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Awards, Insignia, Medals, Seals, Coins

Awards, Decorations and Devices (also called Order of Precedence)

Air Force
       Air Force Magazine [May – Almanac Issue]
       Air Force Service Ribbons (DefenseLink)
       Air Force Airman [January – Almanac Issue]

Army
    Army Ribbons Order of Precedence
           Left Side
           Right Side
       Army Seals
       Army Service Ribbons (DefenseLink)
       Soldiers [January – Almanac Issue]
       U.S. Army Service, Campaign Medals & Foreign Awards
       Military Awards Branch
       US Army Awards, Decorations, Campaign & Service Medals
       US Army Decorations and Department of Defense Decorations

Coast Guard
   Coast Guard Service Ribbons (DefenseLink)
   Sea Service Awards

Marine Corps
   All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]
   Marine Corps Service Ribbons (DefenseLink)

Navy
   All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]
   Navy Service Ribbons (DefenseLink)
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   U.S. Navy Medals and Ribbons
   U.S. Navy Service and Campaign Medals

DoD
   Rackbuilder [Medal Organizer]
   Medals, Decorations, and Awards
   U.S. Army Decorations and Department of Defense Decorations
   U.S. Military Service Ribbons and Awards (DefenseLink)

General
   United Nations Medals


Badges/Insignia/Patches/Ratings/Wings

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [May – Almanac Issue]
   Airman  [January – Almanac Issue]

Army
   Army Soldiers  [January – Almanac Issue]
   United States Army Badges
   Branches of Service Insignia and Plaques
   United States Army Beret Flashes and Background Trimmings
   Unit Insignia
   Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the United States Army Second World War
   Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of Army Air Forces Second World War

Coast Guard
   Special Insignia
   Enlisted Rating Badges and Rating Insignia
   Officer Rank Insignia

Marine Corps
   Marine Corps All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]
   Medals and Ribbons
   Service and Campaign Medals
   Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the United States Marine Corps Second World War

Navy
   Navy All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]
   Aircraft Carrier Color-coded Jerseys
   Medals and Ribbons
   Service and Campaign Medals
   Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the United States Navy Second World War
   Warfare Pins & Badges

DoD
   American Military Patches, Other Insignia and Decorations of World War Two
   Other Insignia Not Shoulder Sleeve Insignia War World Two
   Vietnam era Military Patches


   Back to Top

 

Grade/Rank/Rate Insignia

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Rank
   Badges
   Shields
   Seals
   Symbols
   Officer Insignia
    Enlisted Insignia
   Airman [January – Almanac Issue]
   The History of the Chevron

Army
   History of Army Rank Insignia Enlisted
   Insignia of Rank
   Origin of Army Officers Insignia of Rank
   U.S. Army Branch Insignia
   United States Army Organizational Insignia
   Unit Insignia

Coast Guard
   Officer Rank Insignia
   Enlisted Rating Badges and Rank Insignia

Marine Corps
   Officer and Enlisted Rank Structure

Navy
   All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]
   Enlisted Ratings: Insignia and Duties
   Rank Insignia of Navy Commissioned and Warrant Officers
   Rate Insignia of Navy Enlisted Personnel
   Specialty Insignia - LDO and Warrant
   Specialty Insignia - Staff Corps
   U.S. Navy Officer Ranks and Enlisted Rates

DoD
   Officer and Enlisted Rank Insignia for all branches
   Rank: The Story Behind Names of Different Rank
   Military and Civilian Schedule of Equivalent Grades (OPNAV INST 11101.13J)
        Table 1-1. Page 10 of document
   Military and Civilian Schedule of Equivalent Grades (DOD 4165.63-M)
        Table C2.T1. Page 30 of document
   Military and Civilian Schedule of Equivalent Grades (DODI 1000.1)
        Attachment 1 of Enclosure 3. Page 12 of document

Non-U.S.
   Country Studies
        formerly known as Army Area Handbooks will do this for some countries.
   Rank Insignia of the World
   Rank Insignia of the World (World Insignia Collector Association)


