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The Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC) is a six position code that uniquely identifies a Department of Defense unit, activity, or organization that has the authority to requisition, contract for, receive, have custody of, issue, or ship DoD assets, or fund/pay bills for materials and/or services. The first positions of the ...
Field activities are DoD agencies which "perform a supply or service activity common to more than one military department". [1] Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA) Defense Media Activity (DMA) Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA) Department of Defense Education Activity (DOD EA)
This is an incomplete list of U.S. Department of Defense code names primarily the two-word series variety. Officially, Arkin (2005) says that there are three types of code name : Nicknames – a combination of two separate unassociated and unclassified words (e.g. Polo and Step) assigned to represent a specific program, special access program ...
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a combat support agency in the United States Department of Defense (DoD).The agency is staffed by more than 26,000 civilian and military personnel throughout the world.
The President of the United States is, according to the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Federal Government. The Secretary of Defense is the "Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense", and is vested with statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 113) to lead the Department and all of its component ...
The Commercial and Government Entity Code, or CAGE Code, is a unique identifier assigned to suppliers to various government or defense agencies, as well as to government agencies themselves and various organizations. CAGE codes provide a standardized method of identifying a given facility at a specific location.
In DoD Directive 5105.64, the Deputy Secretary of Defense formally established the mission, responsibilities and functions of DCMA; save for 18 specific exceptions detailed in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, DoD activities normally delegate a wide variety of contract administration functions to DCMA.
Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) Field Activity, created in 1977, to provide administrative and management support to multiple DoD components and military departments in the National Capital Region and beyond.