United States Department of Defense

Tags: Government Agency.

The Department of Defense (Defense Department USDOD DOD DoD or the Pentagon) is the executive department of the government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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budget ($)

5.301E11, 5.491E11, 5.53E11

child organisation

United States Department of the Air Force, United States Department of the Army, United States Department of the Navy

leader

Chuck Hagel

number of employees

718000, 1100000, 1418542, 3230000

type

United States federal executive departments

latitude

38.8711

longitude

-77.0558