Munitions Board

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United States defense agency

The Munitions Board was a U.S. defense agency responsible for coordinating the procurement, production, and allocation of military supplies and equipment among the armed services.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Munitions Board canonical	2
Army and Navy Munitions Board	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States defense agency ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateDissolved	1961 ⓘ
dateFormed	1947 ⓘ
formedBy	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
hasChairman	Stuart Symington ⓘ Thomas S. Gates Jr. ⓘ Wilfred J. McNeil ⓘ
hasRole	allocation of military equipment ⓘ allocation of military supplies ⓘ coordination of logistics policies ⓘ coordination of military procurement ⓘ coordination of military production ⓘ elimination of duplicate procurement among services ⓘ industrial mobilization planning ⓘ standardization of military items among services ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon
historicalContext	early Cold War military buildup ⓘ post–World War II defense reorganization ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ amendments to the National Security Act ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mandate	to coordinate procurement of munitions for all armed services ⓘ to coordinate wartime and mobilization requirements with industry ⓘ to prepare integrated programs of military procurement ⓘ to promote economy and efficiency in military supply ⓘ to supervise execution of approved procurement programs ⓘ
operatedUnder	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Defense
parentAgency	Department of Defense ⓘ
partOf	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
predecessor	Munitions Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Army and Navy Munitions Board
relatedTo	Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ⓘ Research and Development Board ⓘ
replacedBy	Defense Supply Agency ⓘ surface form: Defense Logistics Agency Defense Supply Agency ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ

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Instruction

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Munitions Board
Description of subject: The Munitions Board was a U.S. defense agency responsible for coordinating the procurement, production, and allocation of military supplies and equipment among the armed services.

Referenced by (3)

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

National Military Establishment → governsBody → Munitions Board ⓘ

NME → hasPart → Munitions Board ⓘ

Munitions Board → predecessor → Munitions Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army and Navy Munitions Board