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{{short description|Military department within the Department of Defense}}
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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = United States Department of the Army
| seal            = United States Department of the Army Seal.svg <!-- This is the Emblem. The Seal is marked "War Office" -->
| seal_width      = 155px
| seal_caption    = [[Department of the Army seal and emblem|Emblem of the Department of the Army]] <!-- This is the Emblem. The Seal is marked "War Office" -->
| logo            = 
| formed          = {{Start date and age|1947|9|18}}
| preceding1      = [[United States Department of War|Department of War]]
| jurisdiction    = 
| headquarters    = {{nowrap|[[The Pentagon]], [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]], [[Virginia]], U.S.}}
| employees       = 
| budget          = $174.7B (FY2022)
| image           = 
| chief1_name     = [[Christine Wormuth]]
| chief1_position = [[United States Secretary of the Army|Secretary]]
| chief2_name     = [[Gabe Camarillo]]
| chief2_position = [[United States Under Secretary of the Army|Under Secretary]]
| parent_department = 
| parent_agency   = [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]]
| child1_agency   = {{Army|United States|size=23px}}
| website         = https://www.army.mil/
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[[File:Seal of the United States Department of War.png|thumb|Seal of the Department of the Army]]
The '''United States Department of the Army''' ('''DA''') is one of the three military departments within the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense of the U.S.]] The Department of the Army is the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] agency within which the [[United States Army]] (U.S.) is organized, and it is led by the [[United States Secretary of the Army|secretary of the Army]], who has statutory authority under 10 United States Code § 7013<ref name=SECARMY>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|7013}}</ref> to conduct its affairs and to prescribe regulations for its government, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]] and the [[President of the United States|president]].

The secretary of the army is a civilian official appointed by the president and confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. The highest-ranking military officer in the department is the [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|chief of staff of the Army]], who is also a member of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]]. Other senior officials of the department are the [[United States Under Secretary of the Army|under secretary of the Army]] (principal deputy to the secretary) and the [[Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army|vice chief of staff of the Army]] (principal deputy to the chief of staff.)

The ''[[United States Department of War|Department of War]]'' was originally formed in [[1789 in the United States|1789]] as an [[United States Federal Executive Department|Executive Department of the United States]] and was split by the [[National Security Act of 1947]] into the Department of the Army and [[United States Department of the Air Force|Department of the Air Force]] on September 18, 1947. By amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 in 1949, the department of the Army was transformed to its present-day status.

==Organizational structure==
{{main|Structure of the United States Army}}

The Department of the Army is a Military Department within the [[United States Department of Defense]]. The department is headed by the secretary of the army, who by statute must be a civilian, appointed by the president with the confirmation by the [[United States Senate]]. The secretary of the Army is responsible for and has the authority to conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Army, subject to the authority, direction and control of the secretary of defense. The Department of the Army is divided between its headquarters at the seat of government and the field organizations of the Army.

By direction of the secretary of defense, the secretary of the Army assigns Army forces, apart from those units performing duties enumerated in 10 United States Code § 7013<ref name=SECARMY/> (i.e., organize, train & equip) or unless otherwise directed to the operational command of the [[Unified Combatant Command|commanders of the Combatant Commands]]. Only the secretary of defense (and the president) has the authority to approve transfer of forces to and from Combatant Commands by 10 United States Code § 162.<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|162}}</ref>

===Headquarters, Department of the Army===
[[Image:Organization of the Department of the Army Headquarters.png|thumb|right|400px|Chart summarizing the organization of the Department of the Army's Headquarters as of 2010.]]
''Headquarters, Department of the Army'' is the corporate office of the department which exercises directive and supervisory functions and consists of two separate staffs: the ''[[Office of the Secretary of the Army]]'' (10 United States Code § 7014<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|7014}}</ref>), the mainly civilian staff; and the ''[[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|Army Staff]]'' (10 United States Code § 7031,<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|7031}}</ref> & 10 United States Code § 7032<ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|10|7032}}</ref>), the mainly military staff. The Office of the Secretary and the Army Staff are organized along similar lines, with civilians and military officers both overseeing similar program areas.{{efn|name=arocProponents |1=  Understanding the Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC)<ref name= proponents >Army Publishing Directorate [https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ContentSearch.aspx?q=AR+5-22 sample search: AR 5-22] AR 5-22 — THE ARMY FORCE MODERNIZATION PROPONENT SYSTEM [https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/Details.aspx?PUB_ID=1024775 Army Publications] Home page</ref><ref name= institutionalStrategy >Army Strategy Note (ASN) proponent: G-3/5/7 (LTG James E. Rainey) [https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/Details.aspx?PUB_ID=1024775 (1 April 2022)  INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGY] SD 12 STRATEGY NOTE 2022-04, should be read in conjunction with ''How the Army Runs''</ref><ref name= howTheArmyRuns >US Army War College (USAWC) School of Strategic Landpower [https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1127933.pdf (2019-2020) How the Army Runs: a senior leader reference handbook] 32nd edition. 560 pages</ref> ''See [[Joint Requirements Oversight Council]]''}}