Military Aircraft Fin Flashes & Tail Marking s

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Tail Codes (Globemaster)

Marine Corps
   Marine Corps Tail Codes (Globemaster)

Navy
   U.S. Naval Aircraft Marking (Naval Historical Center)
   Tail Codes (Globemaster)


Records, Trophies and Competitions

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Air Force Functional Career Field Special Trophies & Awards (Air Force Personnel Center)


Seals/Logos/Shields/Coins

Air Force
   Air Force Seal
   U.S. Air Force Symbol : Guidelines for Use
   Shields
   Seals
   Air Force Coins (MilitaryCoins.com)
   Active Air Force Wings (Air Force Historical Research Agency)
   Higher Headquarters Emblems (Air Force Historical Research Agency)
   USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons (Air Force Historical Research Agency)
   Military Coins [SNCOA Library Bibliography] (Air University)

Army
   Army Seal
   Department of the Army Seal
   Department of the Army Emblem
   Army Coins
   Army National Guard Seal
   Preserving tradition: The History of the Military Coin

Coast Guard
   Coast Guard Seal
   Selected Logos
   Seal
   Emblem
   Navy & Coast Guard Coins
   What is a Coin Really Worth?

Marine Corps
   Marine Corps Seal
   Marine Corps Emblem
   Marine Corps Coins

Navy
   Emblem and Seal
   Navy Seal
   Navy & Coast Guard Coins

DoD
   Department of Defense Seal
   Military Coins (Air University Library)
   Military Seals
   Department of Defense Seal
   Military Coins
   Coin Check Rules
   History of the Coin
   Coin Rules and History


Budget and Expenditures

Budget Breakdowns - Various Defense Budgets

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Airman [January – Almanac Issue]

Army
   Soldiers [January – Almanac Issue]
   Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller)

Marine Corps
   Dept. of the Navy, Office of the Budget

Navy
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   Dept. of the Navy, Office of the Budget

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   SecDef Annual Report
   Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)


Defense Contractors and Procurement Information
   Defense Almanac
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   Procurement Statistics (DoD DIOR)
   Procurement and Assistance Trends (DoD DIOR)
   Geographic Statistics (DoD DIOR)
    USASpending.gov (includes top 100 contractors as well as information by state, congressional district and more)

Foreign Military Sales and Training

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   DSCA (Facts Book)
        Foreign Military Sales; Foreign Military Construction Sales; and; Military Assistance Facts


Pay Schedules -- Civilian [GS & SES]

DoD
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Airman [January – Almanac Issue]
   Soldiers
        February Issue
   Defense Finance and Accounting Service [DFAS]
   Federal Register
        Usually issued at the end of the year or early in the new year as a Presidential Executive Order
   Code of Federal Regulations
        Title 3
   Office of Personnel Management
        Includes locality rates


Pay Schedules -- Military

DoD
   Military Compensation (Office of the Secretary of Defense)
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Airman [January – Almanac Issue]
   All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]
   Soldiers [February Issue]
   Federal Register
        Usually issued at the end of the year or early in the new year as a Presidential Executive Order
   Code of Federal Regulations [Title 3]
   Comptroller – DoD Reimbursable Rates
   Defense Finance and Accounting Service [DFAS]


Pay Schedules -- Retired and Annuitant Pay

DoD
   Military Compensation
        Office of the Secretary of Defense
   Defense Finance & Accounting Service [DFAS]
   Comptroller – DoD Reimbursable Rates


Weapons Procurement Statistics

Navy
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]

DoD
   Defense Almanac


Where Military Dollars Are Spent

Navy
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]

DoD
   Defense Almanac


Education, Research and Medicine

Joint Professional Military Education

Air Force
   Air War College Gateway to Military Education Online

DoD
   Officer Professional Military Education Policy (OPMEP)


Military Medicine

Air Force
   Air Force Medical Service

Army
   Army Medical Dept (AMEDD)

