staff consist of the Chairman; the Vice Chairman;
the Chief of Staff of the Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief
of Staff of the Air Force; and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military
adviser to the President, the National Security Council, and the
Secretary of Defense. The other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are
military advisers who may provide additional information upon request
from the President, the National Security Council, or the Secretary of
Defense. They may also submit their advice when it does not agree with
that of the Chairman.
Subject to the authority of the President and the Secretary of
Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is responsible for:
--assisting the President and the Secretary of Defense in providing
for the strategic direction and planning of the Armed Forces;
--allocating resources to fulfill strategic plans;
--making recommendations for the assignment of responsibilities
within the Armed Forces in accordance with and in support of those
logistic and mobility plans;
--comparing the capabilities of American and allied Armed Forces
with those of potential adversaries;
--preparing and reviewing contingency plans that conform to policy
guidance from the President and the Secretary of Defense;
--preparing joint logistic and mobility plans to support contingency
plans; and
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--recommending assignment of logistic and mobility responsibilities
to the Armed Forces to fulfill logistic and mobility plans.
The Chairman advises the Secretary of Defense on critical
deficiencies and strengths in force capabilities (including manpower,
logistic, and mobility support) and assesses the effect of such
deficiencies and strengths on meeting national security objectives and
policy and on strategic plans. He establishes and maintains a uniform
system for evaluating the preparedness of each combatant command to
carry out assigned missions.
The Chairman advises the Secretary of Defense on the priorities of
the requirements identified by the commanders of the combatant commands
and on the extent to which program recommendations and budget proposals
of the military departments and other DOD components for a fiscal year
conform with priorities established in requirements of the combatant
commands. He is responsible for submitting to the Secretary alternative
program recommendations and budget proposals with guidance provided by
the Secretary, in order to achieve greater conformance with priorities
established by the combatant commands. The Chairman also advises the
Secretary on the extent to which major programs and policies of the
Armed Forces in the area of manpower conform with strategic plans and
assesses military requirements for defense acquisition programs.
Additionally, the Chairman:
--formulates doctrine and training policies and coordinates military
education and training;
--represents the United States on the Military Staff Committee of
the United Nations;
--performs such other duties as may be prescribed by law or by the
President and the Secretary of Defense;
--convenes and presides over regular meetings of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff;
--assists the Joint Chiefs in carrying on their business as promptly
as practicable; and
--schedules issues for consideration by the Joint Chiefs.
The Chairman, while so serving, holds the grade of general or
admiral and outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces.
The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs performs duties assigned by
the Chairman, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense. The Vice
Chairman acts as Chairman when there is a vacancy in the office of the
Chairman, or in the absence or disability of the Chairman. The Vice
Chairman, while so serving, holds the grade of general or admiral and
outranks all other officers of the Armed Forces except the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Joint Staff
The Joint Staff under the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff assists
the Chairman and, subject to the authority of the Chairman, the other
members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in carrying out their
responsibilities.
The Joint Staff is headed by a Director who is selected by the
Chairman in consultation with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, and with the approval of the Secretary of Defense. Officers
assigned to serve on the Joint Staff are selected by the Chairman in
approximate equal numbers from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air
Force. The Joint Staff is composed of all members of the Armed Forces
and civilian employees assigned or detailed to permanent duty to perform
the functions assigned to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Sources of Information
Audiovisual Products Certain Department of Defense productions on film
and videotapes, CD-ROM's, and other audiovisual products such as stock
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footage and still photographs are available to the public. Usually, they
are created by the Department to support training, documentation, and
internal information objectives. No admission or any other fees may be
charged for exhibition of the productions, and they must be exhibited in
their entirety, including all titles at the beginning and end. No
portion may be reproduced, edited, or cut in any manner. An up-to-date,
full-text searchable listing of the Department's inventory of film and
videotape titles is available on the Internet, at http://
www.redstone.army.mil/davis/. Persons without Internet access and those
interested in obtaining productions may contact the following sources:
--For newer productions, contact the National Technical Information
Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Phone, 703-487-
4603.
--For older productions, contact the Motion Picture, Sound, and
Video Branch (NWDNM), National Archives and Records Administration, 8601
Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Phone, 301-713-7050.
