Defense Primer: Department of the Army and Army Command Structure

Abstract

The Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments reporting to the Department of Defense (DOD). The Army's primary mission is to fight and win the nations ground wars. The Army's mission is both operational and institutional, and it is composed of four distinct components: the regular Active Component (AC), the reserve components of the United States Army Reserve (USAR), the Army National Guard (ARNG), and Department of the Army civilians (DAC).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 11, 2020
Accession Number
AD1169932

Entities

People

  • Andrew Feickert
  • Barbara S. Torreon

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Army Budgets
  • Army Intelligence
  • Army Procurement
  • Army Training
  • Budgets
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Military Advisors
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Guard
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.