Navy
   Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED)

DoD
   Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program
   Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
   Defense Almanac
   Chartbook of statistics (formerly CHAMPUS chartbook of statistics)
   GulfLink (Gulf War Illnesses)
   Selected Medical Statistics - Military Facilities (DoD DIOR)
        discontinued after 1996
   TRICARE Military Health System


Military Training & Schools

Air Force
   Air Force Schools
   Air University Schools

Army
   Army Schools
   Army Training Requirements and Resources System [ATTRS]

Coast Guard
   Coast Guard Schools

Marine Corps
   Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools

Navy
   Navy Schools
   Human Performance Center

DoD
   Civilian Education and Professional Development
   Defense Almanac
   Joint Service Schools
   National Schools
   Military Education Online


Professional Reading

Military Professional Reading List Holdings in the Dudley Knox Library
   All Services Combined
   Air Force
   Army
   Coast Guard
   Marine Corps
   Navy

Air Force
   Air Force Air War College Continuing Military Professionalism
   Air Force Chief of Staff, Air Force. CSAF Reading List

Army
   Army Chief of Staff of the Army. Professional Reading List
   Army Military Classics (Command & General Staff College)
    U.S. Army War College Library Military Reading List
       2004
       2003
   Chief of Infantry Reading List (AKO Account required)

Coast Guard
   Coast Guard Reading List 2006
   Coast Guard Commandant Reading List 1997-2002

Marine Corps
   U.S. Marine Reading List
      Click on Marine Corps Professional Reading Program
Navy
   Chief of Naval Operations. Reading List

DoD
   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Professional Military Reading List
   Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) Commandant's Professional Reading List
   Military Intelligence
   National Security Book List (Congressman Ike Skelton)


Research, Development, Test & Evaluation

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   USNI Proceedings [January – Almanac Issue]


Equipment

Aircraft Inventory and Locations

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]

Army
   Army Magazine Green Book

Coast Guard
   Sea Power [January — Almanac Issue]

Marine Corps
   Marines [February – Almanac Issue]
   Sea Power [January — Almanac Issue]

Navy
   Sea Power [January — Almanac Issue]
   All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]


ICBMs and Spacecraft in Service

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Space Command Fact Sheets
   Images from Air Force Space Command
   Space Command Almanac

DoD
   Space Policy Project, Special Weapons Monitor (FAS)
   Nuclear Forces Guide (FAS)


Ship Information (Class, Numbers, Homeports, etc.)

Coast Guard
   Sea Power [January — Almanac Issue]

Navy
   Sea Power [January — Almanac Issue]
   Navy All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]
   U.S. Navy Active Ship Force Levels, 1917-Present
   List of U.S. Navy Ships: Mailing Addresses
   List of U.S. Navy Ships: Alphabetically with their Homeports
   Aircraft carriers
   U.S. Navy Ship 20th Century Historical Database (Naval War College)
   Historic Naval Ships Visitors' Guide (Historic Naval Ships Association)


Ship Information (Construction, Newly Commissioned, Decommissioned, etc.)

   Sea Power [January — Almanac Issue]
   Navy Decommissioned Ships


Space Information

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [August – Space Almanac Issue]
   Air Force Space Command Fact Sheets
   Images from Air Force Space Command
   Air Force Space Command Almanac


Weapons Systems Information

Air Force

   Air Force Magazine [August – Space Almanac Issue]
   Airman [January — Almanac Issue]

Army
   Army [October issue – Green Book]
   Soldiers [January — Almanac Issue]
   Field Artillery [November-December – Red Book Almanac Issue]

Marine Corps
   Sea Power [January — Almanac Issue]
   U.S. Marine Corps' Aircraft, Vehicles and Equipment [January — Almanac Issue]

Navy
   Sea Power [January — Almanac Issue]
   All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   Annual Report to the President and the Congress
        Secretary of Defense's Annual Defense Report


