NPFC - DOD D 3020.4
ORDER OF SUCCESSION UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13394 AND THE FEDERAL VACANCIES REFORM ACT OF 1998
| Organization: | NPFC |
| Publication Date: | 2 May 2001 |
| Status: | inactive |
| Page Count: | 4 |
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This Directive reissues reference (a) and pursuant to references (b) (enclosure 1) and (c), establishes the order of succession to act as Secretary of Defense, or other Presidentially Appointed, Senate Confirmed (PAS) Officer in the Department of Defense. The order of succession to act as Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Air Force is specified in sections 3017, 5017, and 8017, respectively, of reference (d).
This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Department, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and the other organizational entities of the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as "the DoD Components").
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