Evaluating Resources

Armed Forces Insignia
Full-color insignia for all Services.

Center for Army Lessons Learned Thesaurus
Center for Army Lessons Learned Thesaurus along with a listing for other commonly used Thesauri.

Defense Almanac
For those who remember the Almanac issue of Defense Magazine, this site is a welcome replacement.   Contents include data on defense agencies, the combatant commands, DOD organization charts, facilities, budget, and more.

Defense Speeches
Official speeches of the Dept. of Defense from 1995 to date.

Defense Technical Information Center (DTiC)
Links to a wide variety of DOD and non-DOD resources arranged by subject category.

DoD Dictionary of Military Terms
Searchable dictionary of military definitions.

DOD Directives and Instructions
Note: This site is sometimes very slow to load. Please allow plenty of time to connect.

DOD 101
Introductory overview of the Department of Defense.

DoD Work Force Statistics or Procurement Information
Statistics by regions, service and rank.

Early Bird
A daily concise compilation of current published news articles and commentary concerning the most significant defense and defense-related national security issues. Available by 0515 hrs.

Foreign Military Studies Office
Provides FMSO research on international issues that affect the United States military. Contains links to articles and information from non-classified materials by topic and by country.

GI Bill
Information for military members to ease their transition back to civilian life.

GoogleUncleSam
Searches only .gov and .mil sites.

Homeland Security Digital Library
 

Joint Chiefs of Staff
Provides links to the organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Includes News and Events, HotTopics, People and Related Sites. Also links to the Joint Electronic Library, which contains Joint Publications, DOD Dictionary and the Joint Doctrine Homepage.

Joint Warfighting Center 
Contains information about the Joint Warfighting Center, access to online publications, Joint Training Courseware, a list of upcoming events, and a link to the Universal Joint Task List. 

Medals, Decorations, Awards and Honors

Military Analysis Network
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) DoctrineLINK. DoctrineLink is the most comprehensive online guide to military doctrine currently available.

Military.Com 
Includes current news, history, personnel locator and more.

National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC)
The National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC) was founded on November 21, 2005 in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to help the United States counter the threats caused by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons.

NATO
A guide to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s structure, history and organization. Includes current news items and an on-line library with an archive of all official documents and publications. Also provides links to information on Alliance activities.

SearchMil.Com
Search engine that indexes U.S. military Internet sites. Over 1 million military pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity

U.S. Department of Defense. DefenseLink. or: http://www.dod.mil/search/
Site of Department of Defense community. Provides access to Defense News, American Forces News, and Special Reports News as well as general information, reports, publications and photographs about the DoD. Also includes links to other sites of interest to the DoD community.

•  U. S. Air Force. AirForceLink
  Official site for the U.S. Air Force. Provides news, career information, biographies of AF leaders, digital images, an address directory, fact sheets on weapon systems, and links to base web pages.
• U.S. Army Homepage
  The Army homepage contains an index and links for available online articles, news and documents. Includes materials on Army leadership, organization, current events, Army installations and Army Reserves.
• U.S. Coast Guard
  The U. S. Coast Guard site includes information on the organization as well as news and events, information on employment, images, history, FAQs, and links to the Reserve Coast Guard. The Search and Rescue site is linked to this page.
• U.S. Marine Corps. MarineLink
  Provides Marine Corps Special News and Leadership links. "Main Links" contains biographies of General Officers, History and Traditions, Image Archives, Frequently Asked Questions, Marine Corps News and access to other Marine Corps organizations’ sites.
• U.S. Navy
  Includes news and information on Navy ships, employment, digital images, the Naval Reserve Force, and the Blue Angels. Also contains links to other Navy sites, and a link to All Hands magazine with online articles from previous issues.

U.S. Military Commissions: a Quick Guide to Available Resources

An introduction to military commissions.  Covers secondary texts, web resources and journal articles.
 

U.S. Military Commissions
DOD main page. Information on legal sources, current and historical commissions.

The World with U.S. Commanders’ Areas of Responsibility
As of 10 November 2004

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