History

    Chronology of Leaders see    Leadership


Chronology of Significant Events/Operations

    See also    Named Operations & Exercises

Air Force
   U.S. Air Force's First War: Korea 1950-1953 Significant Events
   United States Air Force Chronology

Marine Corps
   Marines [February – Almanac Issue]
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]

Navy
   All Hands [January – Owners & Operators Almanac Issue]
   Dates in American Naval History (Naval Historical Center)
   Wars and Conflicts of the United States Navy (Naval Historical Center)
        Force 2001 – Vision, Presence, Power: A Program guide to the U.S. Navy 1997 ed p. 7
            [D 201.6/12:F 4/997]
   United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   Military History Institute Digital Library
       Statistical Review, World War II


Conflicts and Casualties

Air Force
   Casualty Services Branch
   Defense Almanac

Army
   Casualty and Memorial Affairs Operations Center
   Casualty and Memorial Affairs Operations Center Casualty Classifications
   Campaigns and Casualties
   Statistical Data on Strength and Casualties for Korean War and Vietnam
   Battle Casualties and Medical Statistics U.S. Army Experience in the Korea War
   Army Air Forces Statistical Digest: World War II

Marine Corps
   Casualty Assistance
   Marine Corps Casualties 1775-2005

Navy & Marine Corps
   Casualty Assistance Division
   Casualties: U. S. Navy and Marine Corps (Naval Historical Center)
   Naval Aviation Combat Statistics, World War II (Naval Historical Center)
   US Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Casualties in World War II

DoD
   Military Casualty Information (DoD DIOR)
   Selected Military Operations (DoD DIOR)
   State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict and Vietnam Conflict
   Statistical Summary America's Major Wars (United States Civil War Center)
   Numbers of Americans Killed/Wounded, by Action (American War Library)
   Vietnam War Era POW/MIA Database
   America's Wars (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
   American war and military operations casualties: lists and statistics (Congressional Research Service)


Lineage/Heraldry/Honors

Air Force
   Air Force Unit Awards
   ArmyAirForces.com
   Guide to Air Force Heraldry (Air Force Historical Research Agency)
   Heraldry
   Lineage/Honors
   Organization And Lineage Of The United States Air Force

Army
   ArmyAirForces.com
   Lineage and Honors Information
   Lineage and Honors Program
   Army Lineage Series
   Institute of heraldry
   Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register
        See the various tables

Coast Guard
   U.S. Coast Guard Heraldry

Navy & Marine Corps
   Awards Manual

Navy
   Current Navy Aviation Squadron Lineages


Medal of Honor Recipients

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine
   Air Force Medal of Honor Recipients

Army
   Army Medal of Honor winners

Coast Guard
   Medal of Honor Recipients

Marine Corps
   Medal of Honor Recipients

Navy
   Navy's Medal of Honor (Naval Historical Center)

DoD
   Medal of Honor Breakdown (By War and Service) (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
   Full-text Listings of Medal of Honor Citations (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
   Medal of Honor: History and Issues (Congressional Research Service)
  Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2007 (Congressional Research Service)


Military Flying Aces

Air Force
   Air Force Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Air Force Aerial Victories Credits

Navy & Marine Corps
   U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aces (Naval Historical Center)

DoD
   Fighter pilot "Ace" List -- All Countries/All Wars


Military Maps

Dudley Knox Library Map Collection Page


Military Personnel Records

   Military Personnel Records (National Personnel Records Center)
       Frequently Asked Questions
       Records Services for the Public
       Military Personnel and Medical Record Collections
       Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act
       A People at War Exhibit


