Defense Agencies

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United States Department of Defense component organizational category

Defense Agencies are specialized U.S. Department of Defense components that provide centralized support and services—such as intelligence, logistics, and communications—to the military departments and combatant commands.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Defense component → organizational category →
administeredBy	Office of the Secretary of Defense →
beneficiary	Department of the Air Force → Department of the Army → Department of the Navy → Unified Combatant Commands → United States Space Force →
coordinationWith	Office of the Secretary of Defense → combatant commands → military departments →
country	United States →
distinctFrom	DoD field activities → military departments →
function	acquisition support → audit and financial management support → communications support → contracting support → information technology services → intelligence support → logistics support → medical support → missile defense support → personnel and manpower support → threat reduction and security cooperation support →
include	Defense Commissary Agency → Defense Contract Management Agency → Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency → Defense Finance and Accounting Service → Defense Health Agency → Defense Information Systems Agency → Defense Intelligence Agency → Defense Logistics Agency → Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency → Defense Security Cooperation Agency → Defense Technical Information Center → Defense Threat Reduction Agency → Missile Defense Agency →
legalAuthority	Title 10 of the United States Code →
partOf	United States Department of Defense →
provideTo	contingency operations → joint military operations → peacetime military activities →
purpose	provide centralized support to U.S. combatant commands → provide centralized support to U.S. military departments → provide common services across the Department of Defense →
scopeOfActivity	worldwide →
typeOfSupport	combat service support → combat support →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Department of Defense directives →	appliesTo
Office of the Secretary of Defense →	hasComponent
United States Department of Defense →	hasPart
Defense Information Systems Agency ("Defense Spectrum Organization") →	oversight
Office of Assisted Acquisition Services ("Department of Defense components") →	sectorServed
Defense Dissemination Program Office ("U.S. defense agencies") →	servedUserGroup
Joint Strategic Planning System →	stakeholder
Defense Information Systems Network ("U.S. defense agencies") →	user