Department of Defense

noun

1. the department of the U.S. federal government charged with ensuring that the military capacity of the U.S. is adequate to safeguard the national security. : DOD

Department of Defense

1. A department of the federal executive branch entrusted with formulating military policies and maintaining American military forces. Its top official is the civilian secretary of defense . It is headquartered in the Pentagon .

Example Sentences

Take Hegseth, the man Trump wants to oversee three million men and women in uniform and countless civilian employees of the Department of Defense.

From Salon

But they’re no more outlandish than recent headlines about a Fox News co-host and combat veteran running the Department of Defense, or an anti-vaxxer picked to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

From Los Angeles Times

The researchers did note a striking difference in results between patients who were treated at privately run IOP clinics and those that were run by the US Department of Defense.

From Science Daily

Then there’s the Fox News personality, Pete Hegseth, who doesn’t wash his hands and maybe has white nationalist symbols tattooed all over his body, that Trump picked to lead the Department of Defense.

From Salon

In October, two documents appearing to be attributed to the US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, a Department of Defense agency, were published on an Iranian-aligned Telegram account.

From BBC