Arms
Control Disarmament Agency Fact Sheets -- includes "...information
on weapons of mass destruction, nucler weapons free zones, conventional
weapons, export controls, security building, missile defense and
elements of national security policy."
ACQ
Web -- "Online home of the office of the Undersecretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Technology."
Army
Environmental Policy Institute -- their mission is "to
assist the Army Secretariat in developing forward-looking policies
and strategies to address environmental challenges which may have
future impacts on the Army."
ArmyLINK
News -- includes current public affairs press releases
and maintains a searchable historical database of previous releases.
Bonn
International Center for Conversion -- "Supports
and promotes the process by which people, skills, technology,
equipment, financial and economic resources are shifted from the
military or the defense sector towards alternative, civilian purposes."
Canadian
International Demining Centre -- describes itself as "a
humanitarian, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization formed
to address the impact of landmines on innocent populations of
post-conflict countries worldwide."
Center
for Defense Information -- is an "independent monitor
of the military, conducting research analyzing military spending,
policies and weapons systems."
Central
Committee for Conscientious Objectors -- "...supports
conscientious objectors and promotes individual and collective
resistance to war and preparations for war."
Central
Intelligence Agency -- includes press releases, CIA publications
such as the World Fact Book, maps, and the Factbook
on Intelligence.
Chemical
and Biological Arms Control Institute -- refers to itself
as a "nonprofit corporation established to promote the goals
of arms control and nonproliferation, with a special, although
not exclusive focus, on the elimination on the elimination of
chemical and biological weapons."
Chemical
Stockpile Disposal Program -- includes information on
the U.S. Army's Chemical Disposal Program.
Coalition
to Reduce Nuclear Dangers -- online from "America's
largest arms control organizations, working on issues involving
nuclear non-proliferation and ballistic missile defense."
Council
for a Livable World -- an organization founded to "combat
the menace of nuclear war."
DefenseLINK
-- allows public access to "a single, unified starting point
for information about the Department of Defense, its organization
and its functions."
Electronic
Headquarters for the Acquisition of War Knowledge -- its
objective is to "provide the most comprehensive access possible
to online information pertaining to the military."
Gulflink
-- this is the official site of the office of the Special Assistant
for Gulf War Illness, includes news, medical information, and
links to related sites.
Information
Warfare Division -- its mission is to "identify and
exploit existing and emerging systems and technologies for integration
into information warfare products, and develop and deploy comprehensive
information warfare and planning system capabilities for the Department
of Defense."
Intelligence
Community -- the official site of "a group of 13
government agencies and organizations that carry out the intelligence
activities of the U.S. government."
International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War -- a worldwide
federation of physicians' organizations dedicated to safeguarding
health through the prevention of war.
Land-mines:
A Deadly Inheritance -- information from the United Nations
International Children's Emergency Fund.
Landmine
Information Center -- information from Project Care.
MEGATERMS:
Military Terms and Acronyms -- this is "extensive
list of terms and acronyms used by various military units and
nations."
Military
Information Pages -- includes links to military sites,
military branches, maritime links, military oriented newspapers,
from the Veteran's Service Organization Ring.
Military
Spending Working Group -- "A coalition of research
and advocacy organizations seeking to educate members of the public,
news media, and government about the possibility and desirability
of reducing excess military spending globally."
Military
Woman Home Page -- "This site provides a meeting
place for military women to exchange information unique to their
military experience and to offer first hand information to women
thinking about a military career."
National
Campaign to Demilitarize Our Schools -- "Since 1990,
has served as a networking vehicle for local, regional and national
organizations seeking to counter the military's influence on young
people."
National
Defense University -- "The mission of the National
Defense University is the ensure excellence in professional military
education and research in the essential elements of national security."
National
Security Agency -- information from the nation's cryptographic
organization that employs professional code makers and codebreakers.
NATO
Home Page -- includes information on NATO, news events,
and an archive of documents.
Online
Backgrounders: Military -- provides an archive of reports
pertaining to the military, dating to the beginning of 1996, online
from PBS's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."
PeacePAC
-- a "nonpartisan, grass-roots political action committee
that supports candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives
who are committed to nuclear arms control, nuclear disarmament,
the prevention of nuclear war, and significant reductions in military
spending."
Project
on Government Secrecy -- "Through research, advocacy,
and public education... works to challenge excessive government
secrecy and to promote public oversight."
School
of the Americas Watch -- a site that urges the closing
of the U.S. Army's School of the Americas.
Servicemembers
Legal Defense Network -- a "legal aid and watchdog
organization that assists servicemembers hurt by the Don't Ask,
Don't Tell, Don't Pursue Policy."
Supreme
Court Decisions Search: Military -- from Cornell University
Law School.
Tom
Hunter's U.S. Special Operations Links Page -- an unofficial
site with links to the home pages of the U.S. military and to
sites relating to U.S. security and terrorism.
U.S.
Army School of the Americas -- its mission is to "provide
doctrinally sound, relevant military training and education to
the nations of Latin America; promote democratic values and respect
for human rights; and to foster cooperation among the multinational
military forces."
Women
in the Military -- this five part
series from National Public Radio focuses on how the inclusion
of women has affected the U.S. armed forces. |