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The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (or USFSPA) is a U.S. federal law enacted on September 8, 1982 to address issues that arise when a member of the military divorces, and primarily concerns jointly-earned marital property consisting of benefits earned during marriage and while one of the spouses (or both) is a military service member. [3]
DoDFMR 7000.14-R Volume 11A, Chapter 8 - International Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreements; U.S. Government Accountability Office: DOD Should Improve Oversight and Seek Payment from Foreign Partners for Thousands of Orders it Identifies as Overdue
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, [2] USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
Stop-loss was created by the United States Congress after the Vietnam War. Its use is founded on Title 10, United States Code, Section 12305(a) which states in part: "... the President may suspend any provision of law relating to promotion, retirement, or separation applicable to any member of the armed forces who the President determines is essential to the national security of the United ...
The Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division comprises five principal battalions under the command of its Headquarters and Headquarters Company (Renegades). [1]The brigade commands 1st Battalion (Dragons), 2nd Battalion (Knighthawks), 3rd Battalions (Phoenix), 10th Aviation Regiment, and 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment (Six Shooters), which operate a number of aircraft including UH ...
[9] Expenditures for three years of LRIP for 289 vehicles were $244 million the first year, $479 million the second year, and $505 million the third year, totaling an increase to $1.2 billion for low-rate production. The AMPV will cost $1.68 billion before full-rate production begins, an increase from $1.46 billion previously.
11 January. President Diem issued Ordinance Number 6 which permitted the imprisonment of communists and others "dangerous to national defense and common security". [4] Diem's anti-communist repression reduced communist party membership in South Vietnam by about two-thirds between 1955 and 1959, but the repression also alienated many non-communists.
ESTCube-1 1U CubeSat. A small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). [1] While all such satellites can be referred to as "small", different classifications are used to categorize them based on mass.