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Organization

Under the United States Constitution, the President of the United States is the Commander-in-Chief the Armed Forces To coordinate military action with diplomatic action, the President has an advisory National Security Council headed by a National Security Advisor. Under the President is the United States Secretary of Defense, a Cabinet Secretary responsible for the Department of Defense.

Both the President and Secretary of Defense are advised by the Joint Chiefs of Staff composed of the service chiefs and led by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Department of Defense is based in The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia outside Washington, D.C., across the Potomac River. It includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, as well as non-combat agencies such as the National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency.

The command structure of the Department of Defense is defined by the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. Under the act, the chain of command runs from the President of the United States. through the Secretary of Defense, to the combatant commanders (COCOM) who command ill military forces within their area of responsibility The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the service Chiefs of Staff are responsible for readiness of the U.S. military and serve a the President's military advisers, but are not in the chain of command. The Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff is by law the highest ranking military officer in the United States.

In wartime, the Department of Defense also has authority over the Coast Guard; in peacetime, that agency is under the control of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Prior to the creation of DHS, the Coast Guard was under the control of the Department of Transportation and earlier under the Department of Commerce. The Coast Guard has not been formally militarized since World War II, al though if has participated in various military and LAN enforcement operations over the years.

National Security Council – Совет Национальной Безопасности,

Chain of command – порядок подчинения, субординация, командные инстанции.

The United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the reserve components of the United States Army. It was formed in 1908 to provide a reserve of medical officers.

Reserve soldiers perform only part-time duties as opposed to full-time ("active duty") soldiers, but may be called upon to do full-time duty. They generally perform training or service one weekend per month and for two continuous weeks at some time during the year (annual training). Many reserve soldiers are organized into Army Reserve units, while others serve to augment active Army units.

All United States Army soldiers sign an initial eight year service contract upon entry into the military. Typically, the contract specifies that some of the service will be served in the Regular Army, or "active component" (two, three, or four years), with the rest of the service to be served in the reserve component; however, some soldiers elect to sign a contract specifying that all eight years be served in the reserve component, in which case the soldier is entering directly into the Army Reserve. Those soldiers who serve a period of years in the active component and choose not to re-enlist in the active component are automatically transferred afterwards to the reserve component to complete their initial eight year service obligation. After the expiration of the initial eight year service contract, soldiers who elect to continue their service may sign subsequent eight year contracts consecutively until they finally leave the service;

Full- time duties действительная военная служба

Active duty

Training – подготовка, обучение

To augment - усиливать

To enlist – поступать на военную службу (добровольно)

Expiration – окончание, истечение (срока)

Subsequent – последующий.

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