Editing United States Department of Defense

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|agency_name    =United States Department of Defense
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|seal_caption   =Seal of the United States Department of Defense
|formed         =December 30, 2012 (10 years ago)
|type           =department
|agency_type    =[[United States federal executive departments|Executive department]]
|jurisdiction   =[[U.S. federal government]]
|headquarters   =The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia
|employees      =43
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|chief1_position=Secretary
|chief2_name    =[[SerJamesHarrow]]
|chief2_position=Deputy Secretary
|chief3_name    =[[largeTitanic2]]
|chief3_position=[[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]
|chief4_name    =
|chief4_position=[[Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (currently vacant)
|child1_agency  =[[United States Military]]
|child2_agency  =National Security Agency
|child3_agency  =Defense Intelligence Agency
|child4_agency  =Defense Force Protection Agency
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The '''United States Department of Defense''' ('''DoD''', '''USDOD''', or '''DOD''') is an executive branch department of the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the [[United States Military]]. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside [[Washington, D.C.]], the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".

The Department of Defense is headed by the Secretary of Defense, a [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]-Level head who reports directly to the [[President of the United States]]. Beneath the Department of Defense are three subordinate military departments: the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. In addition, two national intelligence services are subordinate to the Department of Defense: the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). The Department of Defense also oversees the Defense Force Protection Agency (DFPA), and the Defense Advances Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

== Organization ==
The United States Department of Defense is divided up into 4 sub-departments. These are Personnel & Readiness, Policy, Public Affairs, and Intelligence. All of the sub-departments of the Department of Defense are lead by an Under-Secretary of Defense.
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