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unusual facts about US Department of Defense



Information Awareness Office

The IAO was established after Admiral John Poindexter, former United States National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and SAIC executive Brian Hicks approached the US Department of Defense with the idea for an information awareness program after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Visual3D Game Engine

As of July 2008, Visual3D Game Engine has been employed for multiple private business projects and by the US Department of Defense for military simulation and training.

Winkler v. Rumsfeld

At the time of the case, the US Department of Defense was the official host of the jamboree.


see also

Air Force Satellite Control Network

Telemetry & Command Station (TCS), RAF Oakhanger, in England, operated by the United Kingdom and supporting the AFSCN through a Memorandum of Agreement between the UK Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defense; callsign LION.

Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago

Prior to the Center's formation, scholars originally received funding administered by Title VI of the US Department of Defense's National Defense Education Act.

Daniel Morris Monroe

Monroe has recently worked on the illustrations for a children's book written by Baywatch actress Erika Eleniak, as well as working a project for the US Department of Defense.

MotionDSP

MotionDSP’s solutions support operational deployments within the US Department of Defense and National Intelligence agencies, and its customers also include the US Air Force, Navy, and some of the world’s leading video forensic labs such as the US Secret Service, NCIS, and the London Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard).

Randolph Greene Pack

Through the Pack Foundation, he helped the US Department of Defense formulate a new forestry law for Japan, to encourage rebuilding of that country's devastated forestry sector; and the US Department of State in strengthening forest policy in Taiwan.