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 United States Department of Defense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Department of Defense is based in The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia outside Washington, DC, across the Potomac River.
The Establishment had the unfortunate abbreviation 'NME' (the obvious pronunciation being "enemy"), and was renamed the "Department of Defense" (abbreviated as DOD or DoD) on August 10, 1949; in addition, the secretary was given greater authority over the military departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense   (815 words)

  
 Chewbacca Defense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cochran's use of this defense is so successful that the jury finds Chef guilty of "harassing a major record label" and sets his punishment as either a two million dollar fine to be paid within twenty-four hours or, failing that, four years in prison.
The term Chewbacca Defense was first used in the South Park episode "Chef Aid", which premiered on October 7, 1998 as the fourteenth episode of the second season.
The Chewbacca Defense is a term for any legal strategy or propaganda strategy that seeks to overwhelm its audience with nonsensical arguments, as a way of confusing the audience and drowning out legitimate opposing arguments.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chewbacca_Defense   (926 words)

  
 Defense, by Benjamin Zycher: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and Liberty
In the area of defense, political processes are more likely to achieve the optimal amount of spending if each person pays taxes in proportion to the value he or she derives from the defense services provided.
For example, U.S. defense spending in the mid-1980s was roughly 60 percent of the NATO total, while the United States provided about 46 percent of the main battle tanks and about 40 percent of the division-equivalent firepower.
Defense contractors, defense-related workers, and communities with military bases all benefit privately from defense spending.
www.econlib.org /library/Enc/Defense.html   (2846 words)

  
 ~~~ DEFENSE LAWYERS ~~~
Defense Lawyers find the "right lawyer" by networking with the members of their law profession with experience in related areas.
Choosing particular Defense lawyers simply because he or she is understanding may lead to later dissatisfaction with that relationship.
More and more defense law is being generated which is only fully understood by the few lawyers who are specialists in specific areas.
defenselawyers.w-1.us   (311 words)

  
 Platform -- Defense
Between 1987 and 1999, the U.S. military defense budget was cut by 5%.
The Natural Law Party believes that these crucial issues must be decided on the basis of a revised set of priorities reflecting America’s realistic defense requirements--not on the basis of short-term political considerations and pork-barrel politics.
Only through the addition of this technology to reduce global stress and to generate an actual, physical influence of peace among the family of nations can a political party responsibly cut defense spending and divert the precious resources of the nation toward more life-supporting and humane programs at home and abroad.
www.natural-law.org /platform/defense.html   (1069 words)

  
 DefenseLINK - Official Web Site of the U.S. Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense is the principal defense policy adviser to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy and policy related to all matters of direct concern to the Department of Defense, and for the execution of approved policy.
The Deputy Secretary of Defense is delegated full power and authority to act for the Secretary of Defense and exercise the powers of the Secretary on any and all matters for which the Secretary is authorized to act pursuant to law.
The Secretary of Defense is a member of the President's Cabinet and of the National Security Council.
www.defense.gov /osd/topleaders.html   (404 words)

  
 Defense
Defense, on the other hand, is for the smaller, aggressive guys, who never cleaned their rooms and wear flip-flops to weddings.
Defense is about causing confusion, and spreading hate and discontent throughout the offensive coordinator's well thought out plans.
The defensive system I was a part of in junior high through high school is contained in this section, along with defenses from some of the best books on football, and some of the smartest coaches I could find.
www.fbforyouth.com /defense.htm   (625 words)

  
 U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
Defense Subcommittee Hearing on FY 2006 Army Budget Overview: A Statement on the Posture of the Army (The Honorable Francis J. Harvey and General Peter J. Schoomaker)
Defense Subcommittee hearing on FY 2006 Budget for the Department of Defense: Testimony of The Honorable Tina W. Jonas, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
Defense Subcommittee Hearing on FY06 Department of Defense Budget: Posture Statement of General Richard Myers, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
appropriations.senate.gov /subcommittees/defense/topics.cfm?code=def   (465 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Military - note
defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
defense is the responsibility of France and Spain
defense is the responsibility of France; small contingent of French forces stationed on the island
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/fields/2137.html   (1007 words)

  
 National College for DUI Defense
The National College for DUI Defense, Inc. (NCDD) is a professional, non-profit corporation dedicated to the improvement of the criminal defense bar, and to the dissemination of information to the public about DUI Defense Law as a specialty area of law practice.
DUI defense counsel must also have a working understanding of the operation of breath test equipment, hospital testing equipment, and instruments utilized by forensic laboratories in the process of testing for intoxicants.
