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department of defense
 
Noun department of defense has 1 sense
  1. Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD - the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947
    --1 is a kind of executive department
    --1 has parts:
     Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA; Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK; United States Navy, US Navy, USN; United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, USAF; Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA; Defense Logistics Agency; Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC; National Reconnaissance Office, NRO; National Security Agency, NSA; United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, USA; Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO; Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA; National Imagery and Mapping Agency, NIMA; Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC
department of agriculture department of anthropology department of biology department of chemistry department of commerce department of commerce and labor department of computer science department of corrections department of defense department of defense laboratory system department of economics department of education department of energy department of energy intelligence department of english department of health and human services department of health education and welfare

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