--For CD-ROM's, stock footage, and still photographs, contact the
Defense Visual Information Center, 1363 Z Street, Building 2730, March
Air Reserve Base, CA 92518-2717. Phone, 909-413-2515.
There is usually a fee charged for the Department's audiovisual
products.
Contracts and Small Business Activities Contact the Director, Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary of Defense,
Room 2A338, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3061. Phone, 703-697-
9383.
DOD Directives and Instructions Correspondence and Directives
Directorate, Washington Headquarters Services, Room 2A286, The Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301-1155. Phone, 703-697-4111.
Employment Almost all positions are in the competitive service and are
filled from civil service registers. College recruiting requirements are
limited primarily to management intern positions at the B.S. and M.S.
levels. For additional information, inquiries should be addressed to the
Personnel Services Directorate, Personnel and Security, Washington
Headquarters Services, Room 2E22, AMC Building, Alexandria, VA 22333-
0001. Phone, 703-617-7211.
Pentagon Tours Guided tours of the Pentagon are available Monday
through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m., excluding Federal
holidays. The 75-minute tour starts at the Metro entrance to the
Pentagon and is approximately one mile long. Groups of more than 100
should schedule the tour 2 weeks in advance. Wheelchairs are available
at no cost. For further information or reservations, contact Pentagon
Tours, Director for Programs and Community Relations, 1400 Defense
Pentagon, Room 1E776, Washington, DC 20301-1400. Phone, 703-695-1776.
Speakers Civilian and military representatives of the Department of
Defense are available to speak on a variety of defense subjects in
response to invitations, usually at no cost to the local sponsor.
However, speakers may accept transportation, meals, and lodging, if
offered by the sponsor of the public event in which they are to
participate. Written requests for speakers should be addressed to the
Director for Programs and Community Relations, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, The Pentagon, Washington, DC
20301-1400 (phone, 703-695-3845); or to the public affairs officer of
the nearest military installation.
Telephone Directory The Department of Defense telephone directory is
available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Phone, 202-512-1800.
For further information concerning the Department of Defense, contact
the Director, Directorate for Public Communication, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, The Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301-1400. Phone, 703-697-5737. Internet, http://
www.dtic.mil/defenselink/faq/comment.html.
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DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES
American Forces Information Service The American Forces Information
Service, established in 1977 under the supervision of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, is responsible for the
Department's internal information program, visual information policy,
and visual information and public affairs training. The Armed Forces
Radio and Television Service, the Print Media Directorate (which
includes among its many products the Current News Early Bird), the Armed
Forces Radio and Television Service Broadcast Center, the Television-
Audio Support Activity, the Defense Information Schools, and the Defense
Visual Information Center function under the Director of American Forces
Information Service. In addition, the Service provides policy guidance
and oversight for departmental periodicals and pamphlets, Stars and
Stripes newspapers, military command newspapers, the broadcast elements
of the military departments, and departmental audiovisual matters.
(American Forces Information Service, Department of Defense, Suite 311,
601 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2007. Phone, 703-428-
0597.)
Department of Defense Education Activity The Department of Defense
Education Activity (DODEA) was established in 1992 under the authority,
direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force
Management Policy. It consists of two subordinate organizational
entities: the Department of Defense Dependents Schools and the
Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary
Schools.
The mission of DODEA is to serve as the principal staff adviser to
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy on all
Defense education matters relative to overseas and stateside education
activities and programs; formulate, develop, and implement policies,
technical guidance, and standards for the effective management of
Defense education activities and programs; plan, direct, coordinate, and
manage the education programs for eligible dependents of U.S. military
and civilian personnel stationed overseas and stateside; evaluate the
programmatic and operational policies and procedures for the DOD
Dependent Schools, and DOD Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary
Schools; and provide education activity representation at meetings and
deliberations of educational panels and advisory groups.
(Department of Defense Education Activity, 4040 North Fairfax Drive,
Arlington, VA 22203-1635. Phone, 703-696-4236.)
