Department of
Defense
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Samples of Behavior
• ID the role of the President, the Secretary of
Defense, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• State the relationships between the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the
President/SecDef, Unified Commanders,
and the component commanders
• Define Unified and Specified Command
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Overview
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Who we are
Who we work for
How we are organized
What we do
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We are America’s...
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Oldest Company
Largest Company
Busiest Company
Most Successful Company
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America’s Oldest Company
How We Evolved
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Army—June 14, 1775
Navy—October 13, 1775
Marine Corps—November 10, 1775
Air Force– September 18, 1947
War Department (Aug 7, 1789)
Department of the Navy (April 30, 1798)
Dept of the Army
Dept of the Air Force
SecDef position created with cabinet rank; given
Nat’l Mil Estab
control of Services (Sep 17, 1947)
DoD created & SecDef role strengthened (Aug 10, 1949)
Dept of Defense
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America’s Oldest Company
For over 50 years
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Department
of Defense
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America’s Largest Company
5.3 million strong
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1.4 million active duty
654,000 civilians
1.2 million Guard and Reserve
2 million retirees & families receiving
benefits
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America’s Largest Company
Our global infrastructure
• Operate from more than 6,000 locations
• Use more than 30 million acres
• More than 600,000 buildings and structures
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America’s Largest Company
Worldwide presence
• More than 146 countries
• Some 473,881 personnel overseas or afloat
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America’s Largest Company
As a comparison...
Company
DoD
Budget/
Revenue
Employees
$371 billion
2,036,000
Wal-Mart
227 billion
1,383,000
ExxonMobil
200 billion
97,900
GM
181 billion
365,000
Ford
160 billion
354,400
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America’s Largest Company
Our Headquarters
• Pentagon – facts and figures
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Construction: 16 months/$83 million
Corridors: 17 ½ miles
Employees: 25,000
Bldg size: 29 acres
Office Space: 3.8M ft2
Parking Space: 67 acres
Circumference: 9/10th mile
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The Phoenix Project
• Sept 11, 2001: Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon, damaging
C, D, and E rings of corridors 4 & 5, approx 400,000
square ft, 125 killed
• June 11, 2002: Discolored limestone block from west wall
impact site covers dedication capsule
• Sept 11, 2002: E-ring point of impact spaces re-occupied
• Spring 2003: Full restoration
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America’s Busiest Company
Every month we...
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Cut 5 million paychecks
Take 920,000 contracts or purchase actions
Fit 50,000 pairs of boots
Serve 3.4 million meals
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America’s Busiest Company
On any given day we...
• Buy enough fuel to drive a car around the
world 13,000 times
• Maintain 12,000 miles of waterways
• Operate 24% of US hydropower capacity
• Manage 232 high schools and elementary
schools
• Provide day care for more than 200,000
children
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America’s Busiest Company
Last Year we...
• Recruited 217,000 military
• Hired 19,700 civilians
• Separated 220,000 military and 50,000
civilians
• 24% turnover
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America’s Busiest Company
Major Deployments/Operations
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Most Successful Company
We hire the best
DoD
Work Force
High School Diplomas
95%
79%
Master’s Degrees
5.6%
4.9%
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Most Successful Company
We instill values
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Duty
Integrity
Ethics
Honor
Courage
Loyalty
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Most Successful Company
Our system works
Confidence in institutions
Military
Medicine
Supreme Court
Education
Religion
TV News
Big Business
Wall Street
Press
Labor
Law Firms
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Who We Work For
• Chief Executive Officer = The President
• Board of Directors = Congress
• Stockholders = People
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How We Are Organized
•President
•Secretary of Defense
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
•Train & equip
•Plan& coordinate
Unified Commands
•Conduct operations
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Policy
• Formulates national security/defense policy
• Integrates DoD policy and plans to achieve
security objectives
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Finance
• Budget and fiscal matters
• Program analysis and evaluation
• Management improvement
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Force Readiness
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Personnel management
National Guard and Reserve
Military readiness
Equal opportunity, morale, welfare, quality
of life
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Purchasing
• Researching, testing, buying, producing and
building
• Advising on new technology
• Ensuring environmental compliance
• Guiding Departmental use of atomic energy
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Military Departments
Serve train and equip
Department of Defense
Military Departments
US Army
US Air Force
US Navy
US Marine Corps
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Army
• Defend US territory and any occupied areas
• Overcome any aggressor that imperils our
Nation’s peace and security
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Navy
• Maintain, train and equip combat-ready
Naval forces capable of winning wars,
deterring aggression, and maintaining
freedom of the seas
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Marines
• Maintain ready expeditionary forces
• Sea-based integrated air-ground units for
contingency and combat operations
• Suppress or contain international
disturbances
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Air Force
• Defend the United States through control
and exploitation of air and space
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Guard and Reserve
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Wartime military support
Humanitarian
Peacekeeping
Homeland Security
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Coast Guard
• Provide law and maritime safety
enforcement, marine and environmental
protection, and military naval support
• Under Dept of Transportation during
peacetime
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Office of the Chairman, JCS
Secretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Chairman, JCS
Vice Chairman, JCS
Chief of Staff, Army
Commandant, Marine Corps
Chief Naval Operations
Chief of Staff, Air Force
Director,
Joint Staff
J-1
Manpower and
Personnel
J-2
Intelligence
(DIA)
J-3
Operations
J-4
Logistics
J-5
Strategic Plans
& Policy
J-6
Command, Control
Communications &
Computer Systems
J-7
Operational Plans
& Interoperability
J-8
Force Structure,
Resources &
Assessment
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Unified Commands
Execute Policy
• Direct link to President & Secretary of Defense
• 5 Commanders have geographic responsibility
• 4 Commanders have worldwide responsibility
Secretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Northern
Command
European
Command
Joint Forces
Command
Central
Command
Special Operations
Command
Southern
Command
Transportation
Command
Pacific
Command
Strategic
Command
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
Unified Commands
European Command
Geographical responsibility
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
Unified Commands
Northern Command
Geographical responsibility
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
Unified Commands
Central Command
Geographical responsibility
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
Unified Commands
Southern Command
Geographical responsibility
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
Unified Commands
Pacific Command
Geographical responsibility
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
Unified Commands
Joint Forces Command
• Transformation laboratory
• Develop joint warfighting strategy and
capabilities
• Define and test joint warfighting
concepts and requirements
Worldwide responsibility
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
Unified Commands
Special Operations Command
• Provide counter-paramilitary, counter-narcotics,
guerilla, psychological warfare, civil education,
and insurgency capability in support of U.S.
national and international interests
Worldwide responsibility
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
Unified Commands
Transportation Command
• Provide air, land, and sea transportation
for the Department of Defense in times of
peace and war
Worldwide responsibility
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the JCS
Unified Commands
Strategic Command
• Deter attacks on U.S. and allies
• Control strategic nuclear forces
• Operate communications, weather, navigation, ballistic missile
attack warning satellites
• Assure U.S. space access and deny the enemy same
• Should deterrence fail, employ forces to achieve national
objectives
Worldwide responsibility
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What We Do
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Warfighting
Humanitarian
Peacekeeping
Homeland Security
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Our Most Important Resource
• It’s not tanks, planes, or ships, it’s...
PEOPLE!
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Summary
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Who we are
Who we work for
How we are organized
What we do
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Our Bottom Line
• Provide the military forces needed to deter
war
• Protect the security of the United States
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Department of
Defense
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