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Navigating The Military Internet
   

Table of Contents


Legend

- NPS access only - Full text - Password required
- Army Knowledge Online - Navy Knowledge Online - Air Force Portal


The following links are provided for research and information purposes only to be used by students, faculty and staff.


Official Sites

Service Level

US Air Force (AirForceLink)
    Site index


US Army (ArmyLink)
    A-Z Index


US Coast Guard
    Guard Search

US Marine Corps (MarineLink)
    Site Map


US Navy
    Site Index
        Alphabetical listing of the official site
    NavyOnLine
        Alphabetical and categorical lists of commands and their websites
 

Other
BosniaLink

Department of Defense (DefenseLink)
    Site Map
    Web Sites

Department of Veterans Affairs
    Burial & Memorial Benefits
    Center for Women Veterans
    Congressional & Legislative Affairs
    Health Benefits & Services
    Benefits Administration
    State Veterans Affairs Offices
    Veteran Data & Information

DeploymentLink
    Site Map

GulfLink
    Site Map

National Guard (GuardLink)
    Site Map

Reserve Affairs (Office of the Secretary of Defense)


Mailing Lists

Subscribing to the various mailing lists that are related to your area of interest or research can help you keep current with changes and new resources as well as giving you a specialized group that you can communicate questions and concerns to.

Military Service Lists
DMIL-L (DTIC)
Command subscribe DMIL-L

MILAS-L
Assists DoD librarians in their automation activities

ARMYLIB
[open]

MLD-L
Military Librarians Division of the Special Libraries Association] MLD-L focuses on MLD business and activities and DoD job listings. MLD-L became a moderated list open to MLD members only


Other
CataList
This is the official catalog of LISTSERV lists. Over 48,000 public listserv lists are listed

Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences, 14th revision
This is a listing of scholarly and professional mailing lists and groups. It can be searched or browsed

DTIC Electronic Mailing Lists

FEDtechnology.com
Email signup for FedTechnology and FedReport.com

GAO (Government Accountability Office)
Daybook daily email notices of newly released GAO reports and testimony

GOVDOC-L
Information about government information and the Federal Depository Library program

Lists maintained by FLICC [Federal Library and Information Center Committee]
    FEDLIB: Federal Librarians Discussion List
        FEDLIB is a moderated mailing list intended for the staff of libraries and information centers in the US federal government but others are welcome to join.
    FEDLIB-IT: Federal Librarians Information
        Technology Discussion FEDLIBIT is a moderated list intended for libraries and information centers in the federal government; however, other subscribers are welcome to join.
    FEDREF-L: Federal Reference Librarians' Discussion List
        FEDREF-L is a moderated list for reference librarians in the federal government, although other subscribers are welcome to join.

H-War
H-War is a moderated electronic discussion group and bulletin board for scholars, librarians, and teachers in the field of military history

H-War Subscribe

H-Minerva
H-Minerva is a discussion network devoted the study of women and war and women in the military, worldwide and in all historical areas

H-Minerva Subscribe

Topica.com
This is a directory of over 90,000 mailing lists. - it can be search or there is a subject directory

Yahoo! Groups
This site allows you to search for groups by subject or browse their categories


Newsletters

Subscribing to the various newsletter sites can help you keep current with new events, publications and news stories. An increasing number of sites allow you to sign up for their free email newsletters and information.

Official Defense Sites
Air Force News Service (AFNS)

Air Force ONLINE NEWS

Defense News

Navy News Service

Unofficial Defense Related Sites
Armed Forces News
Newsletter for Armed Forces Personnel and Retirees [weekly email sign-up]

FedWeek Email newsletters

Jane's News Site
also has links to regional news

Military Librarian Without frames

Military Librarian Archive

MilitaryReport.com
freely weekly email newsletter giving the latest news and information covering changes affecting the military community
    Archives page
    Has links to a number of important reports and useful charts (e.g. military and civilian pay schedules, drill pay charts, leave charts and more
    Subscription signup

NOSI-Naval Open Source Intelligence(TM)
This digital library of world naval operational news provides listing of open sources news sites. The articles are specifically related to naval topics

Other Useful Sites
Librarian's Index to the Internet listserv

ResearchBuzz
Provides almost daily updates on search engines, new data managing software, browser technology, large compendiums of information, Web directories and more. You can subscribe to get the newsletter at the website

Scout Report email news updates

Scout Report Scout Report Signpost
Good for keeping up with new search tools and specialized databases. You can sign up for