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{| border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor=cccccc
! Civilian (Army Secretariat) !! Military (Army Staff)
|-
| [[Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)]] || [[Deputy Chief of Staff G-1 Personnel of The United States Army|Deputy Chief of Staff (G1-Personnel)]]<br>[[Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Training (G3/5/7) |Deputy Chief of Staff (G3/5/7-Operations, Plans, and Training)]]
|-
| [[Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment]] || Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations (G9)
|-
| [[Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works]] || [[Chief of Engineers]]
|-
| [[United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology|Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology]] || Deputy Chief of Staff (G4-Logistics)
|-
| [[Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)]] || [[Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Programs of The United States Army|Deputy Chief of Staff (G8-Financial Management)]]
|-
| [[General Counsel of the Army]] || [[G-2 (intelligence)|Deputy Chief of Staff (G2-Intelligence)]]
|-
| [[Army Chief Information Officer/G-6|Army Chief Information Officer (CIO)]] || [[Army Chief Information Officer/G-6|Deputy Chief of Staff (G6-Communications/IT)]]
|}

====Office of the Secretary====
The Office of the Secretary is led by the secretary of the Army, assisted by the [[United States Under Secretary of the Army|under secretary of the Army]] and the [[Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army|administrative assistant to the secretary of the Army]], who is the [[Senior Executive Service (United States)|senior civilian career official]] of the department. The Office of the Secretary of the Army, also known as the ''Army Secretariat'', is divided into multiple branches with functional responsibilities, the six most important of which are headed by one of the five assistant secretaries of the Army or the general counsel of the Army, each of whom are civilians appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

====The Army Staff====
[[File:United States Army Staff Identification Badge.png|thumb|left|125px|The [[Army Staff Identification Badge]]]]
The Army Staff is led by the [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|chief of staff of the Army]], a four-star general who is the highest-ranking officer in the Army and the Army member of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]]. The chief of staff is assisted in managing the Army Staff by the [[Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army|vice chief of staff of the United States Army]], a four-star general and second highest-ranking officer in the Army. The Army Staff is divided into several directorates, each headed by a [[Lieutenant General (United States)|three-star general]]; a deputy chief of staff (DCS G–1 (personnel), G–2 (intelligence), G–3 (operations), G–4 (logistics),<ref name= dtic />  G-5 (planning), G-6 (network), G-7 (training), G-8 (finance), and G-9 (installations) respectively).<ref name= nato >{{cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/shape/about/structure.htm|title=NATO SHAPE structure|website=nato.int|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109133906/http://www.nato.int/shape/about/structure.htm|archive-date=9 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name= dtic >{{Cite web|url=http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a197449.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304085719/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a197449.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2017|title=Description of Army Staff Functions: Targets for Planning Aids|last=Carter|last2=Archer|last3=Murray|first=Charles F., Jr.|first2=Mark A.|first3=Albert E.|date=July 1988}}</ref> the DCS G-3/5/7 is a single office for operations, plans, and training.

