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include: policies and guidance for safeguarding classified information and activities and related personnel and physical security; implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974; Department of Defense participation in the con

tinuity of Government and military participation in civil and domestic emergencies and related emergency planning; and the coordination and monitoring of atomic energy matters affecting the Department of Defense.

Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. They constitute the the immediate military staff of the Secretary of Defense, serving in the chain of command that extends from the President to the Secretary of Defense, through the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the commanders of unified and specified commands. The Directors of the Defense Communications Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Defense Mapping Agency report to the Secretary of Defense through the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Joint Chiefs of Staff exercise primary staff supervision over the activities of the Defense Nuclear Agency.

Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in addition to such other duties as the President and the Secretary of Defense may direct, have the following responsibilities:

Preparation of strategic plans and provision for the strategic direction of the Armed Forces, including the direction of operations conducted by commanders of unified and specified commands;

Preparation of integrated plans for military mobilization and integrated logistic plans;

Recommending to the Secretary of Defense the establishment and force structure of unified and specified commands and the assignment to the military departments of responsibility for providing support to such commands;

Review of plans and programs of commanders of unified and specified commands;

Review of major personnel, materiel, and logistic requirements of the Armed Forces in relation to strategic and logistic plans;

Establishment of doctrines for unified operations and training and for coordination of the military education of members of the Armed Forces;

Providing the Secretary of Defense with statements of military requirements and strategic guidance for use in the development of budgets, foreign military aid programs, industrial mobilization plans, and programs of scientific research and development;

Recommending to the Secretary of Defense the assignment of primary responsibility for any function of the Armed Forces requiring such determination and the transfer, reassignment, abolition, or consolidation of such functions; and

Providing the United States representation on the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations, and when authorized, on other military staffs, boards, councils, and missions.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff consist of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Chief of Staff, United States Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; and the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. The Commandant of the Marine Corps attends meetings regularly, and he sits as a coequal of the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when they are considering matters that directly concern the Marine Corps. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are assisted in the performance of their responsibilities by the Joint Staff and

the other agencies of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Chairman of the

Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff while holding such office takes precedence over all other officers of the armed services. Besides participating as a member, the Chairman serves as presiding officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provides agenda for their meetings, and assists them in carrying on their business as promptly as practicable. He informs the Secretary of Defense of those issues upon which agreement among the Joint Chiefs of Staff has not been reached. The Chairman manages the Joint Staff and its director. In consultation with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, he selects the Director, Joint Staff. The appointment of officers to serve on the Joint Staff is subject to his approval.

Joint Staff

The Joint Staff, headed by the Director of the Joint Staff, is composed of not more than 400 officers selected in

Sources of Information

READING ROOM

Correspondence and Directives Division, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration), Room 5C315, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301.

CONTRACTS AND SMALL
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Contact the Director for Small Business and Economic Utilization Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics), Room 3D777, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301. Phone, 202-6979383.

approximately equal numbers from the Army, the Navy (including the Marine Corps), and the Air Force. The Joint Staff is organized into Directorates concerned with operations, logistics, and plans and policy.

Other Agencies

The other agencies of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are the Joint Secretariat, the Directorate of Administrative Services, the Assistant for Automation, the Studies, Analysis, and Gaming Agency, the Office of the Inspector General, the JCS Representative for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, the JCS Representative for Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction, and the JCS Representative for Law of the Sea. Additionally, the facilities of the National Military Command System are operationally and administratively responsible to the Operations Directorate of the Joint Staff.

Further organizations reporting to or through the Joint Chiefs of Staff include the U.S. Delegation, United Nations Military Staff Committee, and the U.S. Representative to the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

EMPLOYMENT

Almost all positions are in the competitive service and are filled from civil service registers. College recruiting requirements are limited primarily to management intern positions at the B.S. and M.S. levels.

For additional information, inquiries should be addressed to the Chief, Personnel Operations Division, Directorate for Personnel, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration), Room 3B347, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301. Phone, 202-697-8373.

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film distribution center servicing that area in order to obtain listings and films. Otherwise, contact the Office of Information of each Service at its Headquarters, Washington, D.C. There is no charge for listings of films. No admission or other fees of any sort may be charged for viewing of films. and each film must be shown in its entirety, including all titles at beginning and end; no portion of the film may be

reproduced, edited, or cut in any manner; and sound projection and qualified operators must be provided by the borrower. Interested purchasers of Department of Defense films should contact the Sales Branch, National AudioVisual Center (GSA), Washington, D.C. 20409.

TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

The Department of Defense telephone directory is available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

PENTAGON TOURS

Guided tours of the Pentagon are available Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The one

hour tours start at the Concourse.

For further information or reservations, call 202-695-1776 or write: Pentagon Tour Director, Room 3C 1054, Washington, D.C. 20301.

For further information concerning the Department of Defense, contact the Staff Assistant for Public Correspondence, Office of the Assistant Secretay of Defense (Public Affairs), The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301. Phone, 202-697-5737.

Approved.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AGENCIES
AND JOINT SERVICE SCHOOLS

(See pages 219-240.)

HAROLD BROWN, Secretary of Defense.

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