Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee
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Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee was chartered on 24 Jan 1996 to provide advice to the United States Secretary of Defense
and the Secretaries of the military departments regarding the professional standards, historical methodology, program priorities, liaison with professional groups and institutions, and adequacy of resources connected with the various historical programs and associated activities of the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Committee has combined under it the previously separate advisory committees of the separate military departments and created them as advisory sub-committee's for each of the military services, reporting to their service secretaries and to the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee:
United States Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Defense is the head and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense of the United States of America. This position corresponds to what is generally known as a Defense Minister in other countries...
and the Secretaries of the military departments regarding the professional standards, historical methodology, program priorities, liaison with professional groups and institutions, and adequacy of resources connected with the various historical programs and associated activities of the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Committee has combined under it the previously separate advisory committees of the separate military departments and created them as advisory sub-committee's for each of the military services, reporting to their service secretaries and to the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee:
- Department of the Army Historical Advisory CommitteeDepartment of the Army Historical Advisory CommitteeThe Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee was established in January 1947 within the United States Army. In 1996, it was made a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee.-History:...
- Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval HistorySecretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval HistoryThe Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History was formally established in 1956 and is the second oldest of the historical advisory committee's within the Department of Defense.-History:...
- Secretary of the Air Force Historical Advisory CommitteeSecretary of the Air Force Historical Advisory CommitteeThe Secretary of the Air Force's Advisory Committee on the Air Force Historical Program was authorized in August 1968 at the time of the establishment of the Office of Air Force History...