Department of Defense Human Resources Field Activity The DOD Civilian
Personnel Management Service and the Defense Manpower Data Center were
merged to establish the DOD Human Resources Field Activity (DOD HRFA)
under the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness. The mission of DOD HRFA is to
provide program support, functional information management, and
administrative services to the DOD components on human resources
matters; collect and maintain an archive and provide research and
analysis of human resources and other automated data bases for DOD; and
provide support to other DOD programs as assigned by the Under Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
(Department of Defense Human Resources Field Activity, B200, 1400 Key
Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209-5144. Phone, 703-696-2720.)
Defense Medical Programs Activity The Activity develops and maintains
the Department of Defense Unified Medical Program to provide resources
for all medical activities; develops, maintains, and provides guidance
for an integrated system for planning, programming, and budgeting for
medical facility military construction projects throughout DOD and for
managing the allocation of the financial resources approved for such
projects; develops, maintains, and oversees the design, enhancement,
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operation, procurement, and management of information systems and
related communications and automated systems in support of the
activities of the DOD Military Health Services System (MHSS); manages
the DOD-wide automated MHSS information systems; provides other support
for DOD military medical programs, as directed by the Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs).
(Defense Medical Programs Activity, Department of Defense, Skyline 5,
Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3201. Phone, 703-
681-8705. Fax, 703-681-8706.)
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office The Defense Prisoner
of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) was established July 16, 1993,
under the authority, direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for International Security Affairs, and provides centralized
management of prisoner of war/missing personnel (POW/MP) affairs with
the Department of Defense.
The Office provides DOD participation in the conduct of negotiations
with officials of foreign governments in efforts to achieve the fullest
possible accounting of missing American service men and women; assembles
and analyzes information and maintains data bases on U.S. military and
civilian personnel who are, or were, prisoners of war or missing in
action; declassifies DOD documents for disclosure and release in
accordance with section 1082 of Public Law 102-190 (50 U.S.C. 401 note),
Executive Order 12812 of July 22, 1992, and Executive Order 12958 of
October 14, 1995; and maintains open channels of communication on POW/MP
matters between the Department and the Congress, POW/MP families,
veterans organizations, and the American public through periodic
consultations and other appropriate methods.
(Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, Department of
Defense, OASD/ISA, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-2400. Phone, 703-
602-2102. Fax, 703-602-1891)
Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA) The Defense
Technology Security Administration was established by the Deputy
Secretary of Defense on May 10, 1985, under the authority, direction,
and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Policy. The mission of DTSA is to develop and implement DOD
policies on international transfers of defense-related goods, services,
and technologies to ensure that: critical U.S. military technological
advantages are preserved; transfers of defense-related technology which
could prove detrimental to U.S. security interests are controlled and
limited; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of
delivery is prevented; and legitimate defense cooperation with foreign
allies and friends is supported.
(Defense Technology Security Administration, Department of Defense,
Suite 300, 400 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202-2884. Phone, 703-
604-5215.)
Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
The Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed
Services (OCHAMPUS) was established as a field activity in 1974. The
Office contracts for and administers, in concert with military
officials, regional managed care support contracts for medical care
provided in military treatment facilities and by civilian sources for
active duty and retired service members and their dependents and
survivors. A regional structure, called TRICARE, combines two formerly
separate components of the Military Health Services System: care in
military facilities; and, under OCHAMPUS oversight, a civilian medical
care program to supplement the care available from the military
facilities.
(Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed
Services, Department of Defense, Aurora, CO 80045. Phone, 303-361-1313.)
Office of Economic Adjustment The Office of Economic Adjustment is
responsible for planning and managing the Department's economic
adjustment programs and for assisting Federal, State, and local
officials in cooperative efforts to alleviate any serious social and
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economic side effects resulting from major departmental realignments or
other actions.
(Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense, 400 Army Navy
Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22202-2884. Phone, 703-604-6020.)
Washington Headquarters Services The Director of Administration and
Management serves in a dual capacity as the Director of Washington
Headquarters Services. The agency's mission is to provide administrative
and operational support to certain Department of Defense activities in
the National Capital region. Such support includes budget and
accounting, personnel management, office services, security,
correspondence, directives and records management, travel, building
administration, information and data systems, voting assistance program,
and other administrative support as required.
(Washington Headquarters Services, Department of Defense, Room 3D972,
The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155. Phone, 703-695-4436.)