The United States Department of Defense (Defense Department, USDOD, DOD or DoD) is the U.S. federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the United States armed forces. The DoD is also the largest employer in the World, with more than 2.13 million Active Duty soldiers and Civilians, (not including National Guardsmen or Reserve Soldiers) and over 1.1 million National Guardsmen and reserve soldiers, for a total of 3.23+ million soldiers and civilians.

The DoD – headed by the United States Secretary of Defense – has three subordinate military departments: the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Additionally, there are many DoD agencies such as the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) which all answer to the Secretary. The department also operates several joint service schools, including the National War College.

The DOD is allocated the highest level of budgetary resources amongst all federal departments, consuming more than half of the annual discretionary budget.

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