Command Study 9, Chapter 1. The Department of Defense: Searching Inside

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... components of the Navy and Marine Corps to meet the needs of war. The Department of the Navy consists.... Department of the Army. In broad, general terms the Department of the Army is charged with the responsibility... Continental Army Command. Department of the Navy. The Department of the Navy is responsible... for the preparation of all Navy and Marine Corps forces necessary for the effective prosecution of war except... of three principal parts: the Operating Forces of the Navy, the Navy Department (not to be confused

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... weapons ourselves." For this reason, the United States, in her effort to deter all kinds of war, has.... The operational forces of the Department of Defense consist of strategic deterrent forces, continental defense... forces, limited war forces, and Reserve forces. This sectionwill provide a brief discussion... of the primary objectives of our defense forces is to deter war. The primary mission of our strategic forces..., but for the present our strategic "mixed" forces are capable of destroying the enemy's war-making capabilities. Our

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... REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. Describe the over-all organization of the Department of Defense, including... the current concepts regarding each of the following: Balanced Capability, Deterrence, Limited War... of our strategic deterrent forces, continental defense forces, limited war forces, and Reserve forces. 5

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... In furthering national objectives, the actions and programs of the Department of Defense must provide a strong.... The primary purpose of our arms is peace, not war. 2. Our arms will never be used to strike the first blow... and command at all times, in war as well as peace. 5. Our strategic arms and defenses must be adequate... general war--the danger of an unnecessary escalation of a 12

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... and Marine Corps limited war forces--nuclear and nonnuclear. nuclear. Tactical Air Forces. The Air Force...'s contributionto over-all limited war capabilities includes bombers and tactical fighters, reconnaissance.... Air and Sea Lift. In order to be effective, the limited war deterrent must include the means to move... Describing the Department of Defense from the viewpoint of businessmen, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gilpatric

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... Unified and Specified Commands Other important components of the Department of Defense... units of the Strategic Army Corps (STRAC) and the Tactical Air Command (TAC). Department of Defense... Agencies and Joint Service Schools Also included in the Department of Defense are agencies established... schools are the National War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, both of which

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... by the Department of Defense, and specific steps have been taken to increase our capabilities in the area of limited... war as well as in other forms of aggression. Counterinsurgency and Guerrilla Warfare Today... falls short of civil war. In the current context, subversive insurgency is primarily Communist inspired

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... defense program is established within the Department of Defense as a separate civilian unit, attached... in component agencies. Limited War Forces The limited war forces of the United States include most of the Army

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... units of the Strategic Army Corps and the Tactical Air Command, as noted earlier. The Department... of Defense has strengthened the limited war forces in order to expand the range of military alternatives..., the Congress, at the request of the Department of Defense, raised the personnel strength of the Army from 870

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... Department of Defense Agencies and Joint Service Schools0... ........10 CURRENT CONCEPTS.............. Basic... . . . . Counterforce Capability . . . . . . . . . . Limited War. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . Continental Defense Forces. . . . . . . . . Limited War Forces. ........... Reserve

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... war. Limited war is armed conflict short of general war, exclusive of incidents, involving... against the securityof the Free World can run the gamut from cold war aggressive actions--in various forms... of nonmilitary and military conflict- -to general war. But the United States cannot have forces tailored.... That is, we can't have a cold war force, a limited conflict force, and a general war force as schools have... conclusion without permitting it to mushroom into general war. General war arising from local war can be made

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... Balanced Capability Although our primary goal is to deter war, we must have the capability... of aggressionthe Communist threat assumes--whether it is guerrilla warfare, limited war, or general war. The wide... The capability to fight and prevail in a general war is dependent primarily upon the capability to destroy.... To prevail in general war in the nuclear age requires the most highly effective offensive and defensive... forces. Forces so designed are the kind most likely to prevail in war--and therefore, the kind that can

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... small war into a larger one, or of miscalculation or misinterpretation of an incident or enemy... of these concepts is deterrence. Deterrence National policy makes deterrence of war a primary objective. The armed... peace and to deter war. To cope with the Communist-fostered challenges to our national interests... the enemy's forces and war-making capabilities, (2) the national resolve and determination to maintain... McNamara stated that a major mission of our strategic retaliatory forces is to deter war

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... military strategy in a possible general nuclear war should be approached in much the same way that more..., in the event of a nuclear war stemming from a major attack on the Alliance [North Atlantic Treaty Organization... the cities themselves were targets. Limited War The United States must be.prepared not only for general... war--in which belligerents employ their total resources including nuclear weapons--but for limited 15

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... Chapter 1 The Department of Defense INTRODUCTION T HE American way of life is today under deadly... are militarily prepared is the Department of Defense, .whose current organization, functions, concepts... examinationof selected areas. BACKGROUND The Department of Defense is the successor agency to the National... Amendments of 1949 established the Department of Def ens e as an executive department of the Government..., with the Secretary of Defense as its head. Included in the Department of Defense as statutory agencies were the Joint

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... within the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense was created as a part of a comprehensive... of the Congress to provide a Department of Defense, including the Departments of the Army, the Navy (including..., and control of the Secretary of Defense. It was envisioned that each military department should be separately... in the Department of Defense, particularly in the fields of research and engineering, was to be eliminated... of the Department of Defense is to maintain and employ armed forces to support and defend the Constitution

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... (MTMA). Through the consolidation of such common service activities, the Department of Defense has... installations, the Department of Defense is conducting a continuous review of its facilities with a view toward... property inventory of the Defense Department by $2 billion to a total of $34 billion. In an effort to bring... about greater efficiency in the construction of ICBM bases, the Department of Defense has coordinated... demonstrate the continuing effort made by the Department of Defense to bring about greater efficiency

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... the services. The Defense Atomic Support Agency assists the Department of Defense by providing technical... activities of Department of Defense atomic weapons. DASA serves as a Department of Defense central... for the operational control and supervision of the Defense Communications System (DCS) which includes all Department..., and establish within the Department of Defense a single communications system but also exercise operational... intelligence functions. Defense Supply Agency. The newest Department of Defense agency is the Defense Supply

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... of scientific discoveries to the long-range security of the United States, the Department of Defense... of the Department of Defense is geared to one objective--to bring the greatest security possible to the United... of Department of Defense logistics policies and procedures are made to effect improvements and to develop more... $25. 6 billion. In the procurement field the Department of Defense has taken numerous steps..., and to improve the procurement methods. In supply management the Department of Defense has continued the process

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... Department of Defense (June 1962) Secretary of Defense ................................. Armed... the Secretary the Secretary of the Department Secretary Secretary... Corps Defense Supply Agency Department of the Army Sec retary of the Army Under Secretary and Assistant... Secretaries of the Army Chief of Staff, Army Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Chief Under... of the Navy Department of the Air Force Secretary of the Air Force Under Secretary and Assistant Secretaries