Superintendent of Documents Class Number Stem: D
Local Subject Index:
Local Subject Term: U.S. Federal GILS
Local Subject Term: Air Force Manuals
Local Subject Term: Airman's Information Manual
Local Subject Term: American Revolution
Local Subject Term: Armed Forces
Local Subject Term: Armies
Local Subject Term: Arms Control
Local Subject Term: Army Corps of Engineers
Local Subject Term: Aviation
Local Subject Term: Buildings, Landmarks and Historic Sites
Local Subject Term: Charts
Local Subject Term: Civil War
Local Subject Term: Coins and Medals
Local Subject Term: Defense and Security
Local Subject Term: Engineering
Local Subject Term: Foreign Affairs of the United States
Local Subject Term: Foreign Countries
Local Subject Term: Foreign Relations of the United States
Local Subject Term: Grants and Awards
Local Subject Term: Historic Sites
Local Subject Term: Landmarks
Local Subject Term: Maps and Atlases
Local Subject Term: Marine Corps
Local Subject Term: Medals
Local Subject Term: Military History
Local Subject Term: Monuments
Local Subject Term: National Defense
Local Subject Term: National Security
Local Subject Term: Naval History
Local Subject Term: Naval Training
Local Subject Term: Navigation
Local Subject Term: Security
Local Subject Term: Surveying and Mapping
Local Subject Term: United States Army
Local Subject Term: Veterans
Local Subject Term: War
Abstract: "The Department of Defense is responsible for providing the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country. The major elements of these forces are theArmy, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, consisting of about 1.5 million men and women on active duty. They are backed, in case of emergency, by the 1 million members of the reserve components. In addition, there are about 900,000 civilian employees in the Defense Department. Under the President, who is also Commander in Chief, the Secretary of Defense exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department, which includes the separately organized military departments of Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff providing military advice, the unified combatant commands, and various defense agencies established for specific purposes."
Purpose: Selected publications of this and other United States government agencies are available through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The index to the publications available through the FDLP is the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT), which also includes ordering information for those publications available for sale. Many publications are available to the public in the approximately 1300 Federal depository libraries throughout the United States. See also data in this record for Access Constraints and User Constraints, where such limitations on this agency's publications are appropriate.
Agency Program: "The National Security Act Amendments of 1949 redesignated the National Military Establishment as the Department of Defense and established it as an executive department (10 U.S.C. 111), with the Secretary of Defense as its head. Since that time, many legislative and administrative changes have occurred, evolving the Department into the structure under which it currently operates."
Availability: DOD Directives and Instructions:
Distributor:
Distributor Name: Correspondence and Directives
Directorate
Distributor Street Address: Washington Headquarters Services,
Room 2A286, The Pentagon
Distributor City: Washington, D.C.
Distributor Zip Code: 20301-1155
Distributor Network Address:
Distributor Telephone: 703-697-4111
Availability: Certain motion pictures and videotapes:
Distributor:
Distributor Name: (1) Catalog, from National Technical
Information Service
Distributor Street Address: 5285 Port Royal Road
Distributor City: Springfield, Va.
Distributor Zip Code: 22161
Distributor Network Address:
Availability: Certain motion pictures and videotapes:
Distributor:
Distributor Name:(2)Sales Branch,
National Audio-Visual Center
Distributor Street Address: 8750 Edgeworth Drive
Distributor City: Capital Heights, Md.
Distributor Zip Code: 20743-3701
Distributor Telephone: 301-763-1896
Availability:
Organization: Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense (Public Affairs)
Street Address: The Pentagon
City: Washington
State: D.C.
Zip Code: 20301-1400
Network Address:
Telephone: 703-695-2113
Access Constraints: No access constraints apply to information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some access constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the information resource.
Use Constraints: No constraints apply to the use of information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some use constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on using the information resource.
Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html
Cross Reference Type: HTTP
Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: DefenseLink [World-Wide Web Information
Service from the Department of Defense]
Cross Reference Linkage:
http://www.dtic.dla.mil/defenselink
Cross Reference Type: HTTP
Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: DefenseLINK Locator
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.dtic.dla.mil/defenselink/locator
Cross Reference Type: HTTP
Point of Contact for Further Information:
Organization: Director, Directorate for Public Communication,
Office of the Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
Street Address: The Pentagon
City: Washington
State: D.C.
Zip Code: 20301-1400
Network Address:
Telephone: 703-697-5737
Fax:
Supplemental Information: Source of information for Local Subject Index is Subject Bibliography Index. Most of the other information in this record is extracted from the U.S. Government Manual.
Control Identifier:
GPO/SOD/LPS-0004
Record Source:
Department/Agency Name: United States
Government Printing Office
Major Organizational Subdivision:
Superintendent of Documents
Minor Organizational Subdivision: Library Programs Service
Name of Unit: Cataloging Branch
Internet Contact: dldgpo@access.digex.net
Telephone: 202-512-1141
Date of Last Modification: 19951222