DoD Field Activities
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DoD Field Activities are specialized support organizations within the U.S. Department of Defense that provide essential services such as intelligence, logistics, communications, and administrative support to the military and defense enterprise.
Aliases (2)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Department of Defense component
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organizational category → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Department of Defense Field Activities
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| country |
United States of America
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| hasCharacteristic |
centralize certain common services for efficiency
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perform department-wide support missions → provide specialized support services rather than operational combat forces → reduce duplication of support functions across DoD components → |
| hasFunction |
administrative support
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communications support → contracting and acquisition support → defense commissary and exchange-related support → defense education and training support → defense health and medical support services → defense information systems management → defense media and public affairs support → financial management support → intelligence support → logistics data and cataloging → logistics support → personnel and manpower support → technical and engineering support → |
| hasRole |
provide common services across the Department of Defense
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provide support to Combatant Commands → provide support to the Joint Staff → provide support to the Military Departments → provide support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense → |
| includes |
Defense Commissary Agency
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Defense Contract Management Agency → Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency → Defense Finance and Accounting Service → Defense Health Agency → Defense Human Resources Activity → Defense Information Systems Agency → Defense Logistics Agency → Defense Media Activity → Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency → Defense Security Cooperation Agency → Defense Technical Information Center → Defense Threat Reduction Agency → Department of Defense Education Activity → Washington Headquarters Services → |
| legalBasis |
Department of Defense directives and instructions
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Title 10 United States Code → |
| overseenBy |
Office of the Secretary of Defense
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| partOf |
United States Department of Defense
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| reportsTo |
Secretary of Defense
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| timePeriod |
contemporary U.S. defense structure
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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DoD Field Activities
("Department of Defense Field Activities")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Department of Defense directives
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appliesTo |
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Office of the Secretary of Defense
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hasComponent |
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United States Department of Defense
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hasPart |
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Fort Meade, Maryland
("Defense Media Activity")
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hosts |
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DoD Field Activities
("Defense Media Activity")
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includes |