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U.S. Department of Defense


United States, Govt Org    (1947 to present)
• Department which manages U.S. military organizations, with offices at the Pentagon in Washington D.C.
• Biographies of past and present Dept of Defense officials (See: Defense bios)
• 1947 : Constituted as "National Military Establishment" (NME)
• 1949 : Name changed to "Department of Defense"
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CliffordCMOfficer
 
NitzePHOfficer
 
GelbLHOfficer
 
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AugustineNROfficer
 
VanceCROfficer
 
McNamaraRSOfficer
 
BrownHOfficer
 
DeutchJMEmployee
 
BundyWPOfficer
 
GilpatricRLOfficer
 
GilpatricRLOfficer
 
FosterWCOfficer
 
MarshallGCOfficer
 
LovettRAOfficer
 
McConeJAOfficer
 
McConeJAOfficer
 
ForrestalJVOfficer
 
BlumROfficer
 
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USAirForceDivision
 
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Perry, William J.   (Officer of, 1977 to 1981) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Brown, Harold   (Officer of, 1977 to 1980) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of Defense (Carter admin)
Wolfowitz, Paul D.   (Officer of, 1977 to 1980) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Regional Programs (Carter admin)
Woolsey, R. James   (Officer of, 1977 to 1979) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Undersecretary of the Navy
Rumsfeld, Donald H.   (Officer of, 1975 to 1977) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of Defense
Augustine, Norman R.   (Officer of, 1973-09 to 1977-07) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1973 : Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Development (1973-75)
• 1975 : Under Secretary of the Army (1975-77)
Schlesinger, James R.   (Officer of, 1973-07 to 1975) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of Defense
Clifford, Clark M.   (Officer of, 1968 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of Defense (Johnson admin)
Nitze, Paul H.   (Officer of, 1967 to 1976) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1967 : Deputy Secretary of Defense (1967-69)
• 1969 : Member, U.S. delegation, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) (1969-73)
• 1973 : Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs (1973-76)
Gelb, Leslie H.   (Officer of, 1967 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Director of Policy Planning and Arms Control for International Security Affairs
Lord, Winston   (Officer of, 1967 to 1969) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Policy Planning Staff in International Security Affairs
Augustine, Norman R.   (Officer of, 1965 to 1970) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Director of Defense Research and Engineering
Vance, Cyrus R.   (Officer of, 1962-07 to 1967-06) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1962-07 : Secretary of the Army (Kennedy admin)
• 1964-01 : Deputy Secretary of Defense (Johnson admin)
McNamara, Robert S.   (Officer of, 1961-01 to 1968-02) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of Defense (Kennedy / Johnson admins)
Brown, Harold   (Officer of, 1961 to 1968) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1961 : Director of Defense Research
• 1965 : Secretary of the Air Force (Johnson admin)
Deutch, John M.   (Employee of, 1961 to 1965) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Systems Analyst
Bundy, William P.   (Officer of, 1961 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Kennedy admin)
Gilpatric, Roswell L.   (Officer of, 1961 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Deputy Secretary of Defense (Kennedy admin) (See: Defense bio)
Gilpatric, Roswell L.   (Officer of, 1951 to 1955) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1953 : Undersecretary of the Air Force
Foster, William C.   (Officer of, 1951 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Deputy Secretary of Defense (Truman admin)
Marshall, George C.   (Officer of, 1950-09 to 1951-09) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of Defense (Truman admin)
Lovett, Robert A.   (Officer of, 1950 to 1953) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1950 : Deputy Secretary of Defense (1950-51)
• 1951 : Secretary of Defense
McCone, John A.   (Officer of, 1950 to 1951) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Undersecretary of the Air Force
McCone, John A.   (Officer of, 1948-03 to 1948-11) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Deputy Secretary of Defense
Forrestal, James V.   (Officer of, 1947-09 to 1949-03) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Secretary of Defense
• 1949-03-28 : Forced to step down from his position
Blum, Robert   (Officer of, 1947 to 1948) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Assistant Secretary of Defense (Truman admin)
U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)   (Division of, 1961 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
U.S. Department of the Air Force   (Division of, 1947 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
U.S. Department of the Army   (Division of, 1947 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)   (Division of, 1947 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
U.S. Department of the Navy   (Division of, 1947 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
National Security Act of 1947   (Founder of, 1947-07) -- Duck | Google | Bing