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# 5 U.S.C. § 102 - Military departments

## Text

The military departments are: The Department of the Army. The Department of the Navy. The Department of the Air Force.

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision NotesThe section is supplied to avoid the necessity for defining “military departments” each time it is used in this title. See section 101(7) of title 10.