defense official

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concept

A defense official is a government-appointed or employed authority responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing a nation's military policies, operations, and defense-related activities.

Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form Occurrences
defense leadership position 2
Assistant Secretary of Defense 1
Pentagon official 1

Instances (14)

Instance Via concept surface
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency defense research leadership position
Assistant Secretary of Defense senior defense official
Trevor Gardner (aerospace official)
Secretary of the Department of Defence
surface form: Secretary of the Department of Defence (Australia)
civilian defence leadership role
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency senior defense intelligence official
Richard Perle Pentagon official
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Assistant Secretary of Defense
Director, Missile Defense Agency defense leadership role
Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency defense leadership position
Director of Administration and Management senior official position in the U.S. Department of Defense
Deputy Minister of National Defense of Vietnam defense leadership position
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs civilian defense official
Wehrbeauftragter des Deutschen Bundestages Wehrbeauftragter
United States Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England
surface form: Gordon R. England
defense executive