United States Department of Defense

Details

Instance of

United States federal executive department, ministry of War

Inception

10 August 1949

Country

United States

Founded by

Harry S. Truman

Headquarters

The Pentagon

Chaired by

Pete Hegseth

Awards

Doublespeak Award, Doublespeak Award, Doublespeak Award

applies to jurisdiction

United States

budget

496100000000

child organization or unit

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, United States Military Entrance Processing Command, United States Department of the Navy, United States Department of the Army, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, United States Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency, Cyber Defense Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

employees

2870000

IPv4 routing prefix

6.0.0.0/8, 11.0.0.0/8, 21.0.0.0/8, 22.0.0.0/8, 26.0.0.0/8, 28.0.0.0/8, 29.0.0.0/8, 30.0.0.0/8, 33.0.0.0/8, 55.0.0.0/8, 214.0.0.0/8, 215.0.0.0/8

member of

ORCID, Inc.

native label

United States Department of Defense

official color

blue, grey, white

official name

United States Department of Defense

operating area

worldwide

owner of

Stars and Stripes, Shades of Green, The Pentagon

parent organization or unit

Federal Government of the United States

position held by head of the organization

United States Secretary of Defense

replaces

United States Department of War, United States Department of the Navy, National Military Establishment

short name

DoD, DOW

social media followers

6336282, 6060479, 127000, 6418466, 6535093, 135000, 139000, 166000, 194000, 214000, 236000

topic has template

Template:United States Department of War

topic's main category

Category:United States Department of Defense

topic's main Wikimedia portal

Portal:United States Department of War

Authority files