Secretary of Defense William Perry and Deputy Secretary John White would like to welcome you to DefenseLINK, the World-Wide Web Information Service from the Department of Defense.

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We invite you to visit the American Forces Information Service WWW site for information about the Department's internal news, visual information, entertainment, and educational services; and the American Forces Press Service WWW site to read news and view photographs of Department of Defense activities.

We also invite you to visit BosniaLINK, the official DoD information system about U.S. military activities in Operation Joint Endeavor. BosniaLINK now includes access to TALON, the newspaper serving the soldiers of Task Force Eagle, and to the Implementation Force (IFOR) fact sheets.

The Department of Defense is responsible for providing the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country. The department's headquarters is at the Pentagon.

Under the President, who is also Commander in Chief, the Secretary of Defense exercises the authority, direction, and control over the department, which includes:

• The Secretary of Defense
• The Joint Chiefs of Staff
• The National Guard
• The Army
• The Navy
• The Air Force
• The Marine Corps

• Other Organizations
• The Coast Guard (in time of war)
• The Defense Agencies
• The Defense Field Activities
• The Inspector General of the Department of Defense
• The Unified Combatant Commands
• Other Related Sites of Interest
• Other Information
• Biographies
• Career Opportunities and Information
• Countering Terrorism and Protecting our Forces
• Doing Business with the Department of Defense
• Deployments and Exercises
• Education
• History

Contents

• News, including:
• Official Defense News Releases(Oct 20)
• Official Defense Released Photos(Oct 8)
• Fact Sheets

• Publications, including:
• Annual Report to the President and the Congress
• Defense Issues: Important Speeches(Oct 20)
• Organization and Functions Guidebook
• Defense Directives and Instructions
• Defense Fact File
• Questions/Public Information Series Frequently Asked Questions about the department

Finding Information

• Search DefenseLINK
• What's New: The latest Defense Information Sources(Oct 15)

Other Important Services

• BosniaLINK: The official DoD information system about U.S. military activities in Operation Joint Endeavor(Sep 6)
• GulfLINK: The WWW Information System of the Persian Gulf War Illnesses Task Force.

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