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National Command Authority
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National Command Authority
National Command Authority
(
NCA
) is a term used by the
Department of Defense
of the
United States of America
to refer to the ultimate lawful source of military orders. The NCA comprises the
President of the United States
(as commander-in-chief) and the
Secretary of Defense
(as the deputy to the commander-in-chief) jointly, or their duly deputized successors, i.e. the
Vice President
and the
Deputy Secretary of Defense
. The term also refers to communications with the
commanding officers
of the
Unified Combatant Commands
to put U.S. forces into action.
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