DEFENSE DEPARTMENT

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Defense Department. An executive department of the federal government, responsible for coordinating and overseeing military affairs and the agencies responsible for national security. • The Department was established as the National Military Establishment in 1947, by combining the War and the Navy Departments. Its name was changed to Department of Defense in 1949. The Department’s […]

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Defense Department

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Defense Department 〈美〉国防部 根据《1949年国家安全法修正案》〔National Security Act Amendments of 1949〕成立的，负责有关国家安全的全部事务、对武装部队进行统一领导的联邦政府行政部门，其下属的军事部门包括陆军部〔Department of the Army〕、海军部〔Department of the Navy〕和空军部〔Department of the Air Force〕。由于国防部的前身是1947年根据《国家安全法》〔National Security Act〕成立的国家军事组织，因此有人把1947年作为国防部建立的时间。

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