The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD): How We’re Organized: Directions for military operations emanate from the National Command Authority, a term used to collectively describe the President and the Secretary of Defense. The President, as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, is the ultimate authority. The Office of the Secretary of Defense carries out the Secretary’s policies by tasking the military departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the unified commands. • The military departments train and equip the military forces. • The Chairman plans and coordinates military deployments and operations. • The unified commands conduct the military operations. Office of the Secretary of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense helps the Secretary plan, advise, and carry out the nation’s security policies as directed by both the Secretary of Defense and the President. Four key advisers work with the Secretary of Defense in critical areas of policy, finance, force readiness, and purchasing. Basically, they manage ideas, money, people, and material. Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense The Secretary of Defense is the principal defense policy adviser to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy and policy related to all matters of direct concern to the Department of Defense, and for the execution of approved policy. General Martin E. Dempsey Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey serves as the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he serves as the principal military adviser to the President, the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council. By law, he is the nation’s highest-ranking military officer.
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