The American Bar Association, in 2003, recognized DUI Defense Law as a specialty area in the practice of law, and in 2004 the ABA awarded its "Certificate of Accreditation" to the Board Certification program of the National College for DUI Defense.
www.ncdd.com   (723 words)

  
 Mike Lawrence's Private Bridge Lessons - Volume 3
Defense requires delicate timing and if either defender misses a beat, the whole plan goes down the drain.
There are very few players who will claim that defense is the best part of their game.
In DEFENSE, you will visit the Chamber of Horrors, a litany of bad plays that you and your partner have made at one time or another.
www.michaelslawrence.com /Products/priv3.html   (449 words)

  
 PDA Security Software for Palm, Pocket PC and Blackberry
With its high level of security, PDA Defense is being used within all branches of the military, the White House, the FBI and civilian enterprises around the world.
With the release of PDA Defense Enterprise, organizations with 50 PDA users or more now have a comprehensive and cost-effective solution for extending their security policies across the PDA platform.
One of the pioneers in PDA data security, PDA Defense continues to outpace the industry with innovative features, friendly user interface and outstanding value.
www.pdadefense.com   (607 words)

  
 Defense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Self-defense (theory) and defense of property, legal justifications
For defence of a doctoral dissertation see thesis committee
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Defense   (103 words)

  
 Defense
The Defense Supply Center Richmond is considered a leading innovator in the Defense Logistic Agency's initiative to incorporate commercial business practices into its worldwide military support mission.
Defense Eligibility Enrollment System, a 12 million record database operated by Electronic Data System Corporation for the Department of Defense.
The responsibility for acquiring the weapon systems used in the defense of democracy and our nation ultimately lies with a special group of people: the men and woman of our defense acquisition workforce.
www.salvia.com /salvia_dot_com/screen_credits/defense.htm   (2950 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: defense
Aggressive defense in federal, state and juvenile courts for sex crimes, drugs, DUI, murder, rape and other charges.
Criminal Defense Law Firm - Avoid Jail For a free consultation, submit our form to be contacted by our staff.
Posts tagged Defense per day for the last 30 days.
technorati.com /tag/defense   (555 words)

  
 Defense eds.com
Defense departments worldwide are seeking to deliver greater military capability with lower expenditure.
In this role, he helps defense departments enhance their operational effectiveness in critical areas such as command information, logistics support, back-office administration, and secure infrastructure.
Please contact our Defense Expert Graham Johnston for more information regarding these services.
www.eds.com /industries/defense   (593 words)

  
 CDI - Center for Defense Information - Security Policy Research Organization
On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the latest defense plans by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be evaluated at an exclusive presentation by Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the World Security Institute’s Center for Defense Information.
The 2007 defense budget is simultaneously gigantic and yet too small to implement DOD’s new plans.
Donald Rumsfeld’s new Quadrennial Defense Review fails to address the core reason why such reviews are required by Congress, and the new budget is crowded with gimmicks to mask its real size.
www.cdi.org   (1023 words)

  
 Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program
Although domestic air defenses were never tested during the war, the Battle of Britain, coupled with Army Air Forces difficulties in penetrating German airspace, demonstrated that effective air defense could prove potent.
Today, with no defense against the major threat, Soviet ICBM's, our anti-bomber defenses alone would contribute very little to our damage limiting objective and their residual effectiveness after a major ICBM attack is highly problematical.
The emphasis on defense approved in NSC 159/4 seemed to contrast with the policy promulgated in late 1953 in NSC 162, a policy that became known as the "New Look." The New Look had an emphasis on massive retaliation.
www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/airdef/searching_the_skies.htm   (16528 words)

  
 DARPA Home
is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD).
It manages and directs selected basic and applied research and development projects for DoD, and pursues research and technology where risk and payoff are both very high and where success may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions.
www.darpa.mil   (210 words)

  
 Solution Center: Defense
The QDR is part of the continuum of transformation in the Defense Department.
The Defense Department has issued a new manual that lays out procedures for training, certifying and managing employees responsible for information assurance within the department.
This is the authoritative document to describe the nature of the war, the nature of the enemy, and the military strategy to face the enemy.
www.fcw.com /solutions/defense/index.asp?topic=defsol   (649 words)

  
 Defense and the National Interest
Defense and the National Interest is intended to be a resource for all citizens concerned with the roles of armed forces in the modern world, the money and people we devote to them, and the effects on the rest of our society.
Fourth generation warfare is a reflection of the decline of legitimacy of the state system (see for example Martin van Creveld's "The Fate of the State" and Bill Lind's "Strategic Defense Initiative.") For examples, you don't have to travel all the way to the Middle East.
A brief examination of the new QDR's strengths and weaknesses, by one of the country's most experienced defense analysts.
www.d-n-i.net   (2301 words)

  
 Lacrosse Stick Tech Workshop - John Gagliardi
A defense as a whole has to speak to each other and communicate, but hearing it a second time from the goalie is always a plus.
