 Reporting to the Chief of Defence Force are the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, the Chief of Army Lieutenant General Rick Burr, and the Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld.Each Chief manages the day-to-day executive operations of the services with both discretionary decision making authority and direction from the Chief of the Defence Force and the various Ministers of the defence portfolio and often cooperate with their counterparts from the other services as well as the Department of Defence.The Vice Chief of the Defence Force, currently Vice Admiral David Johnston, is responsible for joint force integration, preparedness and military strategy, interoperability, and designing the future force.