Named Operations & Exercises

See also    Chronology of Significant Events/Operations

Army Centers of Military History
       Index of Operational and Code names
       Named Campaigns - Indian Wars
       Named Campaigns - Revolutionary War
       Named Campaigns - War of 1812
       Named Campaigns - Mexican War
       Named Campaigns - Civil War
       Named Campaigns - China Relief Expedition
       Named Campaigns - War with Spain
       Named Campaigns - Philippine Insurrection
       Named Campaigns - World War I
       Glossary of Code Names [WWII]
       Named Campaigns - World War II [Asiatic-Pacific Theatre]
       World War II Special Operations Forces, CODE AND COVER NAMES, European Theater of Operations
       Named Campaigns - Korea
       Named Campaigns - Vietnam
       XVIII Airborne Corps in Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM: An Annotated Chronology (Army Center of Military History)
   Army Operations Since Vietnam (Noncommissioned Officers website)
   Code Names [WWII]
   Cross-Channel Attack code names
        WWII
   Deployments & Exercises (DefenseLINK)
   EUCOM Exercises (United States European Command)
        Continuing and completed exercises involving the EUCOM
   EUCOM Operations (United States European Command)
        Continuing and completed operations involving the EUCOM
   Glossary of International SOF and Counterterrorist Operations - Code Names
   Korean War: Chronology of U.S. Pacific Fleet Operations, June–December 1950 (Naval Historical Center)
   U.S. Military Exercises (GlobalSecurity.org)
   USAF Participation in Recent Operations (Air Force Personnel Center)
   U.S. Special Operations Deployments, Operations and Missions (Special Operations.com)
   World War II Code names


Manpower

Career Field/Occupational Specialty Breakdowns/Information

Air Force
   Air Force Officer Job Descriptions & Qualifications (About.com)
   Air Force Enlisted Job Descriptions & Qualifications (About.com)
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

Army
   Army Commissioned Officer Jobs (About.com)
   Army Warrant Officer Jobs (About.com)
   Army Enlisted Job Descriptions & Qualifications (About.com)
   Soldiers [January – Almanac Issue]

Coast Guard
   Coast Guard Enlisted Job Descriptions

Marine Corps
   Marines [February – Almanac Issue]
   USMC Officer Job Descriptions
   USMC Enlisted Job Descriptions

Navy
   Enlisted Ratings: Insignia and Duties
   Navy Careers: Enlisted (Navy Recruiting Command)
   Navy Careers: Officer (Navy Recruiting Command)
   Navy Enlisted Job (Rating) Descriptions & Qualifications (About.com)

DoD
   Enlisted Military Job Descriptions (About.com)

Defense Presence by State

   Defense Almanac
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

DoD Civilian Work Force

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Airman [January – Almanac Issue]
   Personnel Statistics Website - Civillian Demographics (U.S. Air Force Personnel Center)
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

Army
   Army Profiles
   Soldiers [January – Almanac Issue]
   U.S. Army Human Resources Directorate Demographic Unit

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   Civilian Personnel Statistics
        various breakdowns and historic to 1950
   DMDC Data Request Archive
   Military and Civilian Schedule of Equivalent Grades (OPNAV INST 11101.13J)
        Table 1-1. Page 10 of document
   Military and Civilian Schedule of Equivalent Grades (DOD 4165.63-M)
        Table C2.T1. Page 30 of document
   Military and Civilian Schedule of Equivalent Grades (DODI 1000.1)
        Attachment 1 of Enclosure 3. Page 12 of document


Enlisted Totals & Breakdowns (Ages, Gender, Race)

Air Force
   Personnel Statistics Website - Enlisted Demographics (U.S. Air Force Personnel Center)
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

Army
   Army Profiles 
   Soldiers [January – Almanac Issue]

Marine Corps
   Marines [February – Almanac Issue]

Navy
   Current Status of the Navy
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   Personnel Strength of the U.S. Navy: 1775 to present (Naval Historical Center)
   Statistics on Women in the Navy (Office of Women's Policy)

DoD
   DoD Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   Military Personnel Statistics
   DMDC Data Request Archive
   Population Representation in the Military Services [REF UB 323 A2 P66]
       2005 
       2004
       2003
       2002
       2001
       2000
       1999
       1998
       1997
  
Force Structure and Manpower Strengths

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Airman [January – Almanac Issue]
   Personnel Statistics Website
        U.S. Air Force Personnel Center
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