News Services

Public Affairs Offices
Air Force Media Center

Army Public Affairs

Coast Guard Public Affairs

Marine Corps Public Affairs

Navy Public Affairs Centers

DoD-Wide
DefenseLink News
    Transcripts of News Briefings
        October 1994 forward
    Transcripts of Background Briefings
        October 1994 forward
    Today in DoD
    News Articles from the American Forces Press Service
    News Archive
        Oct 1994 forward
    DOD News Releases
        October 1994 forward
    DoD News Photos
        December 1995 forward
    Live News Briefings
        October 1994 forward
    DoD Contract Announcements
        October 1994 forward
    Memoranda for Correspondents
        October 1994 forward
    Press Advisories
        October 1994 forward
    Briefing Slides
        October 1994 forward
    Speeches
        1995 forward

Allied Forces Southern Europe
    Press Releases
        1998 forward
    Transcripts
        1997 forward

AFRTS [Armed Forces Radio and Television Service] Radio News
archive June 1998 forward

AFRTS [Armed Forces Radio and Television Service] Television News
audio and video

American Forces Information Service

Armed Forces Radio and Television Service News Center
AFRTS provides stateside radio and television programming, "a touch of home," to U.S. service men and women, DoD civilians, and their families serving outside the continental United States

Bosnia News
    Talon Online
        Task Force Eagle's magazine. 2000 forward
            Archive
                1995-1997

CENTCOM [United States Central Command] News

Defense Automated Visual Information System/ Defense Instructional Technology Information System (DAVIS/DITIS)

Defense Information School

Defense Visual Information Center

DefendAmerica

DeploymentLink Current News

EarlyBird
[restrictions]

EUCOM [United States European Command] News

GulfLink Current News
1997 forward
    Press Releases
        1994 forward
    Speeches
    Press Briefing Transcripts
        1994 forward
    Testimony

Joint Combat Camera Center

Open Source Center
(formerly FBIS: Foreign Broadcast Information Service)
The Open Source Center "collects and translates current political, economic, technical, and military information from the media worldwide for the U.S. government

PACOM [United States Pacific Command] News
1999 forward

Pentagon Channel
The Pentagon Channel broadcasts military news and information for the 2.6 million members of the U.S. Armed Forces through programming including: Department of Defense news briefings, Military news, Interviews with top Defense officials, Short stories about the work of our military

SATNET
Provides a full-time, live, radio and television service from the United States to over 750,000 U.S. service members and their families serving overseas. Emphasis is on real-time news, information, and sports, as well as other time-sensitive events

Stars and Stripes

Service & Command Level

Air Force
AFNEWS FTP
The Air Force News Agency anonymous file transfer protocol server

Air Force News
1995 forward

Air Force Radio News

Air Force TV News

Air Force Link Plus
brings together television, radio and print -- into one daily news multicast

Air Force Webcasts
live press briefings

Air Force Base Newspapers

Air Force Retiree News

Command Level News Services
    Air Combat Command (ACC) News Service
        1997 forward
    Air Education and Training Command (AETC) News
        1999 forward
    Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) News Service
    Air Force News Europe
    Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) News Service
        1998 forward
    Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) News Service
        June 2000 forward
    Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) News
    Air Mobility Command (AMC) News Service
    Air National Guard (ANG) News Center
        July 2000 forward
    Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)
        This site also has links to the various PACAF base news services
    US Air Force Online News
    USAFE (United States Air Forces in Europe) News
    USAFE News/Photos

Army
Army Public Affairs
This has Army news stories, news releases and speeches

Army Broadcasting Service

Army Pentagon News Watch
This is a five-minute radio newscast produced Monday through Friday

Soldiers Radio and Television
This service provides command information, news and entertainment to Army installations in the US and overseas

Army Base Newspapers
from Rongstad's Worldwide Links

Command Level News Service
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
    U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC)
    U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR)
        October 1996 forward
    U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)
        1997 forward
    U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM)
    U.S. Army Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC)
    U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC)
    U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) - the Eagle Newspaper
        1998 forward
    U.S. Military District of Washington (MDW)
        May 2000 forward

Marine Corps
Marine Corps News

Marine Corps Link Press Releases

Navy and Marine Corps Base Newspapers
        from Rongstad's Worldwide Links

Command Level News Services
    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic (MARFORLANT)

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC)

    U.S. Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES)

Navy
Hawaii Navy News

Naval Reserve News
January and July 2000 forward

NAVSEA Wire Service
July 1998 forward

Navy and Marine Corps Medical News
1993 forward

Navy Environmental News
1999 forward

Navy Europe News Service
1993 forward

Navy News Products

Navy News Service
1993 forward

Navy News Specials

Navy Wire Service
1994 forward

Navy and Marine Corps Base Newspapers
from Rongstad's Worldwide Links

Command Level News Services
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Command
        2000 forward
    Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
    Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) Public Affairs Office
        December 2002-
        Press Releases
            1998 forward
    Naval Forces, Korea
    Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
    U.S. Pacific Fleet
    U.S. Atlantic Fleet


