United States military departments

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United States defense organization organizational component of the United States Armed Forces

The United States military departments are the major organizational components of the U.S. Armed Forces—such as the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force—responsible for administering, training, and equipping military personnel.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Military Departments 7
U.S. military departments 4
United States Armed Forces military departments 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States defense organization ⓘ
organizational component of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
budgetFrom United States federal budget ⓘ
coordinateWith Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Joint Staff ⓘ
surface form: United States Joint Staff
country United States of America ⓘ
dateOfMajorReorganization 1947 ⓘ
1949 ⓘ
distinctFrom United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
surface form: United States Joint Chiefs of Staff

Unified Combatant Commands ⓘ
surface form: United States combatant commands
governedBy civilian control of the military principle ⓘ
hasCivilianHead Secretary of the Air Force ⓘ
Secretary of the Army ⓘ
Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
hasMilitaryChief Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Chief of Space Operations ⓘ
Chief of Staff of the Air Force ⓘ
Chief of Staff of the Army ⓘ
Commandant of the Marine Corps ⓘ
hasPart United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
Department of the Air Force ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of the Air Force

United States Department of the Army ⓘ
Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of the Navy

United States Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form: United States Marine Corps (through Department of the Navy)

Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Navy (through Department of the Navy)

United States Space Force ⓘ
surface form: United States Space Force (through Department of the Air Force)
headquartersLocation Pentagon ⓘ
surface form: The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
legalBasis Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 ⓘ
National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
overseenBy United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
partOf Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
primaryFunction support combatant commands with trained and equipped forces ⓘ
relatedTo United States Armed Forces ⓘ
United States national security policy ⓘ
reportsTo United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of the U.S. Armed Forces ⓘ
equipping of military forces ⓘ
maintaining military forces ⓘ
organizing military forces ⓘ
supplying military forces ⓘ
training of military personnel ⓘ
scope Department of the Air Force ⓘ
surface form: air and space forces (Department of the Air Force)

land warfare forces (Department of the Army) ⓘ
naval and maritime forces (Department of the Navy) ⓘ
subordinateTo executive branch of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States federal executive branch

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States awards and decorations → awardedBy → United States military departments ⓘ
Joint Strategic Planning System → stakeholder → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Departments
DA → componentOf → United States military departments ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of the Army
this entity surface form: United States Armed Forces military departments
Silver Star Medal → presentedBy → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military service departments
Department of Defense directives → appliesTo → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Departments
Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation → worksWith → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Departments
Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense → collaboratesWith → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Departments
Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs → appliesToJurisdiction → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. military departments
Reorganization Act of 1949 → relatedTo → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal executive departments
Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System → usedBy → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Departments
Defense Security Cooperation Agency → coordinatesWith → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. military departments
Service Acquisition Executives → appliesTo → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. military departments
Comptroller of the Department of Defense → collaboratesWith → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: military departments
Commander of the Southern Department, U.S. Army → historicalSubordination → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army departmental system
International Security Affairs directorates within OSD → coordinatesWith → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. military departments
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Product Support → collaboratesWith → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Departments
DoD manuals → appliesTo → United States military departments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Departments