Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) advises and assists the Secretary of Defense in the performance of the Secretary's programing, budgetary, and fiscal functions and organizational and administrative matters pertaining to these functions; provides for the design and installation of resource management systems throughout DOD; and collects, analyzes, and reports resource management information for the Secretary of Defense and, as required, for the Office of Management and Budget, the Congress, the General Accounting Office, and other agencies outside of DOD. He supervises, directs, and reviews the preparation and execution of the DOD budget and administers services pertaining to automatic data processing and central· data services.

Assistant Secretary of Defense

(Health and Environment)

The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Environment) is the principal staff adviser and coordinator for the Secretary of Defense for health and sanitation matters, including the care and treatment of patients, preventive medicine, clinical investigations, hospitals and related health facilities, medical materiel, nutrition, and health personnel and the procurement, education and training, and retention of such personnel. He is also responsible for environmental quality matters.

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Installations and Logistics)

The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense in the fields of materiel requirements; production planning and scheduling; acquisition, inventory management, storage, maintenance, distribution, movement, and

disposal of materiel, supplies, tools, and equipment; small business matters; transportation, petroleum, and other logistical services; supply cataloging, standardization, and quality control; commercial and industrial activities and facilities; military construction, including Reserve Forces facilities; family housing; real estate and real property, including general purpose space; and industrial relations. He is also responsible for assessing the vulnerability of resources to attack damage and for international civil emergency planning.

Assistant Secretary of Defense
(International Security Affairs)

The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense in the field of international security. He is responsible for monitoring Department of Defense participation in National Security Council affairs, developing and coordinating Defense positions, policies, plans, and procedures in the fields of international politico-military and foreign economic affairs, including arms control and disarmament, of interest to the DOD and with respect to negotiating and monitoring of agreements with foreign governments and international organizations on military facilities, operating rights, status of forces, and other international politico-military matters; providing policy guidance, as appropriate, to DOD representatives on United States Missions and at international organizations and conferences; and the Military Assistance Program and other activities of interest to DOD under the Mutual Security Program.

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Man

power and Reserve Affairs)

The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense in the fields of manpower and personnel policy and man

agement; military and civilian compensation, including retired pay; reserve component and ROTC affairs; education and individual training; Armed Forces Information Program, including American Forces Radio and Television, and Armed Forces newspapers and civilian enterprise publications; civil rights and equal opportunity; religious, morale, and welfare matters; per diem, travel, and transportation allowances; and voting assist

ance.

A Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs is responsible for all matters relating to reserve affairs under the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs).

Assistant Secretary of Defense

(Public Affairs)

The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense for public information activities and community relations. He provides for security review, under the provisions of Executive Order 10501, of all material for public release and publication originated by the DOD, including testimony before congressional committees, or by its contractors, departmental personnel as individuals, and material submitted by sources outside the Department for such review; provides for the review of official speeches, press releases, and other information originating within the DOD for public release, or similar material submitted for review by other executive agencies of the Government, for conflict with established policies or programs of the DOD or of the national Government; and approves military participation in public exhibitions, demonstrations, and ceremonies of national or international significance. He maintains liaison with and assists all information media and national and civic organizations with respect to matters relating to activities of the DOD, and is the

approving authority for all credentials required for United States or foreign news gathering media representatives traveling in or outside the United States in connection with coverage of official DOD activities. His office is the sole DOD agency at the seat of government for the release of official information.

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis)

The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis) reviews, for the Secretary of Defense, quantitative requirements including forces, weapon systems, equipment, personnel, and nuclear weapons; assists the Secretary in the initiation, monitoring, guiding, and reviewing of requirements studies and cost-effectiveness studies; encourages the use of the best analytical methods throughout the DOD; and conducts or participates in special studies as directed by the Secretary of Defense.

General Counsel of the Department of Defense

The General Counsel is the chief legal officer of the Department of Defense and is responsible for all legal services to be performed within and involving the Department of Defense.

Assistants to the Secretary of Defense

The Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense on atomic energy matters.

The Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense for DOD relations with the Congress.

The Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Telecommunications) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense on telecommunications matters and the National Communications System.

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 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 chain of command to the Chief or Director of the Defense Atomic Support Agency, the Defense Communications Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency also runs from the Secretary of Defense through the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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, (1) prepare strategic plans and provide for the strategic direction of the Armed Forces, including the direction of operations conducted by commanders of unified and specified commands; (2) prepare integrated plans for military mobilization and integrated logistic plans; (3) recommend 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; (4) review the plans and programs of commanders of unified and specified commands: (5) review major personnel, materiel, and logistic requirements of the armed forces in relation to strategic and logistic plans; (6) establish doctrines for unified operations and training and for coordination of the military education of members of the Armed Forces; (7) provide 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 Secretary of Defense the assignment of development; (8) recommend to the primary responsibility for any function of the armed forces requiring such determination, and the transfer, reassignment, abolition, or consolidation of such functions; and (9) provide 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 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 personnel, operations, logistics, plans and policy, and communications-electronics.

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, and the Special Assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Arms Control. Additionally, there are the National Military Command System, the Joint Reconnaissance Center, the Environmental Services Division, and the Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, all of which are operationally and administratively responsible to the Operations Directorate of the Joint Staff.

READING

ROOM.-Correspondence

and Directives Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration), Room 3B925, 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, 202-697-9383.

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, Staffing Branch, Personnel Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration), Room 3B347, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301. Phone, 202-697-4212.

SPEAKERS. Scheduling of speaking engagements for civilian and military representatives of the Department of

Defense is a responsibility of the Directorate for Community Relations, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs). Speakers on a variety of defense subjects are provided in response to invitations at no cost to the local sponsors. However, any speaker can accept transportation, meals, and lodging, if offered by the sponsors of the public event in which he is to participate. Written requests for speakers should be forwarded to the Director for Community Relations, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs), The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301.

FILMS. The Department of Defense has certain motion pictures available for public, nonprofit exhibition. Some were made specifically for the public while others were produced for training and internal educational purposes. There is no overall catalog of Department of Defense subjects available from the Department. Each Military Service has a catalog and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) has a List of Selected Armed Forces Films. Each

Military Service maintains its own distribution system and has libraries servicing specific areas. The selected list contains the appropriate addresses. Otherwise, a requestor should contact the nearest installation of each Service for an address. Film listings also can be obtained from those distribution centers. There is no charge for listings or 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 Audio-Visual Center (GSA), Washington, D.C. 20409.

For further information concerning the Department of Defense, contact the Directorate for Defense Information, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs), The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301. Phone, 202697-5131.

Approved.

MELVIN R. LAIRD, Secretary of Defense.