Department of Defense

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federal executive department government agency

The Department of Defense is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions related to national security and the armed forces.

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All labels observed (25)

Label Occurrences
United States Department of Defense 1,068
U.S. Department of Defense 306
Department of Defense canonical 130

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal executive department ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
abbreviation Department of Defense self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DoD
budget one of the largest of any government department in the world ⓘ
chiefExecutiveOfficer United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
employs civilian personnel ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ
foundedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
hasPart Defense Agencies ⓘ
DoD Field Activities ⓘ
Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
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
headquartersLocation Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
Pentagon ⓘ
surface form: The Pentagon
inception 1947-09-18 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalBasis National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
locatedIn United States Capitol region ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Virginia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
missionStatement to provide the military forces needed to deter war and ensure the nation’s security ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
oversees United States National Guard ⓘ
surface form: National Guard of the United States (when federalized)

United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ
surface form: United States Coast Guard (in wartime or when directed)

United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
United States Space Force ⓘ
partOf executive branch of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Executive Branch of the United States government
positionHeldBy United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
precededBy Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Secretary of Defense (as part of National Military Establishment)

United States Department of War ⓘ
Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of the Navy
reorganizedBy Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 ⓘ
replaces National Military Establishment ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor coordination of U.S. armed forces ⓘ
defense research and development ⓘ
military budget ⓘ
military operations ⓘ
national defense policy ⓘ
subordinateTo President of the United States ⓘ
website Department of Defense self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: https://www.defense.gov

Referenced by (1,541)

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

National Security Act of 1947 → created → Department of Defense ⓘ
National Security Act of 1947 → resultedIn → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: unified Department of Defense
Bolt Beranek and Newman → client → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Mojave Desert → administratedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
David Packard → employer → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
United States Army → parentOrganization → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
National Military Establishment → replacedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
National Military Establishment → reorganizationInto → Department of Defense ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense → headOf → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
United States Secretary of Defense → department → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
The Essence of Security → relatedTo → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
United States Department of State → cooperatesWith → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
United States Navy → serviceBranchOf → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Cabinet of the United States → includesOffice → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Secretary of the Army → partOf → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency → parentAgency → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency → operatedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
United States Air Force → parentDepartment → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
United States Marine Corps → subordinateTo → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
executive branch of the United States → contains → Department of Defense ⓘ
Title 50 of the United States Code → appliesTo → Department of Defense ⓘ
Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 → affects → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
ARPANET → fundedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
ARPANET → fundedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
ARPANET → fundedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: DoD
Raytheon Company → majorCustomer → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
NME → followedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
NME → reorganizedInto → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
NME → replacedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
NME → renamedAs → Department of Defense ⓘ
Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy → relatedTo → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Secretary of the Navy → partOf → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Munitions Board → parentAgency → Department of Defense ⓘ
Research and Development Board → operatedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Research and Development Board → parentOrganization → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative → administeredBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative → sponsor → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
Small Business Innovation Research program → participatingAgency → Department of Defense ⓘ
Office of National Drug Control Policy → coordinatesWith → Department of Defense ⓘ
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 → affectsAgency → Department of Defense ⓘ
Unified Combatant Commands → partOf → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
Mr. Secretary → associatedWithOffice → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
SecDef → headOf → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
SecDef → currentDepartment → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Pentagon → headquartersOf → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Pentagon → operatedBy → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
Pentagon → symbolOf → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States defense establishment
Public Law 80-253 → created → Department of Defense ⓘ
Joint Chiefs of Staff → partOf → Department of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Defense
National Security Act Amendments of 1949 → created → Department of Defense ⓘ