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The Department of Defense is responsible for coordinating all agencies and aspects of the government that are associated with national security and safety. It is located in The Pentagon building Washington, DC.
The head of the Department of Defense is Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
･ Housed under the umbrella of the DoD are the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The U.S. Marine... ･ A common misconception is that the U.S. Coast Guard is not, as a matter of law, America's fifth armed... ･ A lesser known func...
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In 1947 Congress created the National Military establishment. Eventually, the three services, Army, Navy and Air Force, were placed under control of the Secretary of Defense. In 1949 an amendment to that Act consolidated the national defens...
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1) Created in 1949, the Department of Defense was an outgrowth of the National Security Act of 1947, which had “unified” the armed services. The debate in Congress leading up to the 1947 legislation had its origins in the experiences of Wor...
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･ 1 Join a branch of the military as a new recruit, complete your basic training and continue your career... ･ 2 Take advantage of the opportunity to complete your college degree while serving in the military. For... ･ 3 Stay in regular con...
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NASA is not a part of the Department of Defense, nor of any other Cabinet-level department. NASA's administrator reports directly to the White House.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/ic/faqs.html
The United States Department of Defense is located at the Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia. The Pentagon is the world's largest office building. The Department of Defense engages in war fighting, humanitarian aid, peacekeeping, disaster rel...
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Originally known as the War Department, it consisted of the Department of the Army and the Navy Department. It was, and is, the apparatus by which the civilian government organizes, equips, and trains its military forces. The problems Congr...
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In the latter days of the arms race the targeting of ICBMs became such a fine art that they could be expected to land right on an enemy's missile silos. Such a direct hit would destroy the silo and any missile in it. The ability to take out...
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