A key official within the Army Staff is the director of the Army Staff, who is a three-star general. The director is responsible for integrating and synchronizing the work of the Office of the Secretary and the Army Staff so that they meet the goals and priorities of the secretary of the Army. Other key figures within the Army Staff are the [[Sergeant Major of the Army|sergeant major of the Army]], the [[Judge Advocate General of the United States Army|United States Army judge advocate general]], the chief of the [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]], the [[United States Army Provost Marshal General|United States Army provost marshal general]], and the [[United States Army Surgeon General|United States Army surgeon general]]. The [[chief of the National Guard Bureau]] was previously considered part of the Army Staff, but has been elevated to four-star rank and membership in the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the director of the Army National Guard and the director of the Air National Guard (both three-star positions) report to the chief, National Guard Bureau for strategy and policy, but receive funding and Service-specific guidance from their respective services, as they have different legal authorities.<ref name= title10,32 >United States Code [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-70/pdf/STATUTE-70A-Pg1.pdf (1956) TITLE 10 AND TITLE 32, UNITED STATES CODE ]</ref>
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===Army commands and Army service component commands===
[[File:Headquarters US Army SSI.png|25px]] Headquarters, United States Department of the Army ([[#Headquarters, Department of the Army|§ HQDA]]):
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Army Commands
!Current commander
!Location of headquarters
|-
|[[File:United States Army Forces Command SSI.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Forces Command]] (FORSCOM) || GEN [[Andrew P. Poppas]] || [[Fort Liberty]], [[North Carolina]]
|-
|[[File:Army Futures Command SSI.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Futures Command]] (AFC) || GEN [[James  E. Rainey ]]|| [[Austin]], [[Texas]]
|-
|[[File:AMC shoulder insignia.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Army Materiel Command|United States Army Materiel Command]] (AMC) || GEN [[Charles R. Hamilton]] || [[Redstone Arsenal]], [[Alabama]]
|-
|[[File:TRADOC patch.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Training and Doctrine Command]] (TRADOC) || GEN [[Gary Brito]] || [[Fort Eustis]], [[Virginia]]
|-
!Army Service Component Commands
!Current commander
!Location of headquarters
|-
|[[File:USAREUR Insignia.svg|22px]] [[United States Army Europe|United States Army Europe and Africa]]<ref>[https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN31164-AGO_2020-31-000-WEB-1.pdf (13 November 2020) Army General Order NO. 2020–31:  Redesignation of United States Army Europe as United States Army Europe and Africa AND Redesignation of United States Army Africa/Southern European Task Force as United States Army Southern European Task Force, Africa] </ref> || GEN [[Darryl A. Williams]]
|| [[Lucius D. Clay Kaserne]], [[Wiesbaden]], [[Germany]]
|-
|[[File:US3ASSI.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Central]] (ARCENT)/[[Third U.S. Army|Third Army]] ||LTG [[Patrick Frank|Patrick D. Frank]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usarcent.army.mil/About/Our-Leaders/Commanding-General-Biography/|title=Commanding General - Biography}}</ref>|| [[Shaw Air Force Base]], [[South Carolina]]
|-
|[[File:United States Army North CSIB.svg|20px]] [[United States Army North]] (ARNORTH)/[[Fifth U.S. Army|Fifth Army]] || LTG [[John R. Evans Jr.]] || [[Fort Sam Houston]], [[Texas]]
|-
|[[File:USARPAC insignia.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Pacific]] (USARPAC) || GEN [[Charles A. Flynn]] || [[Fort Shafter]], [[Hawaii]]
|-
|[[File:UNITED STATES ARMY SOUTH SSI.svg|20px]] [[United States Army South]] (ARSOUTH)/[[Sixth United States Army|Sixth Army]] || MG William L. Thigpen || [[Fort Sam Houston]], [[Texas]]
|-
|[[File:Surface Deployment and Distribution Command SSI.svg|20px]] [[Surface Deployment and Distribution Command]] (SDDC) || MG Gavin A. Lawrence || [[Scott AFB]], [[Illinois]]
|- 
|[[File:US Army Cyber Command SSI.png|20px]] [[U.S. Army Cyber Command|United States Army Cyber Command]] (ARCYBER) || LTG [[Maria Barrett|Maria B. Barrett]] || [[Fort Gordon]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|-
|[[File:United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command Logo.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command]]/United States Army Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) || LTG [[Daniel L. Karbler]] || [[Redstone Arsenal]], [[Alabama]]
|-
|[[File:US Army Special Operations Command SSI.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Special Operations Command]] (USASOC) || LTG [[Jonathan P. Braga]] || Fort Liberty, North Carolina
|-
!Operational Force Headquarters
!Current commander
!Location of headquarters
|-
|[[File:Eighth United States Army CSIB.svg|20px]] [[Eighth United States Army|Eighth Army]] (EUSA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/go1202.pdf|title=General Orders No. 2012-02: Redesignation and Assignment of Eighth Army as a Subordinate Command of The United States Army Pacific|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193652/http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/go1202.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016 |publisher = Department of the Army}}</ref> || LTG [[Willard Burleson|Willard M. Burleson III]]||[[Camp Humphreys]], [[South Korea]]
|-
!Direct reporting units
!Current commander
!Location of headquarters
|-
|[[File:Arlington National Cemetery Seal.png|20px]] [[Arlington National Cemetery]] and [[United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery|Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/go1475.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=7 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203015921/http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/go1475.pdf|archive-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> || Katharine Kelley<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/superintendent-of-arlington-national-cemetery-who-is-kate-kelley-170507?news=860171|title=Who is Kate Kelley?|publisher=allgov.com|access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref> {{small|''(civilian)''}} || [[Arlington, Virginia]]
|-
|[[File:US Army ASAALT Insignia.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center|United States Army Acquisition Support Center]] (USAASC) || Ronald R. Richardson Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asc.army.mil/web/leaders/|title=Leaders|publisher=asc.army.mil}}</ref> {{small|''(civilian)''}} ||[[Fort Belvoir|Fort Belvoir, Virginia]]
|-
|[[File:US Army Civilian Human Resources Agency seal.png|20px]] United States Army Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA)<ref>[http://www.apd.army.mil/Search/ePubsSearch/ePubsSearchDetailsForm.aspx?docID=0902c851800697fc DAGO 2017-03, DESIGNATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY AND ITS SUBORDINATE ELEMENTS AS DIRECT REPORTING UNIT], apd.army.mil, dated 4 January 2017, last accessed 13 January 2017</ref> || Carol Burton <ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public/|title=Welcome to CHRA - About Us|publisher=chra.army.mil|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> {{small|''(civilian)''}} ||[[Fort Belvoir|Fort Belvoir, Virginia]]
|-|| [[Washington, D.C.]]
|-
|[[File:USACE.gif|20px]] [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] (USACE) || LTG [[Scott A. Spellmon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usace.army.mil/About/Leadership/Bio-Article-View/Article/776561/lieutenant-general-scott-a-spellmon/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usace.army.mil%2FAbout%2FLeadership%2FBio-Article-View%2FArticle%2F776561%2Flieutenant-general-scott-a-spellmon%2F|title=Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon|website=www.usace.army.mil}}</ref>|| [[Washington, D.C.]]
|-
|[[File:Cid patch color.jpg|20px]] [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division]] (USACID) || SES Gregory D. Ford, Director<ref name= fordCID >[https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/09/17/civilian-boss-takes-charge-of-army-cid-for-first-time/ Rachel Nostrant (17 Sep 2021) Civilian boss takes charge of Army CID for first time] [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division]] is better known as CID</ref><ref>[https://www.cid.army.mil/command-group.html#sec0 CID Command Group]</ref> || [[Quantico, Virginia]]
|-
|[[File:HRCPatch.png|20px]] [[United States Army Human Resources Command]] (HRC) || MG Thomas R. Drew<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrc.army.mil/content/HRC%20Leadership|title=HRC Leadership|publisher=hrc.army.mil|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> || [[Fort Knox]], [[Kentucky]]
|-