Coast Guard
Coast Guard News and Information


National Guard
NewsCenter
    Archives
        July 2000 forward


Non-DoD but Defense Related
Air Force Times

Armed Forces News

Army Times

Defense Systems Daily
Internet Defense and Aerospace news

Dot Mil
Washington Post column by William M. Arkin

FedWeek.com

Marine Corps Times

Military Report

Militarycity.com

Navy Times

Rongstad's Worldwide Military News Links
includes military breaking news sources

Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs
Canadian Forces College

Stratfor.com
Provides comprehensive news, in-depth analysis, and commentary of significant geopolitical, economic, and military events. Categories include: global, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Russia & CIS, hotspots, Global Intelligence update, weekly analysis, forecasts

Stratfor.com Hotspots


Specialized Search Engines

Web Search Sites
Applied Semantics
a "meaning-based" search tool

Beaucoup.com
over 2000 search engines, indices and directories

BIG Search Engine Index
list of 701 search engines covering mp3, web, people, news, regions, etc

CALL's Military Domain Search Engine
Searches Multiple (Military related) Sites, including CALL, Army, Army field Manuals, Army regulations, Corps of Engineers, Early Bird, Joint Service, Mitre Corp., NATO, Navy, Rand, USAF, USCG and USMC

CompletePlanet
    Government
    Military

FedWorld - US Govt Web Info
Search U.S. Government Web Sites with GPO's Pathway Indexer

GISearch.com

Google! UncleSam
Searches only .gov and .mil

GovSearch search engine [GlobalMaster]
.mil & .gov only - combines SearchMil.com and SearchGov.com

Military Search Database
fee for service

Political Information.com
Searches the political web -- think tanks, public policy, lobby groups and politician web sites

SearchMil.com
Searches only .mil

Searchpower.com
search engine directory with more than 16,000 search engines


Major Invisible Web Search Sites
Digital Librarian: a Librarian's choice of the best of the web

IncyWincy
    Military

Infomine Multiple Database Search

Invisible Web Databases
from about.com

Lexibot
software tool

ProFusion


Directories / Gateways / Portals

Air Force Crossroads
official community website of the Air Force

Air Force Web Sites (Air Force Link)

Air University -- Air War College (AWC) Gateway to Internet Resources
& Capabilities, Information Operations, Special Operations, Space Operations & Systems, Military and Space Doctrine, Strategy & Military Theory, Military Education Online, Education and Technology, Future Studies, Visioning & Strategic Planning, Military Medicine, and Health and Fitness

Air University -- Ira C. Eaker College for Professional Development (CPD) Gateway
This site includes links organized for topics such as Leadership, ethics and command, NCO & enlisted, Chaplain resources, family support and travel, communications and thinking skills, resources for AF historians, laws and legal links, Personnel & Resource management, and military professionalism

Air War College Military Quick-Portal

DOD (Department of Defense) Resource Locator

Google Web Directory
    Society > Military
        over 2,000 entries
    Science > Technology > Military Science
        over 100 entries

GovSpot
    Defense
    Intelligence

Military.Com
Links to sites of the U.S. military, schools, veterans, POW/MIA, news, jobs, weapons, chat

Military Network Web
This provides a good central site for the dissemination of information and services to members of the armed forces
    Site search

Military-Net.Com
A military resource and information guide

MilitaryInfo.com
directory of military related information

Military USA.com

PeopleSpot [Military category]

USA.gov
this is the only official U.S. Government portal to the over 30 million pages of government information

Webbrain
Society > Military

War Times Journal Portal
The Portal link list is an on-line military resource for researchers, hobbyists, military professionals and all others with an interest in military history, science and defense. The list is composed entirely of sites relating to the active prosecution of warfare and military issues

World Wide Web Virtual Library: US Government Information Sources

Yahoo - Military


Specialized Databases

8th Air Force Military Heritage Database

Air University Student Research Papers Database
includes full-text

Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (CBIAC) Bibliographic Database
restricted

CRREL (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory) Ice Jam Database
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
DTIC is the central Department of Defense facility for providing access to and facilitating the exchange of scientific and technical information
DTIC's Public STINET
 Defense Technical Information Center's Scientific and Technical Information Network. This provides access to all unclassified, unlimited document citations added into DTIC from December 1974 to the present. This includes the full-text collection from September 1998 on. Also included are: Research and Development Descriptive Summaries [RDDS] and the full-text links to DOD Specifications and Standards. DTIC users can register for PRIVATE STINET, which has access to the unclassified but limited reports, gray literature, the British Library's "inside web." Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information's CISTI Source, and Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information's CISTI Source and ProQuest's Research Library Complete
Find It
This lengthy page provides links to a large variety of pages either related to DTIC or produced by DTIC
EnergyPortal Search
This allows the user to do a distributed search across many of the energy-related collections available on the web

Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST)
FIRST is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public and is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The information available includes: agreements, conflicts and peacekeeping activities, arms production and trade, military expenditure, weapons of mass destruction, armed forces and conventional weapons holdings, political systems and country indicators and more.

