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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (1789, originally the<br />

Department of War)<br />

• Reorganized in 1947 and named Department of<br />

Defense in 1949<br />

• Maintains the Armed Forces and establishes<br />

training and education of military officers<br />

• West Point (Army)<br />

• Naval Academy (Navy and Marines)<br />

• Air Force Academy (Air Force)<br />

• JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF – highest ranking<br />

officers of each branch of the military<br />

• Advises the President on national defense and<br />

military affairs

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