Department Of Defense Agency Financial Report 2007 - Section 2: Financial Information Page 2

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How the Department Evolved
1775
1789
1798
The Army, Navy,
The War Department
The Department of
and Marine Corps
was established and
the Navy, and the
were established in
was the precursor
U.S. Coast Guard,
concurrence with the
to what is now the
were founded.
American Revolution.
Department of Defense.
1947
1949
Congress established a
The national defense
civilian, Cabinet-level Secretary
structure was consolidated
of Defense. The Department
further, creating what
of the Air Force was created,
we now know as the
the War Department was
Department of Defense,
converted to the Department of
and withdrawing cabinet-
the Army, and the three military
level status for the three
departments of the Army, Navy
Military Department
and Air Force were placed
Secretaries.
under the direct control of the
first Secretary of Defense.

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