Structure of the United States Armed Forces | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-06-27

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces


00:00:33 1 Department of Defense
00:00:50 1.1 Office of the Secretary of Defense
00:03:53 1.2 Office of the Inspector General
00:05:37 1.3 Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Joint Staff
00:07:02 1.4 Military Departments
00:07:11 1.4.1 Department of the Army
00:07:21 1.4.1.1 Office of the Secretary of the Army
00:09:12 1.4.1.2 The Army Staff
00:11:00 1.4.2 Department of the Navy
00:11:11 1.4.2.1 Office of the Secretary of the Navy
00:12:12 1.4.2.2 Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
00:13:59 1.4.2.3 Headquarters Marine Corps
00:14:48 1.4.3 Department of the Air Force
00:15:00 1.4.3.1 Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
00:16:08 1.4.3.2 The Air Staff
00:18:06 1.5 Combatant Commands
00:18:15 1.5.1 U.S. Africa Command
00:18:31 1.5.2 U.S. Central Command
00:18:40 1.5.3 U.S. European Command
00:19:14 1.5.3.1 Order of battle
00:20:19 1.5.4 U.S. Northern Command
00:20:54 1.5.4.1 Order of battle
00:24:38 1.5.5 U.S. Pacific Command
00:24:54 1.5.5.1 Order of battle
00:31:03 1.5.6 U.S. Southern Command
00:34:21 1.5.6.1 United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) (Fort Bragg, NC)
00:46:53 1.5.6.2 US Air Force Air Combat Command (Langley AFB, VA)
00:54:27 1.5.6.3 United States Fleet Forces Command (Norfolk NB, VA)
01:04:31 1.5.6.4 United States Marine Corps Forces Command (Norfolk NB, VA)
01:06:23 1.5.6.5 U.S. Forces Azores (USAFORAZ) (Lajes Field, Azores)
01:06:35 1.5.7 U.S. Special Operations Command
01:09:51 1.5.8 U.S. Strategic Command
01:10:24 1.5.8.1 Order of battle
01:14:02 1.5.9 U.S. Transportation Command
01:14:19 1.5.9.1 Order of battle
01:30:00 2 See also



Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.

Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain

Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.

Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts
Speaking Rate: 0.9638645705660184
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-E


"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."
- Socrates


SUMMARY
=======
The chain of command leads from the President (as commander-in-chief) through the Secretary of Defense down to the newest recruits. The United States armed forces are organized through the United States Department of Defense, which oversees a complex structure of joint command and control functions with many units reporting to various commanding officers. The following is an incomplete list of the various major military units, commands, and DOD offices and agencies, including civilian and military chains of command.