 DefenseLink, U.S. Department of Defense (http://www.defenselink.mil/)
Searchable gateway includes links to the Armed Forces, Defense Budget, photos, fact sheets, news releases, weapons and equipment, and publications.
Department of Defense, Annual Report to the President & Congress (http://www.defenselink.mil/execsec/adr_intro.html)
"The Annual Report to the President and the Congress, commonly referred to as the Annual Defense Report, details how the Department of Defense built its capabilities and is working to maintain them in the future." Users can search by topic, or link to online reports from 1995 through 2002.
Department of Homeland Security (http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/)
The Homeland Security website provides the latest updates regarding the Department's initiatives, as well as links about appropriations, state contacts, and their strategic plan.
DoD Dictionary of Military Terms (http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/)
Provides a browsable and searchable dictionary of military terms, as well as links to acronyms, abbreviations, and "NATO Only" terms. "All approved joint definitions are contained in Joint Publication 1-02, 'DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms.'"
Defense Almanac (http://www.dod.gov/pubs/almanac/)
Provides information and statistics about the DOD organization, staff, funding, and equipment.
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) (http://www.dtic.mil/)
"The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) is the central facility for the collection and dissemination of scientific and technical information for the Department of Defense (DoD)." The DTIC website is a searchable gateway to finding DoD-related information. The site also gives users an extensive A-Z listing of resource links and publications.
Scientific & Technical Information Network (STINET) (http://stinet.dtic.mil/)
The STINET website "provides access to citations to unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into the Defense Technical Information Center's (DTIC's) Technical Reports Collection since December 1974, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents." Includes searchable databases of scientific and technical documents, research and development descriptive summaries, and DOD Specifications and Standards.
Joint Electronic Library (http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/)
Web site provides links to U.S. military doctrine; historical, research, and multinational publications; and online issues of Joint Force Quarterly, 1995 to present.
Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) (http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/)
The Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) researches, writes, and publishes from unclassified sources about the military establishments, doctrines and strategic, operational and tactical practices of selected foreign armed forces. The FMSO web site contains full-text publications, book reviews, and research links on government, institutional, and foreign topics. Provides full-text articles on military topics by region or subject, and includes an extensive set of links to Internet resources.
Military Personnel Records (http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records.html)
This is the repository of health and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans from all branches of the armed services. "Information from the records is made available upon written request (with signature and date) to the extent allowed by law."
Department of Veterans' Affairs (http://www.va.gov)
The VA site provides links to online applications for veterans' compensation and pension, education, health, vocational rehabilitation, and employment services. It also provides links to topics such as minority veterans, homeless veterans, and women veterans.
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