Globemaster-US Military Aviation Database
    AirBases
        US military bases all over the world, including ICAO/IATA codes, links and maps
    Units
        finds about 1,300 U.S. aircraft operating units
    Tail Codes
        tail codes of the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, the corresponding air bases and units
    Links
        US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, US Army units and organizations; aviation related websites
    C-17
        The C-17 Globemaster III heavy airlifter (fact sheets, unique pictures, operating units, serial numbers
    Air Extreme
        An aviation gallery of unusual aircraft pictures and videos - small, but worth a visit

The History Net

INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
Provides access to articles, conference papers, research reports and slide presentation in the Operations Research field. Coverage begins in 1976

International Signal Flags
Maritime Signal Flags and Semaphore Flags

JCALS Ships Drawing Indexes
restricted

Manufacturers Identification Code (MIC) Database
This provides the Coast Guard's current list of US and Canadian recreational boat manufacturers and importers

MHI Photograph Database
American Civil War

Military Aircraft Database

Naval Supply Systems Command 's Naval Logistics Library Website
This site contains only approved documents and is free to all users

NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) Digital Library
All the NACA reports are available full-text

NAIL (National Archives Information Locator) Database
This can be used to search the various holdings of many of the National Archives holdings across the country. Included are: microfilm publications descriptions, archival holdings descriptions and digital copies

NASA Astrophysics Data System
NASA-funded project that provides free access to the full text of articles in astronomy and astrophysics. Most of the major astronomical journals are included

NTRS/NASA Technical Reports
This database provides access to publicly available online NASA documents covering aeronautical and space science. There are over 2,000 full-text reports

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
This is a clearinghouse of government produced technical report literature (including public release DOD reports). Unlike DTIC, none of the NTIS reports are available as full-text.

Nuclear Weapons Database
Center for Defense Information

SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) Military Expenditure Database
Free access but password required

Standard Installation Topic Exchange Service (SITES)
Worldwide relocation information on major military and associate installations for use by Service men and women and their families during permanent change of station moves. [Restricted]

Technical Reports Database
Naval Sea Systems Command, Carderock Division, Hydromechanical Directorate

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Residue-Effects Database (ERED)

VIETNAM-ERA PRISONER-OF-WAR/MISSING-IN-ACTION DATABASE
Library of Congress, Federal Reference Division

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Searchable Wall Database
detailed information for names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

War Movie Database
from Internet Movie Database Genre-War - over 2,000 hits

War-torn Societies Project


Major Periodical & Publication Sites

This covers sites which house the full-text of periodicals, and various publications including technical reports, research reports, theses or other reports done that have an emphasis on military, defense or national security issues. Other sections which also include links to publications include: Defense Budget, Congressional Materials, Military History, Doctrine sites, International Organizations, Military Think Tanks, Watchdog Agencies, Military FOIA, Military Bibliographies, Specialized Databases.

Periodicals

Indexes & Lists
Air UniversityLibrary Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP)
    Direct
    DTIC

MERLN
The Internet version begins in 1990 and provides indexing to significant articles, news items, editorials and books reviews appearing in military and aeronautical periodicals, many of which are not indexed elsewhere

Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index (SCAMPI)
This was developed to support the curriculum of the Armed Forces Staff College, this is similar to the Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals and provides selected citations to journal articles and selected documents and reports. Subject, author and keyword indexing is provided. Access is via the Military Education and Research Library Network

DoD and Military Electronic Journals
This list is compiled and maintained by the staff of the Air University Library

Military Full Text E-Journals
This list is complied and maintained by the staff at the National Defense University Library

SIPRI Cooperative Articles Database
with over 58,000 entries in English, German and Spanish, results are from SIPRI, NATO Review, CIDOB (Centre d'Informació i Documentció Internacionals a Barcelona) and FIIA (Finnish Institute of International Affairs)

Individual Journals
Aerospace Power Journal
    Index
    Air University Review Index [predecessor to the Aerospace Power Journal]

Joint Force Quarterly
    Index

Military Review
US Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS

Naval War College Review
    Subject Index
    1948 to the present

Parameters
    US Army War College Quarterly, The United States Army's Senior Professional Journal
    Index of articles and review essays

