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Centers, Foundations, & Think Tanks

American Enterprise Institute
Cato Institute
Center for Army Lessons Learned
Center for Contemporary Conflict
Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (USMC)
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Center for Security Policy
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Centre for Army Lessons (Aus)
Center for Military History
Combat Studies Institute
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Foreign Military Studies Office
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
George C. Marshall Center for European Studies
The Heritage Foundation
Hoover Institute
Hudson Institute
International Crisis Group
Lexington Institute
Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies
Jewish Institute for International Affairs
International Policy Center for Counter Terror
Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Middle East Institute
Middle East Media Research Institute
National Defense University
Office of Naval Research
Rand Corporation
Royal United Services Institute(UK)
US Naval Institute
Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Journals and Publications

9/11 Commission Report
Air & Space Power Journal
Armed Forces Journal
The Army in Joint Operations: The Army's Future Force Capstone Concept
Canadian Military Journal
Foreign Policy
G2Mil Quarterly
Global Defence Review
Homeland Defense Journal
Horizons
Janes Defence
Joint Forces Quarterly
Marine Corps Gazette
Military Review
National Strategy Against Terrorism
NATO Review
Naval War College Press
Newport Papers
Parameters: US Army War College Quarterly
Policy Review (Hoover Institute)
Popular Mechanics: Defense
Sea Talk (Aus)
Small Wars Journal
Soldier of Fortune
UN & Conflict Monitor
Venik's Aviation (Russia)
War Times Journal
The Way Ahead - Our Army at War - Relevant and Ready

John & Charlie's Picks

9-11 Anniversary Message
Acronym Library
Afghanistan Political Map
Afghanistan Relief Map
Army Knowledge Online
CIA World Factbook
Counterterrorism Archive
DoD Transformation
Empowering Americans to Defeat Terrorism
FBI Counterterrorism
Federation of American Scientists
Global Security
Information on Religions
Iraq Political Map
Iraq Relief Map
Iraq: State Department Report on Human Rights Practice (2001)
Marine Corps Warfighting Labratory
Missile Index: Overview of the World's Missiles
Naval Open Source Intelligence
Naval Strike Forum
Overseas Security Advisory Council
Radio Free Europe: Iran Report
Radio Free Europe: Iraq Report
Radio Free Iraq
Renewal in Iraq
Pentagon Defense Budget
Serving a Nation at War
Space Battlelab
Space War
State Department Rewards for Justice
Strategy Page
Terrorism Knowledge Base
US Government Portal Voice of America
Warfighter Review
White House National Security Page
White House News

Military News

Air Force Crossroads
Air Force News
Airman Magazine
All Hands Magazine
Army and Air Force Hometown News Service
Coast Guard News
Defense Link
Defend America
Marine Corps News
Marines Magazine
Military City
Military.com
Navy News Stand
NATO News
Soldier Magazine
Stars and Stripes

Commands

Central Command
European Command
Pacific Command
Southern Command
Special Operations Command
Strategic Command
Transportation Command
Joint Forces Command
Northern Command

Joint Organizations

Unified Commands
Joint Staff
Defense Agencies
DoD Field Activities
Combined Joint Task Force Seven (Multinational Coalition)

Federal Government

Central Intelligence Agency
Coalition Provisional Authority
Defense Intelligence Agency
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
Department of Treasury Federal Bureau of Investigation
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Counterterrorism Center
National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Agency
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Secretary of Defense
US Intelligence Community
US Coast Guard
US Army
US Air Force
US Navy

Defense Industries

Blackwater USA
Boeing
Booz Allen Hamilton
CSC
Lockheed Martin
Naval Technology
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon

Professional Video Collection

2006-2007 Army Strategic Context
Adapt or Die: The Imperative for Creating A Culture of Innovation in the Army
A Family Like No Other
The Army: At War and Transforming
The Army in Joint Operations (The Army's Future Force Capstone Concept 2015-2024)
Army Logisticians: Delivering Materiel Readiness
Every Soldier Is A Sensor
Fort Lewis: The Transformation Has Begun
Future Combat Systems Overview
Modular Brigade Combat Team Announcement
The Soldiers Creed
Unit Uncovered: Various Stryker Battalions in 1/25 SBCT
Warrior Ethos

Libraries

NATO Library
Air Force Institute of Technology Library
Army Library Program (ALP)
Joint Electronic Library (Joint Doctrine)
General Dennis J. Reimer Training and Doctrine Digital Library
Library of Congress
Armed Forces Medical Library
Navy Department Library
Marine Corps Library
Pentagon Library
Army Management Staff College Library
Army War College Library
United States Air Force Academy Libraries
United States Coast Guard Academy Library
United States Military Academy Library
United States Naval Academy Nimitz Library

Guides

Army Administrative Publications
Army Doctrinal and Training Publications
Army Modernization Plan
Army Technical and Equipment Publications
Army Engineering Publications
Department of Defense Administrative Publications
The U.S. Code
Air Force e-Publishing
Army History
Army Strategic Planning Guidance
USMA History Dept.
Atlas
U.S. Battle Monuments
Law of Armed Conflict Manual
Guide to the Geneva Convention
Korean War
Symbols & History
Institute of Heraldry
FM 1 - updated
FM 3
FM 7-0
National Science Center
UCMJ