We'll keep this thread pinned to the top of the forum for quick reference to helpful military, survival and home defense websites. Please post any websites here that you have found helpful.
Thanks.
JHO gear review section.
http://www.jesseshunting.com/site/iframe.h...wpost/index.php
DoD Defenselink
http://www.defenselink.mil
Joint Chiefs of Staff
http://www.dtic.mil/jcs/
U.S. Army
http://www.army.mil
U.S. Navy
http://www.navy.mil
U.S. Air Force
http://www.af.mil
U.S. Marine Corps
http://www.usmc.mil
U.S. Coast Guard
http://www.uscg.mil
Unified Combatant Commands
U.S. Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil
U.S. European Command
http://www.eucom.mil
U.S. Joint Forces Command
http://www.jfcom.mil
U.S. Pacific Command
http://www.pacom.mil
U.S. Southern Command
http://www.southcom.mil
U.S. Space Command
http://www.spacecom.af.mil
U.S. Special Operations Command
http://www.socom.mil
U.S. Strategic Command
http://www.stratcom.mil
U.S. Transportation Command
http://www.transcom.mil
Military.com Reference Channels
This commercial web portal has a number of useful reference channels for quick access to military and veterans sites:
Defense Industry/Trade Associations
http://www.military.com/UnReg/Association/...,11228,,00.html
Military Equipment <
http://www.military.com/Resources/EQG/EQGmain
Military Installations
http://www.military.com/InstallationGuides...seInstallation/
Veterans Associations
http://www.military.com/UnReg/Association/...,11228,,00.html
Reports and Documents of Interest
DoD Reports and Reference Sites
Annual Report to the President and the Congress 2001
Current overview of DoD policies, budget and force deployment with a breakdown by services and functions.
http://www.dtic.mil/execsec/adr2001/
Defense Almanac
DoD website for organizational, personnel and budget information.
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/
DoD Unified Command Plan
Detailed breakdown on the geographical and specified multi-service commands and their responsibilities.
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/unified/
Military Ranks and Insignia
Details on officer and enlisted personnel ranks and insignia.
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/al...almanac/people/
Military Medals and Decorations
Detailed breakdown on individual and unit medals and decorations.
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/ribbons/
Weapons of Mass Destruction - Civil Support Teams
Website for information about the DoD-sponsored WMD military response teams.
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/destruction/
Chemical and Biological Defense Program Annual Report to Congress, March 2000.
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/chembio02012000.pdf
Proliferation: Threat and Response Annual Report, January 2001. Annual unclassified report on global WMD proliferation
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/ptr20010110.pdf
Joint Vision 2020 - Joint Chiefs of Staff. Current JCS Vision of future warfare and U.S. requirements
http://www.dtic.mil/jv2020/
Kosovo/Operation Allied Force After-action Report, 1999
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/kaar02072000.pdf
Report of the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization (Rumsfeld Commission), January 2001.
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/space20010111.html
Other DoD Reports
DoD reports and publications of special interest are posted at the Pentagon's Defenselink website
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/
Defense Reform - Previous Initiatives (DoD and Independent). United States Commission on National Security/21st Century
The Hart-Rudman Panel's website for its ongoing review of U.S. military strategy, organization and resource requirements.
http://www.nssg.gov/Reports/New_World_Coming/
Business Executives for National Security: "Tail to Tooth Commission" Report. Independent expert panel's analysis and program recommendations for reforming DoD infrastructure, acquisition and procurement.
http://www.bens.org/tail_action.html
DoD Defense Reform Initiative Report (2000). Pentagon initiatives to reform DoD business practices.
http://www.defenselink.mil/dodreform/dr-broch.pdf
Quadrennial Defense Review, May 1997. Report of congressionally-mandated report on defense organization, roles and missions.
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/qdr/
National Defense Panel Assessment of 1997 QDR. Assessment of 1997 QDR by congressionally-appointed panel of experts.
http://www.defenselink.mil/topstory/ndp_assess.html
"Transforming Defense" - Report of the National Defense Panel, December 1997
http://www.dtic.mil/ndp/FullDoc2.pdf"
RAND Corporation - "Taking Charge: A Bipartisan Report to the President Elect on Foreign Policy and National Security" Nov. 13, 2000. ######
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1306/
Center for Strategic and International Studies - "Averting the Defense Train Wreck in the New Millennium" Report by Dan Goure and Jeffrey M. Ranney, November 1999, (executive summary and ordering information).
http://www.csis.org/pubs/trainwreckexec.html
U.S. Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board - "Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue About the Future With Nongovernment Experts."###### <
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/global...2015/index.html
Misc Reference Sources. Center for Defense Information
http://www.cdi.org
Independent Research Institutions
Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.org
Business Executives for National Security
http://www.bens.org
Cato Institute
http://www.cato.org
Center for Defense Information
http://www.cdi.org
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment
http://www.csbaonline.org/
Center for Strategic and International Studies
http://www.csis.org
Defense and the National Interest
http://www.d-n-i.net
Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org
Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org
Project on Government Oversight
http://www.pogo.org
Project for the New American Century
http://www.newamericancentury.org/
Rand Corp.
http://www.rand.org
This is the Federation of American Scientists' US miltary aircraft website. They have extensive info and great pics of all of the US military.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/index.html