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{{short description|Partial list of agencies under the U.S. Department of Defense}}

[[File:Seal of the United States Department of Defense.svg|thumb|DoD Seal]]
This is a partial list of Agencies under the '''''[[United States Department of Defense|United States Department of Defense (DoD)]]''''' which was formerly and shortly known as the '''National Military Establishment'''. Its main responsibilities are to control the Armed Forces of the United States. The department was established in 1947 and is currently divided into three major Departments—the [[Department of the Army]], [[United States Department of the Navy|Navy]] and [[Department of the Air Force|Air Force]]—and has a military staff of 1,418,542 (553,044 [[US Army]]; 329,304 [[US Navy]]; 202,786 [[US Marine Corps]]; 333,408 [[US Air Force]]).<ref name="DoD1">[http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/history/hst0909.pdf "Defense Department Military Personnel"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106141031/http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/history/hst0909.pdf |date=2011-01-06 }}, retrieved 16/02/2011.</ref> The DoD is headed by the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]. Currently, the DoD is led by defense secretary [[Lloyd Austin]].

==Department of Defense Agencies, Field Activities, and others==
* [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA)
* [[Defense Commissary Agency]] (DeCA)
* [[Defense Contract Audit Agency]](DCAA)
* [[Defense Contract Management Agency]] (DCMA)
* [[Defense Security Service|Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency]] (DCSA)
* [[Defense Finance and Accounting Service]] (DFAS)
* [[Defense Health Agency]] (DHA)
* [[Defense Human Resources Activity]] (DHRA) [Field Activity]
* [[Defense Information Systems Agency]] (DISA)
* [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA)
* [[General Counsel of the Department of Defense|Defense Legal Services Agency]] (DLSA)
* [[Defense Logistics Agency]] (DLA)
* [[Defense Media Activity]] (DMA) [Field Activity]
* [[Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency]] (DPAA)
* [[Defense Security Cooperation Agency]] (DSCA)
* [[Defense Technical Information Center]] (DTIC) [Field Activity]
* [[Defense Technology Security Administration]] (DTSA) [Field Activity]
* [[Defense Threat Reduction Agency]] (DTRA)
* [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] (DOD EA) [Field Activity]
* Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (DOD TRMC) [Field Activity]
* [[Missile Defense Agency]] (MDA)
* [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] (NGA)
* [[National Reconnaissance Office]] (NRO)
* [[National Security Agency]]/[[Central Security Service]] (NSA/CSS)
* [[Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation]] (OLDCC), formerly Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) [Field Activity]
* [[Pentagon Force Protection Agency]] (PFPA)
* [[Washington Headquarters Services]] (WHS) [Field Activity]
*Other DOD Components:
[[Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals]]
[[Army and Air Force Exchange Service]]
[[Defense Acquisition University]] (DAU)
[[Defense Criminal Investigative Service]] (DCIS) (component of DOD Office of Inspector General)
[[Joint Personnel Recovery Agency]] (a Chairman's Controlled Activity)
Military Postal Service Agency
[[National Assessment Group]] (NAG)
[[National Defense University]] (NDU)
[[National Guard Bureau]] (NGB)
*[[Army National Guard]] (ARNG)
*[[Air National Guard]] (ANG)
[[National Intelligence University]] (NIU) (part of DIA)
Organization of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (includes NDU)
[[Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences]] (USUHS)
[[United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces]]
[[United States Military Entrance Processing Command]] (USMEPCOM)
Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Cross Functional Team (EMSO CFT)
Close Combat Lethality Task Force (CCLTF)
Protecting Critical Technology Task Force (PCTTF)

==Department of the Army==
* [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division|U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division]] (CID)
* [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]]
* Regional Headquarters
 Great Lakes Region
 Missouri River Regional Headquarters (CENWD-MR) (Former Missouri River Division)
 North Pacific Regional Headquarters (CENWD-NP)(Former North Pacific Division)
* Army Digitization Office (ADO)
* [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Army Medical Department]] (AMEDD)
* [[Army Research Laboratory]] (ARL)
* Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA)
* U.S. Army Financial Management
* [[White Sands Missile Range]] (WSMR)

