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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. |
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