defense research memorandum
1Defense Information Systems Agency — Seal …
2Defense Commissary Agency — The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) that operates more than 250 commissaries worldwide. American military commissaries sell groceries and household goods to active duty, Guard,… …
3Defense Production Act — The Defense Production Act (Pub.L. 81 774) is a United States law enacted on September 8, 1950, in response to the start of the Korean War. It was part of a broad civil defense and war mobilization effort in the context of the Cold War. Its… …
4DEFENSE FORCES — Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (1878–1948) The development of the self defense force of the yishuv was an influential part of the history of Jewish settlement in Ereẓ Israel. In the last quarter of the 19th century, when the first Jewish… …
5United States Department of Defense — Department of Defense Department overview Formed August 10, 1949 (1949 08 10) …
6operations research — the analysis, usually involving mathematical treatment, of a process, problem, or operation to determine its purpose and effectiveness and to gain maximum efficiency. [1940 45, Amer.] * * * Application of scientific methods to management and… …
7Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence — United States Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Incumbent: Michael G. Vickers since: March 16, 2011 First …
8Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center — Defense Cyber Crime Center Seal Agency overview Formed 1998 Headquarters Linthicum, Maryland Parent …
9Department of Defense Serum Repository — Interior of the United States Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR). The Department of Defense Serum Repository (also referred to as the DoD Serum Repository or simply DoDSR) is a biological repository operated by the United States… …
10Foreign internal defense — (FID) is used by a number of Western militaries, explicitly by the United States but sharing ideas with countries including France and the United Kingdom, to describe an approach to combating actual or threatened insurgency in a foreign state… …