===Army Corps of Engineers: Divisions===
* Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (CELRD)
* Mississippi Valley Division (CEMVD)
* North Atlantic Division (CENAD)
* Northwestern Division (CENWD)
* Pacific Ocean Division (CEPOD)
* South Atlantic Division (CESAD)
* South Pacific Division (CESPD)
* Southwestern Division (CESWD)

===Army Corps of Engineers: Laboratories===
* [[Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory]] (CECRL)
* Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CECER)
* [[Waterways Experiment Station]] (CEWES)
* [[Topographic Engineering Center]] (CETEC)

'''Army Commands''' (MACOMs)
*[[U.S. Army Forces Command]] (FORSCOM)
*[[U.S. Army Futures Command]] (AFC)
*[[U.S. Army Materiel Command]] (AMC)
*[[U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command]] (TRADOC)

==Department of the Navy==

* [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service]] (NCIS)
* [[United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division]] (USMC CID)

===Navy===
* [[Office of Naval Research]] (ONR)
* [http://www.nrl.navy.mil Naval Research Laboratory] (NRL)
* [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] (ONI)
* [[United States Naval Academy]]
* [[Military Sealift Command]] (MSC)

===Marine Corps===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041212012203/http://www.hqmc.usmc.mil/meu.nsf/ Marine Expeditionary Units]
* [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]]
* [[Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps]]
* [[Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060428080730/http://www.hqmc.usmc.mil/ Headquarters, United States Marine Corps]

==Department of the Air Force==

===Air Force===
[[File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg|alt=Seal of the U.S. Air Force|thumb|220x220px]]
* [[Air Force Research Laboratory]]
* [[Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps]] (AFROTC)
* [[Air Force Office of Special Investigations]] (AFOSI)

'''[[MAJCOM|Major Commands]]''' (MAJCOMs)
*[[Air Combat Command]] (ACC)
*[[Pacific Air Forces]] (PACAF)
*[[United States Air Forces in Europe]] (USAFE)
*[[Air Force Special Operations Command]] (AFSOC)
*[[Air Education and Training Command]] (AETC)
*[[Air Mobility Command]] (AMC)
*[[Air Force Global Strike Command]] (AFGSC)
*[[Air Force Materiel Command]] (AFMC)
*[[Air Force Reserve Command]] (AFRC)

===Space Force===
'''Field Commands'''
*[[Space Operations Command]] (SpOC)
*[[Space Systems Command]] (SSC)
*[[Space Training and Readiness Command]] (STARCOM)

==Unified Combatant Commands==
[[File:GCCMAP.png|thumb|right|300px|'''The Geographic Commands''']]
The United States has eleven Combatant Commands (COCOM); seven Geographical Combatant Commands (GCC) & four Functional Combatant Commands (FCC).

GCCs:
* [[U.S. Africa Command]] (USAFRICOM)
* [[U.S. Central Command]] (USCENTCOM)
* [[U.S. European Command]] (USEUCOM)
* [[U.S. Indo-Pacific Command]] (USINDOPACOM)
* [[U.S. Northern Command]] (USNORTHCOM)
* [[U.S. Southern Command]] (USSOUTHCOM)
* [[U.S. Space Command]] (USSPACECOM)
FCCs:
* [[U.S. Cyber Command]] (USCYBERCOM)
* [[U.S. Special Operations Command]] (USSOCOM)
* [[U.S. Strategic Command]] (USSTRATCOM)
* [[U.S. Transportation Command]] (USTRANSCOM)

==See also==
* [[Combat support agency]]
* [[United States Department of Defense]]
* [[United States Department of Defense#Unified Combatant Commands|United States Unified Combatant Commands]]
* [[Fourth Estate (Department of Defense)]]

==References==
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Most information on this list was taken from [https://web.archive.org/web/20200805124224/https://inisja.com/ Government Information]. Some pieces were taken from [http://www.usa.gov/ USA.gov].

It's important to note that the DOD does not directly control any federal agencies working domestically, for example the CIA is an intelligence agency that works on foreign territory.

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Isaccdo, Poiymelo and Drtechnovoid are all code names for spies in the DOD's Elite intelligence departments.

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