When you are playing defense behind the cage you should position your body in a way that dictates your opponent's moves by overplaying him to one side.
I played close defense and long stick middie at Johns Hopkins University and I now play in the MLL for the Long Island Lizards and in the NLL for the World Champion Philadelphia Wings.
www.e-lacrosse.com /1999/gags/1.html   (7598 words)

  
 Arizona DUI Attorney - Arizona DUI Laws Attorney Lawyer Phoenix DUI Drunk Driving Defense Extreme Penalties In Scottsdale
Even a full time criminal defense lawyer who defends all kinds of crimes may not be able to turn over every stone in your DUI case.
Some so-called DUI defense lawyers plead 100% of their DUI clients out, without so much as a reduction to a lesser charge or a break in sentencing.
An attorney who does personal injury, divorce, bankruptcy, wills and DUI (although probably a good attorney and a good person) is not going to serve all of his/her clients well all of the time.
www.azduiatty.com /arizona-dui-attorney.htm   (1438 words)

  
 Department of Defense Deployment Health Support
The Institute of Medicine was commissioned by the Department of Defense to compare the rate and causes of death of Gulf War veterans possibly exposed at Khamisiyah to Gulf War veterans who were not exposed.
The Department of Defense recently sent letters to Gulf War veterans about a study on causes of mortality of Gulf War veterans from 1991 to 2000.
The letter, dated September 27, 2005, informed Gulf War veterans of a study which compared the rate and causes of death of servicemembers possibly exposed at Khamisiyah to Gulf War veterans who were not exposed.
deploymentlink.osd.mil   (441 words)

  
 AcqWeb - Welcome
The Honorable Kenneth J. Krieg is the new Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
In addition, the Acting Director for Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) approved a DFARS class deviation authorizing the use of the Government Purchase Card by contracting officers supporting Hurricane Katrina relief efforts for purchases over $15,000 up to $250,000.
DAMIR is intended to identify the various data sources that the Acquisition community uses to manage acquisition programs and to provide a unified manner through which to present the information.
www.acq.osd.mil   (404 words)

  
 The Spangenberg Group: Indigent Defense Studies
Statewide studies typically involve on-site work which includes: interviewing public defense attorneys and support staff, assigned counsel, judges and prosecutors; review of caseload and other secondary data; a written report containing detailed findings and recommendations for improvements or modifications; and any necessary testimony on behalf of the contracting entity.
The findings of the 1986 survey were published in the 1988 BJS document, Criminal Defense for the Poor, 1986.
As the ABA's primary provider of technical assistance relating to indigent defense systems, The Spangenberg Group has worked with judges, bar associations, state and local governments, legislative bodies and public defender organizations in over forty states around the country.
www.spangenberggroup.com /work_indig.html   (1679 words)

  
 www.dod.state.hi.us
The State of Hawaii Department of Defense represents a varied mixture of federal, state, Active Guard/Reserve, and drill-status National Guard members.
The Hawaii State Defense Force may be activated should the need arise.
A fourth division, which is currently inactive, is the Hawaii State Defense Force.
www.dod.state.hi.us   (365 words)

  
 Advanced Mortar Munitions
A "semi-smart" mortar munition is under development at Soltam Defense for 120mm tubes.
Mat-120 is equipped with 21 submunitions, each with an electronic impact fuze that also has self-destruct function.
Designated M150/M151 HE-TAG "Mor", the new design implements laser homing technique for improving the accuracy of the mortar fire against "time-urgent" area targets, rather than hitting point targets at pinpoint accuracy.
www.defense-update.com /features/du-1-04/mortar-munitions.htm   (365 words)

  
 DefenseLINK Homeland Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz called Eberhart a "trailblazer" who had led in war and peace with "imagination, independence and strong influence." These are the same attributes Eberhart exhibited as a forward air controller flying 300 bombing missions in South Vietnam, Wolfowitz said.
They are also the attributes that persuaded President Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to appoint Eberhart as commander of NORTHCOM.
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Nov. 6, 2004 -- Before a full house, Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating assumed command of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command from Air Force Gen. Ed Eberhart in ceremonies here Nov. 5.
www.defenselink.mil /specials/homeland   (482 words)

  
 The Heritage Foundation: Defense
Questions whether the criticisms leveled at the missile defense system are motivated by policy considerations and not on the basis of concern about whether the...
The Defense Department’s matrix of potential threats identifies three categories of unconventional danger: “irregular” threats such as terrorism and insurgency; “catastrophic” threats involving weapons of...
To ensure that the nation’s maritime defense needs at home and abroad are adequately addressed the House introduced an initiative for eight independent studies to...
www.heritage.org /research/nationalsecurity/briefingroom.cfm   (6478 words)

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