|[[File:INSCOM.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command]] (INSCOM) || MG Michele H. Bredenkamp<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/inscom|title=U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command &#124; INSCOM|website=www.army.mil}}</ref> || Fort Belvoir, Virginia
|-
|[[File:MEDCOM.png|20px]] [[United States Army Medical Command]] (MEDCOM) || LTG [[R. Scott Dingle]] || Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
|-
|[[File:United States Army Military District of Washington CSIB.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Military District of Washington]] (MDW) || MG Allan M. Pepin || [[Fort Lesley J. McNair]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
|-
|-
|[[File:United States Army Test and Evaluation Command SSI.png|20px]] [[United States Army Test and Evaluation Command]] (ATEC) || MG James J. Gallivan<ref>[https://www.army.mil/article/237453/change_of_command_ceremony_marks_change_in_atec_leadership Lindsey Monger (July 21, 2020) Change of command ceremony marks change in ATEC leadership] 
*MG [[Joel K. Tyler]] [https://www.atec.army.mil/index.html command of ATEC June 7, 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024301/https://www.atec.army.mil/index.html |date=15 August 2018 }}
</ref> || [[Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD]]
|-
|[[File:US Army War College SSI.png|20px]] [[United States Army War College]] (AWC) || MG David C. Hill || [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]]
|-
|[[File:USMA SSI.png|20px]] [[United States Military Academy]] (USMA) || LTG [[Steven W. Gilland]] || [[West Point, New York]]
|}
Source: U.S. Army organization<ref>[http://www.army.mil/info/organization/ Organization], United States Army</ref>

==See also==
* [[United States Department of the Air Force|Department of the Air Force]]
* [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]]
* [[National Guard Bureau]]
* [[Office of the Secretary of Defense]]
* [[Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison (United States Army)]]
* [[Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations]]
==Notes==
{{Noteslist}}

== References==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* [https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN21322_AGO2020_01_FINAL.pdf Army General Order NO. 2020-01: ASSIGNMENT OF FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY], ''Accessed on 2021-01-22''.
* [https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN2541_AR10-87_WEB_Final.pdf Army Regulation 10–87, Army Commands, Army Service Component Commands, and Direct Reporting Units], ''Accessed on 2021-01-22''.

==External links==
*[http://www.army.mil Army.mil]
*[https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/army-department Department of the Army] in the [[Federal Register]]
*[https://www.army.mil/organization/ Understanding the Army's Structure]

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