Army
   Army Profile
   U.S. Army Human Resources Directorate Demographic Unit

Marine Corps
   Marines [February – Almanac Issue]
   Marine Corps Manpower & Reserve Affairs

Navy
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   Navy Demographics (BUPERS)
   Personnel Strength of the U.S. Navy: 1775 to present (Naval Historical Center)
   Office of Women's Policy (N13W) (Naval Personnel Command)

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   Military Strength Factsheets
        regional area and country
    Directorate for Information Operations and Reports : Statistical Information Analysis Division : Personnel
       Civilian Personnel Statistics (various breakdowns and historic to 1950)
   DMDC Data Request Archive
   Statistical Summary America's Major Wars (United States Civil War Center)
   Profile of the Military Community: Demographics Report


Guards & Reserves

Air Force
   Air National Guard
   Air National Guard Reports and Retrieval Demographics
   Air Force Reserve Command
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

Army
   Army National Guard
   Army Profile
   Army Reserves
   Soldiers [January - issue
   U.S. Army Human Resources Directorate Demographic Unit

Coast Guard
   U.S. Coast Guard Reserve

Marine Corps
   U.S. Marine Forces Reserve

Navy
   Naval Reserve Forces

DoD
   National Guard Bureau
    Selected Manpower Statistics
    DoD Population Representation in the Military Services [REF UB 323 A2 P66]
       2005
       2004
       2003
       2002
       2001
       2000
       1999
       1998
       1997
   Reserve Affairs (Office of the Secretary of Defense)
   Profile of the Military Community: Demographics Report


Military Families

Army
   Army Profile 
   U.S. Army Human Resources Directorate Demographic Unit

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   Selected Manpower Statistics
   Profile of the Military Community: Demographics Report

Military Retirees

Air Force
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

Army
    Army Profile

DoD
   Defense Almanac

Occupational Field/Specialties Populations

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

Marine Corps
   Marines [February – Almanac Issue]

DoD
   DMDC Data Request Archive


Officer Totals & Breakdowns (Age, Gender, Race)

Air Force
   Personnel Statistics Website - Officer Demographics (U.S. Air Force Personnel Center)
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

Army
   Army Profile 
   U.S. Army Human Resources Directorate Demographic Unit

Marine Corps
   Marines [February – Almanac Issue]

Navy
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   Personnel Strength of the U.S. Navy: 1775 to present (Naval Historical Center)
   Statistics on Women in the Navy (Office of Women's Policy)

DoD
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   Defense Almanac
   SecDef Annual Report
    DoD Population Representation in the Military Services [REF UB 323 A2 P66]
       2005
       2004
       2003
       2002
       2001
       2000
       1999
       1998
       1997
   DMDC Data Request Archives
   Military Personnel Statistics (DoD Personnel & Procurement Statistics SIAD)


Reenlistment Eligibility Codes

Marine Corps
   United States Marine Corps Manpower and Reserve Affairs


Retention/Reenlistment Rates
Navy
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   SecDef Annual Report
    see Appendix Personnel Readiness Factors by Race and Gender


Where They Serve
Air Force
   United States Air Force Statistical Digest

Navy
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]

DoD
   Defense Almanac
   Atlas/Data Abstract for the United States and Selected Areas


Organization

Commands, Agencies, & Units

Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Air Force Personnel Center
   Airman [Almanac Issue]
   Organizational Listings
   Air Combat Command (ACC)
   Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
   Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
   Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)
   Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)
   Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
    Air Mobility Command (AMC)
   Air National Guard (ANG)
   Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)
   U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)

Army
   Army [October issue – Green Book
   Soldiers [January – Almanac Issue]
   Army Installations and Facilities
   Eighth U.S. Army (EUSA)
   U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA)
   U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
   U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC)
   U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID)
   U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR)
   U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)
   U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command (INSCOM)
   U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD)
   U.S. Army Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC)
   U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC)
   U.S. Army South (USARSO)
   U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)
   U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)
   U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
   U.S. Military District of Washington (MDW)

