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United States Department of Defense

A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government whose mission is to provide the military forces needed to deter WARFARE and to protect the security of our country.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government whose mission is to provide the military forces needed to deter WARFARE and to protect the security of our country.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Department of Defense (U.S.)
  • United States Dept. of Defense

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

2011

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Previous Indexing

  • Government Agencies (1966-2010)

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Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.409w.418w.750.500w
  2. N03w.540w.348w.500w.500.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. United States Department of Defense. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059030. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059030
  2. United States Department of Defense. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense
  3. United States Department of Defense. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11209