War Times Journal
    Archives
    Articles

Wars


Publications

Service Publishing Pages
Air Force Publishing
    Electronic Publications

Army Publishing Directorate
    Official Army Publishing Sites
    Training and Doctrine Digital Library

Coast Guard Directives and Publications

Marine Corps Publications
    Links to Sites with Digitized Publications used by the Marine Corps

General Sites
Air University Student Research Papers
includes ACSC, AFFP, AFIT, AWC, CADRE, SAAS

Allied Contributions to the Common Defense -DoD
1995 forward

Annual Report to the President and the Congress - Dept. of Defense
1995 forward

Annual Report on Military Expenditures
US Dept of State

Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
became part of the Department of State in April 1999. The archive is available as part of the Electronic Research Collection of historic State Department materials hosted by the federal depository library at the University of Illinois at Chicago at where speeches, reports, treaties and more can be found

Army Weapons System Handbook

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) Program Documents
including the BMDO Annual Report to Congress

Bates Papers
Located at the Naval War College, these are the personal papers of Rear Admiral Richard W. Bates (1892-1973) and cover the years 1915-1973. They consist of correspondence, subject's files, writings, speeches, and miscellaneous items

Central Intelligence Agency
    Reports and Publications
        includes World Factbook, Factbook on Intelligence, CIA Annual Reports and more
    Center for the Study of Intelligence Publications
        including Studies in Intelligence, and books and monographs by this Center
    Directorate of Intelligence Publications - Reference Aids

Center For Military History: Online Bookshelves

Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)
The Cold War International History Project disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other side" -- the former Communist world

Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) Vitual Document Library
includes the Bulletin, Working Papers and Book series

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
this has full-text reports organized in categories such as National Security, Science, Space and R & D policy, and Trade & International Affairs
    Studies and Reports
    Cost Estimates
    Testimony
    Techincal Papers

CP/CBP Web
Counterproliferation and Chemical/Biological Defense Programs
    Web Reports
    including the Nuclear/Biological/Chemical (NBC) Defense Annual Report to Congress and the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee Annual Report to Congress

Defence Research Reports
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC))

Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service (DACOWITS)
    Issue Books
    Recommendations

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB)

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Reports, Documents, Speeches and Statements

Defense Science & Technology Planning
[.mil restriction] This page provides links to the following types of documents from 1996 to the present. Basic Research Plan (BRP), Defense Technology Area Plan (DTAP), Defense Technology Objectives (DTOs), and Joint Warfighting Science and Technology Area Plan (JWSTP)

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
    Haze Gray & Underway 
    Naval Historical Center 

Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) Publications

DoD, Inspector General Publications
    Audit and Evaluation Reports
        FY 1990 forward] and Audit Policy and Oversight Reports [FY 1997 forward
    DoD, Inspector General Testimony

DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

DOD -Directorate of Information and Operations and Reports [DIOR] Statistics
    Procurement
        Geographic
    Personnel
        Military Personnel
        Civilian Personnel
        Military Casualty

Fact File pages
Fact File pages focus primarily on weapons, ships, aircraft and related equipment
    Air Force
    Army
    Marine Corps
    Navy

Henry Clay Hofheimer II Lecture Series (Joint Forces Staff College)
The Hofheimer Lecture Series includes lectures yearly by former military or political leaders of national reputation and stature. Each of these leaders lectures, teaches, and writes about matters of national or international strategic importance

House Armed Services Committee - Bills, Reports & Publications
    National Security Reports
    Military Readiness Reviews
    Defense Quotables
    Mailing list

ISR (Institute for Systems Research) Technical Reports
University of Maryland
includes abstracts and full-text from 1985 to the present

Joint Electronic Library (JEL)
This provides access to all current Joint Publications
    Joint Publications   
        Capstone Pubs
        Reference Pubs
        Series 1-0: Personnel
        Series 2-0: Intelligence
        Series 3-0: Operations
        Series 4-0: Logistics
        Series 5-0: Planning
        Series 6-0: C4 Systems
    DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
    Service Publications
    History Publications
    CJCS Directives
    Research Publications
    Joint Force Quarterly
    Common Perspective

Lectures At the Industrial College of the Armed Forces
"Transcripts of unclassified lectures given at ICAF. Currently only lectures from 1946, 1955 and 1956 are posted in an author list; a complete author/title listing is in production at this time. At completion almost 1200 lectures will be included representing the years 1946-1965. These papers are searchable through MERLN. [National Defense University]"

Marine Board
providing evaluations and advice on maritime transportation and marine engineering and technology

Marine Corps Studies System (MCSS)
    Catalog of Completed Studies
    Catalog of Ongoing Studies

