Module 2_Defense Budget Process
What is the mission of the Department of Defense? -
The mission of the Department of Defense (DoD) is to provide the military forces needed to deter
war and to protect the security of our country.
What are the military department responsible for? -
The military departments are responsible for organizing, staffing, training, equipping, recruiting and
sustaining,America's military forces.
Who is the Chief Financial Officer of DoD? He acts as resource consultant and advisor to the Secretary,
as well as manager and arbiter of the Defense resource management process? -
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (USD(C)
What act was the basic reorganization of defense activities since Congress created the Navy
Department in 1798? -
The National Security Act of 1947
This act established the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, a civilian Secretary
of Defense, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and the Joint Chiefs of Staff and he United
States Air force -
The National Security Act of 1947
The National Security Act of 1947 allow the SECDEF to be in charge of a new overreaching
department called the ? -
National Military Establishment
This act amended the 1947 National security Act. It created the Department of Defense, consolidating
the three Service Departments under the Secretary's direct control, and making the Secretary of
Defense the onIy military representative on the President's cabinet. -
National Security Act as Admended (NSAA, 1949)
Who is the principal defense policy advisor to the President and is responsible for the formulation of
general defense policy and policy related to all matters of direct and primary concern to the DoD, and
for the execution of approved policy. -
SECDEF
Who exercises authority, direction, and control over the DoD under the direction of the President? -
SECDEF
The SECDEF staff members are referred to as the ? -
Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
The OSD is the principal staff element used by the whom? to exercise authority, direction and control
over the Department of Defense. -
Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense
