American defense military system

The national defense leadership and command system of the United States consists of two lines: one belongs to the administrative leadership system, that is, through the "president-defense minister-ministers of various services, chief of staff-military headquarters under various joint commands", the whole army is administratively led; The other line is the operational command system, that is, through the line of "President-Minister of Defense (through the Joint Chiefs of Staff)-Joint Command and Special Command", the subordinate troops are given operational command.

Structure diagram of American defense and military command system