Military Balance  

Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL)

National Academy Press Online Publications or Alternate
more than 2,000 online publications in subject areas such as: computers & technology, engineering, environmental issues, health& medicine, international issues, mathematics & physics, policy& research issues, space, transportation and more

National Security Archive (George Washington University)
Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
    Briefing Books

National Security Council

National War College Student Papers 1995-1999
"394 selected short papers of topical interest related to the curriculum of NWC; the papers address military strategy, international relations, military leadership, etc. These papers are searchable through MERLN. [National Defense University]"

Naval Research Advisory Committee
    Published Reports

Naval Research Laboratory's Ruth H. Hooker Research Library
They have digitized the NRL technical reports and they are available through their online catalog

Naval Studies Board
    NSB Reports

NETPDTC (Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center)

Newport Papers (Naval War College, Newport, RI)

Science Boards
    Defense Science Board (DSB)
        Reports
        [limited full-text]
    Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB)
        Publications
    Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (AFSAB)
        Report Archives
        [1995 forward]
    Army Science Board
        Studies
        [1988 forward]
    Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC)
        [1988 forward]
    Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) List of Reports and Executive Summaries
    Naval Studies Board
        Reports
    Space Studies Board
        Reports

U.S. Army Center for Military History
    Online Bookshelves

U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office
    Analytical Products : Regional and Topical
    Research Links

U.S. Army Military History Institute
    MHI Digital Library
        Alphabetical Index
        Chronological Index
    MHI Archives Database of Manuscript Holdings

US Coast Guard Research & Development Center
Completed Research Technical Report, Abstracts & Executive Summaries

US-Russia Joint Commission Documents Database
[Library of Congress, Federal Reference Division]"…(the so-called "Task Force Russia" documents) consist of the minutes of plenary sessions, reports from the working group sessions, and the translation of Russian-language documents retrieved from various archives in the Russian Federation pertaining to American personnel missing from World War II to the present."

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
    Reports
    Publications
        [Peace Watch, Peaceworks, & Special Reports]

United States International Information Programs
[includes categories such as Current Issues, Washington Files, U.S. Policy, Regions, Issues in Focus, Information & Services (with electronic journals, publications, foreign media in the US etc.) and more]

Virtual Technical Reports Center (University of Maryland Libraries)
links to Institutions that provide either full-text reports or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports on the web. These include technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports

West Point Atlases
A collection of on-line maps covering wars from the eighteenth century to the present day.

World Military Expenditures (Center for Defense Information)
includes fact sheets with information back to FY'97

World War II Resources
[primary source documents on the web]


Watchdog Agencies

Government Accountability Office [GAO] (formerly: General Accounting Office)
GAO is the investigative arm of Congress. They examine the use of public funds and evaluate federal programs and activities

Air Force Inspector General
    MAJCOM Inspector Generals

Army Inspector General

DOD Inspector General
    Publications

Marine Corps Inspector General

Navy Inspector General


Congressional Materials

Library of Congress' Thomas
[Legislative Information on the Internet] This site provides access to bills, laws, documents, reports, committee information, roll call votes and the congressional record.

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
CBO provides Congress with nonpartisan analyses of information needed for economic and budget issues. The web site has full-text studies and reports, testimony, cost estimates, technical papers and other documents.

House Armed Services Committee
Provides links to the various House committees. Most committee sites have links to recent publications, hearings and bills. Of particular interest are several House Armed Services Committee series.
    National Security Reports
    Military Readiness Review
    Defense Quotables

Senate
Provides links to the various Senate committees. Most committee sites have links to recent publications, hearings and bills.

Pentagon Library
    DoD Appropriations Laws
    DoD National Defense Authorization Laws
    Military Construction Appropriations Laws


Military Bibliographies

Many are done on various topics by different military libraries or groups. Some of interest are:

Air University Library Bibliographies

Joint Forces Staff College Library

Marine Corps University Research Center

Naval Historical Center

U.S. Army Military History Institute

U.S. Army War College Library

Online Bibliography of Military Leadership


General Military Information Sites

AFLIS - Air Force Library & Information Service
    Links to the following categories: Air force Libraries, other Air Force links, other DoD links, Military Periodical & News Services, and other sites of interest.
    AFLIS Directory
    provides a comprehensive list with links to all Air Force libraries including breakdowns by library type and find [e.g. major command]

Army Technology
[Defense industry] Links currents projects, equipment catalog, A-Z company index, organizations and more.

Army Technology Projects link
[main battle tanks, armored fighting vehicles, artillery systems, attack and support helicopters, air defense missile systems, anti-armor missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles

Bluejacket.com

BUBL Military Science
This guide, out of a UK university, covers military resources around the world.

