Includes the immediate Offices of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretaries of Defense, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, the Assistant Secretaries of Defense (ASDs), the General Counsel of the Department of Defense (GC, DoD), the Assistants to the Secretary of Defense (ATSDs), the OSD Directors, or equivalents, who report directly to the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and such other staff offices as the Secretary of Defense establishes to assist in carrying out assigned responsibilities. [D0DD 5000.59; DoDI 5000.XX]
Kuquka ii-ofisi zangoku zikanobhala kunye nesekela nobhala lomkhosi, kunye nonobhala abangezantsi bomkhosi, ulawuli oyintloko wophando lomkhosi kunye nobunjineli, abancedisi abangonobhala bomkhosi (ASD), Ibhunga jikelele lesebe lezomkhosi (GC, DoD), abancedisi koonobhala bomkhosi (ATSD), abalawuli be-OSD, oknaye abakufutshane kubo, abenza ingxelo ngqo kunobhala okanye kwisekela nobhala lomkhosi, nakwabanye abasebenzi bezinye ii-ofisi ezifana nezonobhala bomkhosi ezisungulelwa ukunceda ukwenza imisebenzi enikezelweyo. [DODD 5000.59; DoD 5000.XX]