It increased the powers of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and created the concept of a truly unified joint U.S. forces (i.e., Army, Air Force, Marines, and Naval forces organized under one command).
它增加了權力主席的參謀長聯席會議，創造了真正統一思想，聯合美國軍隊（即陸軍，空軍，海軍陸戰隊和海軍部隊的組織指揮下）。