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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown.While the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff acts as the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces, the civilian Secretary of Defense acts as the highest-ranking and most senior position within the Department of Defense.
Military police commands: 46th Military Police Command: Commanding General, 46th Military Police Command: Army National Guard (ARNG) Michigan Army National Guard (MI ARNG) Major General Scott W. Hiipakka [195] [a] U.S. Army: 200th Military Police Command: Commanding General, 200th Military Police Command: U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) U.S. Army ...
Lieutenant-General Served in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, and Operation Entebbe. João de Deus Mena Barreto Brazil Member of the Brazilian Military Junta of 1930: Divisional General Bajram Begaj Albania President of Albania (Since 2022) 1988–2022 Major-General Menachem Begin Second Polish Republic Israel
To ensure civilian control of the military, U.S. law provides that the secretary of defense cannot have served as an active-duty commissioned officer in the military in the preceding seven years except for generals and admirals, who cannot have served on active duty within the previous ten years.
United States military seniority; List of brigadier generals in the United States Regular Army before February 2, 1901; List of major generals in the United States Regular Army before 1 July 1920; List of active duty United States Space Force general officers; List of United States Space Force lieutenant generals; List of United States Space ...
The chain of command leads from the president (as commander-in-chief) through the secretary of defense down to the newest recruits. [2] [3] The United States Armed Forces are organized through the United States Department of Defense, which oversees a complex structure of joint command and control functions with many units reporting to various commanding officers.
Position insignia Position Civilian occupation Photo Incumbent Service branch U.S. Vietnam Veteran Commemoration: Officer in Charge, TF-23, U.S. Vietnam Veteran Commemoration, Office of the Secretary of Defense
The Protective Services Battalion (shortened to USAPSB and, officially, the U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion) is a United States Army military police unit responsible for the protection of the United States Secretary of Defense, the United States Army Chief of Staff, and other senior civilian and military officials of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Army. [3]