Ministry of Defence (UK) facts for kids
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence is a Britsh government department headed by the Secretary of State for Defence in the Cabinet. It controls the administration of the British Armed Forces.
The present Ministry is a post-World War II creation, joining the Admiralty, the War Office, the Air Ministry and part of the Ministry of Aviation. Ministers of State supervise each of the three armed services, and a Joint Chiefs of Staff committee is led by the professional heads of the three services.
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General Sir Nicholas Carter, the Chief of the Defence Staff.
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A British armed forces careers office in Oxford
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The MOD Main Building, Whitehall, London
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