Defense Intelligence Agency

DefenseLINK Graphics
Military Seals [JPS, EPS and/or WMF formats of the color and black and white seals for DOD, JCS, each service, the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reserve, the National Guard and Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve

Defense Visual Information

Federation of American Scientists
"FAS conducts analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy, including national security, nuclear weapons, arms sales, biological hazards, secrecy, and space policy"
    101 - An Introduction to the Military

GI Search
[free but registration is required - for help with finding military personnel - former and active]

Global Security Organization
    Military Resources

Goat Locker
[unofficial USN Chief Petty Officer page with lots of good links and background information]
    Submarine page
    Haze Gray and Underway Page

GPO ACCESS Browse Topics- military history

HyperWar: a hypertext history of World War II on the web
[categories -- Politics & Diplomacy, Military/Service Histories, Pacific Theater of Operations, European Theater of Operations and more]

LIFELines

Maritime History Research on the Internet

Military Channel
From Discovery.com

Military Education and Research Library Network [MERLN]
Provides access to library catalogs at each branch of the armed forces' academies and war colleges and other PME schools. This also allows you to search the Air University Library Index to Military periodicals as well as the Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index (SCAMPI)

MILNET
Open Source Military Information Database with categories such as Intelligence Agencies, Military Information, Terrorism and Conflicts]

Naval Historical Center and the Navy Department Library's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page

President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB)

Rongstad's Worldwide Military Links
[more than 2,500 links]

Uboat.Net
the U-Boat war of 1939-1945 has over 7,000 pages

U.S. Naval Institute

Web Sources for Military History or Alternate
    [Richard Jensen] - very comprehensive site or

World Wide Web Virtual Library
Links to a large number of well-organized topical sites that are then broken down to sub-categories. Categories include: engineering, international affairs, regional studies, and science. Each of the following examples have numerous sub-categories
    Virtual Library -- History
    Virtual Library -- Engineering
    Virtual Library -- Science
    Virtual Library -- International Affairs
    Virtual Library - Political Science

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Naval and Maritime
Sub-links include: aviation, coast guard, Marine Corps, international navies, periodicals, piracy, SEALs, ships, submarines and more.


Doctrine Websites

Joint Doctrine
    Joint Electronic Library
        Other Doctrine Related Sites

DCSDOC, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe
    Army Doctrine Online

Engineer-Proponent Publications, Fort Leonard Wood

The Center for Army Lessons Learned, Fort Leavenworth

Field Artillery Doctrine, Fort Sill

Signal Corps Doctrine, Fort Gordon

U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM), Fort Lee

Military Police Doctrine, Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Chemical Doctrine, Fort McCellan

Army Publishing Directorate

Navy Warfare Development Command

Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk

Military Analysis Network DoctrineLINK


Military History Sites

Air Force Historical Research Agency

Air Force History Support Office

Air Force Museum

Army Center for Military History
    List of Military History Links

Army Institute of Heraldry

Army Military History Institute

Hyper War : a Hypertext History of the Second World War

Joint Chiefs of Staff History Publications

Marine Corps History

Military History and Related Info (Air War College)

Military History Channel

Military Women Veterans Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow

Naval Historical Center

Naval History Information Center

National Archives

United States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum

Veterans History Project
Library of Congress

WASP on the Web
Women Airforce Service Pilots Tribute

Women In the Military


International Organizations

Comprehensive Links Sites
Alphabetical List from Northwestern University Library

Foreign Affairs Online
    NGOs and IGOs

International Organizations and NGOs
A listing of over 40,000 international non-profit organizations for the Union of International Associations (UIA)

Yahoo listings

Individual Sites
European Union (EU)
Official Documents

Inter-American Defense Board (IADB)
This international military organization promotes cooperative security interest in the Western Hemisphere.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
    Publications

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
    On-Line Library

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
    Data online
    Statistics

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
    Documents Library

United Nations (UN)
    Security Council

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
    Publications

World Bank
    Resources


Think Tanks and Research Centers

Comprehensive Links Sites
Federally Funded R&D Centers
master government list of Federally Funded R&D Centers.

