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    The headquarters for the United States Department of Defense has twice the number of bathrooms needed for a building its size. Known more commonly as “the Pentagon” after its unique, five walled frame, the defense building was constructed during the early 1940’s in Virginia, where a code of regulations dubbed the “Jim Crow laws” required people of color to use separate facilities from white citizens. The Jim Crow laws segregated schools, transportation and public places. Although they claimed to

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    East Asia continues to present a broad spectrum of opportunities and challenges to the United States, our allies, and partners. The United States Government (USG) and Department of Defense (DoD) continues to work closely with its allies and partners to build relationships and capacity vital to advancing U.S. national interests of security, prosperity, international order, and the promotion of universal values. The most profound and alarming trend within the East Asia region over the past several

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    Configuration Management is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) product of the nuclear arms race of the 1950s. [16] During this time, developments were documented or not documented; therefore, the nuclear arms race did not lead to significant advancements in technology standards. [16] Items and protocols were duplicated which resulted in “high costs and mixed success” for the DoD. [16] In turn, the DoD mandated configuration management for the hardware in the military. [16] They issued “Bulletin

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    population. This activity must reason genuine mischief to individuals or property, make a genuine danger to the wellbeing and security to general society, or genuinely upset exchange, discriminating framework or electronic frameworks. The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as: “the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious

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    Background The Department of Defense (DoD) is the United States’ oldest government agency with history tracing back to 1789 after the American Revolutionary War. Since then the DoD has grown and evolved into the largest government organization of America. It serves as the executive sector of the federal government that oversees all things dealing with national security issues and protocols within the United States. The Department of Defense administers the Pentagon and the United States Military. It

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    Use Of Military Force

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    You are the Secretary of Defense and the President has asked you to advise him on the use of military force.What are the costs and benefits of resorting to force? The Secretary of Defense’s job entails of many main responsibilities. One of the many being that it exercises authority, direction and control over the department. The Department of Defense is directly under the president, who is the Commander in Chief. The main objective of the Department of Defense is to provide the military the necessary

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    For roughly 1% of the United States population, the past 10 years have been an ever changing experience serving across the world. On September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked by a terrorist organization residing in Afghanistan. The United States Armed forces were called upon to fight a war against terrorism. In May 2003, this conflict extended to Iraq, which was acting as a safe zone for many of the world’s terrorists. Since that time, more than 70,000 contractors and sub-contractors have

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    Congress and the military department in 1944 and aroused much public interest” (Trask 1997). Because the Air Force played such a large role, discussion of separating the Air Force from the Army Air Forces (AAF) began. A proposal was created to establish one department for the United States Armed Forces, combining all the military branches under one department. “On 19 December 1945, President Truman sent a message to Congress recommending a single department of national defense with three coordinate branches

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    The Department of the Treasury is the executive department that deals largely with creating policies that will be beneficial to the United States economy and the government’s finances. The responsibilities of the Department of the Treasury include paying the bills for the federal government, collecting taxes from the citizens, borrowing and lending money, creating currency, and supervising the national banks (Sidlow). The duties of the secretary of the treasury affect all United States citizens’

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    Benefits to the Joint Community, Services, Defense/Federal Agencies, and Coalition Partners In a fiscally constrained operating environment and a reduced footprint overseas, the Department of Defense is consistently looking for ways to mitigate challenges associated with rapid global projection. By having multiple means to deliver sustainment to the warfighter, the JMMLV will prevent a single point of failure. The JMMLVs design provides

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