National Military Establishment

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United States federal executive department defense organization

The National Military Establishment was the post–World War II U.S. federal organization that briefly coordinated the Army, Navy, and newly created Air Force before evolving into the Department of Defense.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Department of Defense of the United States	1
National Military Establishment (U.S.)	1
National Military Establishment framework of 1947	1
National Military Establishment of the United States	1
Title II – National Military Establishment	1
United States Department of Defense	1
United States military establishment	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal executive department ⓘ defense organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NME ⓘ National Military Establishment ⓘ surface form: National Military Establishment of the United States
amendedBy	National Security Act Amendments of 1949 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States national security ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
dateDissolved	1949-08-10 ⓘ
dateFormed	1947-09-18 ⓘ
dissolutionCause	reorganization and renaming as Department of Defense in 1949 ⓘ
firstOfficeholder	James V. Forrestal ⓘ
governs	military policy of the United States ⓘ
governsBody	Munitions Board ⓘ Research and Development Board ⓘ
hasComponent	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ Department of the Air Force ⓘ United States Department of the Army ⓘ surface form: Department of the Army Department of the Navy ⓘ National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: National Security Council
hasPosition	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Defense Secretary of the Air Force ⓘ Secretary of the Army ⓘ Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
headquarters	Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon
historicalRole	transitional structure between Department of War and Department of Defense ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
precededBy	United States Department of War ⓘ
purpose	coordination of U.S. military services ⓘ national defense policy formulation ⓘ
reorganizationInto	Department of Defense ⓘ
replacedBy	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
responsibleFor	Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
significantEvent	creation of an independent United States Air Force ⓘ unification of U.S. armed services under a Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subordinateTo	President of the United States ⓘ
supervises	United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States armed forces
timePeriod	post–World War II era ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

National Military Establishment → alsoKnownAs → National Military Establishment ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Military Establishment of the United States

Lincoln Laboratory → client → National Military Establishment ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense

Public Law 80-253 → component → National Military Establishment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title II – National Military Establishment

National Security Act of 1947 → created → National Military Establishment ⓘ

Public Law 80-253 → created → National Military Establishment ⓘ

President Harry S. Truman → createdOrganization → National Military Establishment ⓘ

subject surface form: Harry S. Truman

this entity surface form: Department of Defense of the United States

National Security Act Amendments of 1949 → reorganized → National Military Establishment ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States military establishment

Office of Scientific Research and Development → replaced → National Military Establishment ⓘ

Department of Defense → replaces → National Military Establishment ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Department of Defense

NME → saidToBeTheSameAs → National Military Establishment ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Military Establishment (U.S.)

NME → standsFor → National Military Establishment ⓘ

United States Department of War → successorStructure → National Military Establishment ⓘ

National Security Act Amendments of 1949 → successorTo → National Military Establishment ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Military Establishment framework of 1947

National Security Act Amendments of 1949 → transformedFrom → National Military Establishment ⓘ