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The Secret Service is tasked with safeguarding the payment and financial systems of the United States from a wide range of financial and cyber-based crimes. Financial investigations include counterfeit U.S. currency, bank and financial institution fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, illicit financing operations, and major conspiracies.
1972. Owner. United States Secret Service. The James J. Rowley Training Center[1] (JJRTC, RTC, or Secret Service Training Academy) is the law enforcement training center operated by the United States Secret Service just outside Washington, D.C., in South Laurel, Maryland, [2] near Laurel. It is named after former director James Joseph Rowley.
The Counter Assault Team (CAT) is a specialized tactical unit of the U.S. Secret Service that provides tactical support to the Presidential Protective Division to protect the President of the United States. [1][2] This is in contrast to the Presidential Protective Division whose mission is to shield the president from an attack and to evacuate ...
Initially established as the Air Force (USAF) Security Group in June, 1948, the USAF Security Service (USAFSS) was activated as a major command on 20 October 1948. [2] (. For redesignations, see Successor units.) The USAFSS was a secretive branch of the Air Force tasked with monitoring, collecting and interpreting military voice and electronic ...
Website. www.SecretService.gov. The United States Secret Service Uniformed Division (USSS UD) is the federal police force of the U.S. Secret Service, similar to the U.S. Capitol Police or DHS Federal Protective Service. It is in charge of protecting the physical White House grounds and foreign diplomatic missions in the District of Columbia area.
The United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division is a Department of the Navy law enforcement organization assigned within the Provost Marshal's Office and works directly for the provost marshal. As an organic law enforcement agency, Marine Corps CID executes its mission, including criminal investigations, criminal operations, and ...
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke–Wadsworth Act, Pub. L. 76–783, 54 Stat. 885, enacted September 16, 1940, [1] was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. This Selective Service Act required that men who had reached their 21st birthday but had not yet reached their 36th birthday ...
The United States Army Intelligence Support Activity (USAISA), frequently shortened to Intelligence Support Activity (ISA), also known at various times as Mission Support Activity (MSA), Office of Military Support (OMS), Field Operations Group (FOG), Studies and Analysis Activity (SAA), Tactical Concept Activity, Tactical Support Team, and Tactical Coordination Detachment, [1] and also ...