Coast Guard
   Coast Guard Units and Locations
   U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
   U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
   U.S. Coast Guard - Marine Safety and Environmental Protection
   U.S. Coast Guard - Office of Boating Safety
   U.S. Coast Guard - Office of Law Enforcement
   U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue

Marine Corps
   Units
   U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii
   U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC)
   U.S. Marine Corps Forces Atlantic (MARFORLANT)
   U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central (MARCENT)
   U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe (MARFOREUR)
   U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea (MARFORK)
   U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC)
   U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve (MARFORRES)
   U.S. Marine Corps Forces Strategic Command (MARFORSTRAT)
   U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Command (LOGCOM)
   U.S. Marine Corps Mobilization Command (MOBCOM)
   U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRD)
   U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM)

Navy
   Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS)
   Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED)
   Fleet Forces Command (USFLTFORCOM)
   Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanography Center (FNMOC)
   Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC)
   Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
   Naval Education and Training Command (NETC)
   Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
   Naval Network & Space Operations Command
   Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
   Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC)
   Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP)
   Navy Modeling and Simulation Management Office (NAVMSMO)
   Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC)
   Operational Test & Evaluation Forces (OPTEVFOR)
   Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
   Submarine Warfare Division (CNO N77)
   U.S. Pacific Fleet
   U.S. Atlantic Fleet
   U.S. Naval Observatory
   Naval Forces, Europe
   Naval Forces, Japan
   Naval Forces, Korea
   Naval Forces, Central Command
   Naval Reserve Forces (NAVRESFOR)

DoD
   Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
   Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
   Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
   Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)
   Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO)
   Defense Research & Engineering
   Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
   Defense Security Service (DSS)
   Defense Threat Reduction Agency
   Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS Link)
   Unified Command Plan Changes
   Missile Defense Agency
   Unified Combatant Commands
       Central Command (USCENTCOM)
       European Command (USEUCOM)
       Joint Forces Command (JFCOM)
       Pacific Command (PACOM)
       Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
       Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
       Strategic Command (STRATCOM)
       Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
       U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)


Leadership (including Chronologies)

Air Force
   Air Force Chain of Command/Leaders (Air Force Library)
   Search U.S. Air Force Leaders (Air Force Library)
   Secretaries of the Air Force
   Air Force Chiefs of Staff
   Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force
   Air Force Magazine [January – Almanac Issue]
   Air Force Chain of Command

Army
   Secretary of the Army
   Chief of Staff of the Army
   Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff 1775-1995
   Sergeant Major of the Army
   Former Sergeant Majors of the Army
   Army [October issue – Green Book]
   U.S. Civil War Generals
   U.S. Army Commanding Generals
   U.S. Army Chiefs of Staff
   U.S. Army Five-Star Generals
   The First Female General Officer in the U.S. Army
   The First Black General Officer in the U.S. Army
   Army Chain of Command

Coast Guard
   Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
   Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Current and Former Master Chief Petty Officers of the Coast Guard

Marine Corps
   Commandants of the U.S. Marine Corps
   Sergeants Major of the Marine Corps
   General Officer Biographies
   Marine Corps General Officers and Senior Executive Service
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   USNI Proceedings [January – Almanac Issue]
   Who's Who in Marine Corps History
   Marine Corps Chain of Command

Navy
   Navy Secretary of the Navy (Navy Web Site)
   Navy Secretaries of the Navy (Navy Office of Information)
   Secretaries of the Navy and Key United States Naval Officers, 1950 - 1975
   Chief of Naval Operations
   Chief of Naval Operations (Naval Historical Center)
   Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet : Previous Force Commanders
   Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
   Sea Power [January – Almanac Issue]
   USNI Proceedings [January – Almanac Issue]
   Navy Leadership (DoN)
   Navy United States Navy Biographies (DoN)
   Navy Navy Organization (DoN)

DoD
   Secretary of Defense
   Deputy Secretary of Defense
   Biographies of Senior Defense Officials (DefenseLINK)