Foreign Affairs Online
policy research institutions, think tanks and research institutes

International Think Tanks and Policy Centers
Air War College Gateway

NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks
Indexes by country, acronym, and area

Policy Experts
guide to public policy experts and organizations

University of Michigan Library Documents Center Think Tanks

Individual Sites
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
    Research Areas
    Publications

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs [BCSIA]
    Publications

British American Security Information Center (BASIC)
    Publications

Brookings Institution
topics include: government & politics, economics, international affairs, and defense policy
    Books Online

Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies
topics include Canadian military affairs, security issues and international relations

Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies Publications

Cato Institute
    Briefing Papers
    Foreign Policy Briefings
    White Papers and Miscellaneous Reports
    Research Areas
        Defense Studies
        Foreign Policy Studies

Center for a New American Security
   Publications

Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
    Reference Library

Center for International Policy (CDI)
    Publications

Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) (Stanford University)
    Publications
    Research

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) Monterey Institute for International Studies
    Publications
    Databases

Center for Security Policy (CSP)
    Publications
        Defense Policy
        Foreign Policy
        Security and Intelligence
        Economic Security
        Terorrism

Center for Security Studies
    Publications
   Multimedia
   Projects

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
    Strategic Studies
    Defense Budget Studies
    Publications

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
this is a public policy research institution covering areas which include world regions, national and international security and more
    Search their site
    Issues

Center for the Study of Technology and Society - National Security
presents national security related stories gathered from a number of prominent online sources and updated continuously.

Centre for Defence and International Security Studies (CDISS)
    Publications
    Current Research

Centre for Military and Strategic Studies (CMSS)
    Publications

Century Foundation [formerly Twentieth Century Fund]
    Publications

Conflict Studies Research Centre (CSRC)
    Documents

Council on Foreign Relations
    Publications

Henry L. Stimson Center
    Publications

Heritage Foundation
    Research Issues

Homeland Security Institute
    Journal of Homeland Security
    Homeland Security Newsletter
    Reference Library
    Web Resources

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
    Publications

Institute for Creative Technologies
    Publications

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)
    Research Areas

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA)
    Publications

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
    Publications

Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)
    Research
    Publications

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
    Publications

International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism

International Relations and Security Network

International Relations and Security Network Research and Publications

Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
    Publications
    Strategic Assessment

Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Notre Dame

Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Publications
Notre Dame

Lexington Institute
    Defense
    Cuba

Logistics Management Institute (LMI)
    Reports
    Capabilities (Research Areas)

Middle East Forum
    Publications

Military Conflict Institute
    Publications

Mitre Organization
    Publications
    Technical Papers

Nixon Center
    Publications

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
    Publications

Project on Defense Alternatives, Commonwealth Institute
    Publications
    Chinese Military Power page
    a compendium of online resources about Chinese military policy & capabilities
    RMA Debate
    a gateway to full-text online resources about the Revolution in Military Affairs, information war, and asymmetric warfare
    Special Topics pages

Rand Corporation
    Rand Corporation Online Research Publications
    topics include: Gulf War Studies, International Policy, Information Technology, Logistics, Military Manpower, Military Strategy and Tactics and more
    Research Areas
        International Affairs
        National Security
        Science and Technology
        Transportation and Infrastructure
    Arroyo Center [Army Research Division]
    Project AIR FORCE
    Center for Russia and Eurasia

Chatham Affairs (formerly Royal Institute of International Affairs)
    Publications

Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies (RUSI)
    Publications

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
This organization does research in areas such as arms transfer, arms production, military expenditures, military technology, chemical and biological weapons and European Security and more. Some of their information is available on the web.
    Databases
    Research
    Publications
    Library

United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
    Publications
    Research Areas

Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC)
    Publications
    Datasets

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
    PeaceWatch/PolicyWatch Newsletters
    Publications

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
    Publications
    Cold War International History Project Publications
    East European Studies
        Occasional papers
        Special reports
    Environmental Change and Security Project Publications
    Kennan Institute Occasional Papers


Military Think Tanks
Africa Center for Strategic Studies (National Defense University)

Air University Center for Strategy and Technology
    Occasional Papers

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
    Publications

Center for Defense Information (CDI)
    Research Topics
    include defense and foreign policy, European issues, military forces and strategy, nuclear issues, international peacekeeping, arms trade issues, military spending
    Publications

Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities
    Publications
    Projects

Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University

Center for Strategic Leadership (CSL) (Army War College)
    Publications

Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, National Defense University
    Publications

Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military (CSSMM) (UC Santa Barbara)

College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education (CADRE) - Air University, Maxwell AFB

Command and Control Research Program (CCRP)
    Publications

Crimes of War Project
The Crimes of War Project is a collaboration of journalists, lawyers, and scholars that seeks to raise awareness of the laws of war and of the human consequences when armed conflict becomes entrenched.

Dupuy Institute
    Publications

Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) (Ft Leavenworth, KS)
    Analytical Products

George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
    Marshal Center papers
    Conference reports

Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) (National Defense University)
    Publications
    [includes Strategic Assessments]
        McNair papers
        Strategic forum
        NDU Press Books online

Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) (US Air Force Academy, CO)
    Occasional Papers
    Books