The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. The armed forces consists of six service branches:the Army,Marine Corps,Navy,Air Force,Space Force,and Coast Guard. All six armed services are among the eight uniformed services of the United States.
The Secretary of the Navy is a statutory officer and the head of the Department of the Navy,a military department within the United States Department of Defense.
The United States Department of the Air Force (DAF) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Air Force was formed on September 18,1947,per the National Security Act of 1947 and it is the military department within which the United States Air Force and the United States Space Force are organized.
The military budget is the largest portion of the discretionary United States federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense,or more broadly,the portion of the budget that goes to any military-related expenditures. The military budget pays the salaries,training,and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel,maintains arms,equipment and facilities,funds operations,and develops and buys new items. The budget funds five branches of the U.S. military:the Army,Navy,Marine Corps,Air Force,and Space Force.
The Comptroller General of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office,a legislative-branch agency established by Congress in 1921 to ensure the fiscal and managerial accountability of the federal government.
Sexual assault in the United States armed forces is an ongoing issue which has received extensive media coverage in the past. A 2012 Pentagon survey found that approximately 26,000 women and men were sexually assaulted that year;of those,only 3,374 cases were reported. In 2013,a new Pentagon report found that 5,061 troops reported cases of assault. Of the reported cases,only 484 cases went to trial;376 resulted in convictions. Another investigation found that one in five women in the United States Air Force who were sexually assaulted by service members reported it,for one in 15 men.
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense (DOD),headquartered in Indianapolis,Indiana. DFAS was established in 1991 under the authority,direction,and control of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer to strengthen and reduce costs of financial management and operations within DOD. DFAS is responsible for all payments to servicemembers,employees,vendors,and contractors. It provides business intelligence and finance and accounting information to DOD decisionmakers. DFAS is also responsible for preparing annual financial statements and the consolidation,standardization,and modernization of finance and accounting requirements,functions,processes,operations,and systems for DOD.
The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DoD is the largest employer in the world,with over 1.34 million active-duty service members as of June 2022. The DoD also maintains over 778,000 National Guard and reservists,and over 747,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.87 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington,Virginia,just outside Washington,D.C.,the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".
The under secretary of defense (comptroller)/chief financial officer,abbreviated USD(C)/CFO,is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is the principal staff assistant and adviser to both the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense for all budgetary and fiscal matters,including the development and execution of the Defense Department's annual budget.
John Holden Gibson II is an American businessman and government official. Gibson is the former Chief Management Officer of the United States Department of Defense. Prior to serving as CMO,Gibson served as the Deputy Chief Management Officer for the Defense Department from November 2017 to February 2018. He has been chief financial officer,chief operating officer,and managing director for several companies including a national consulting group. Gibson previously served as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Management Reform and as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
Mary Sally Matiella is an American government official and political candidate who served as the Assistant Secretary of the Army during the Obama Administration. After several decades of federal civil service,Matiella served as the Assistant Secretary of the Army,holding office from February 16,2010 until February 27,2014,when she resigned and was succeeded by Robert M. Speer.
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) is a US military training program designated to educate service members and to provide support and treatment for their families who have experienced any form of sexual assault. The SAPR program provides treatment and support including,medical,counseling,and direct guidance in navigating through the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). This program runs in accordance with United States Department of Defense Instruction 6495.02 –SAPR program procedures. Generally anyone who is entitled to receive care at a military treatment facility is also eligible to receive care and support through SAPR. Each branch of the military has adapted the SAPR program and each branch has a SAPR point of contact.
David L. Norquist is an American financial management professional and former government official who served as the 34th United States deputy secretary of defense from 2019 to 2021. In May of 2022,Norquist was selected as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).
SHARP is a proactive U.S. Army program which aims to end sexual harassment and assault in the service. Sexual harassment is a crime in the armed forces,under the UCMJ Article 134 by executive order on 26 January 2022. Those accused of a crime such as sexual harassment,or assault are subject to the UCMJ. Victims of such crimes are protected from disciplinary action,or prosecution by Army Directive as of 2022. A Special Trial Counsel,part of the Judge Advocate General's Corps has been established to combat harmful behaviors,in order to conduct independent prosecutions.
Sexual harassment in the military is unwanted sexual behaviour experienced as threatening,offensive,or otherwise upsetting,which occurs in a military setting.
John Euler Whitley is an American government official who served as the acting United States Secretary of the Army from January 20,2021,to May 28,2021. He previously serviced as Assistant Secretary of the Army and acting director of cost assessment and program evaluation for the Department of Defense.
Directive-type Memorandum-19-004,"Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria",was a memorandum issued by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) prohibiting most transgender individuals from serving or enlisting in the United States Armed Forces and the DoD. The DTM took effect on April 12,2019 under the presidency of Donald Trump,signed by David Norquist. Originally scheduled to expire on March 12,2020,it was extended until September 12,2020. Before it expired,it was replaced by Department of Defense Instruction 1300.28,which took effect on September 4,2020,signed by Matthew Donovan.
Caral Elizabeth Spangler (née Erickson;is an American government official who has served as the Assistant Secretary of the Army since August 17,2021.
Russell Rumbaugh is an American defense policy advisor and former military officer who started serving as assistant secretary of the Navy in January 2023.
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