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  2. List of U.S. Department of Defense agencies - Wikipedia

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    DoD Seal This is a partial list of agencies under the United States Department of Defense (DoD) which was formerly and shortly known as the National Military Establishment . Its main responsibilities are to control the Armed Forces of the United States.

  3. Advanced Distributed Learning - Wikipedia

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    The Executive Order, titled “Using Technology to Improve Training Opportunities for Federal Government Employees,” established a task force and advisory committee to explore how federal training programs, initiatives, and policies can better support lifelong learning through the use of learning technologies and to provide learning standards ...

  4. United States Air Force Nurse Corps - Wikipedia

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    The first Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps was Colonel Verena Marie Zeller (1949–1956). Brigadier-General E. Ann Hoefly was appointed chief in 1968. [7] The first two-star general Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps was Major General Barbara Brannon; she was replaced in 2005 by Maj Gen Melissa Rank.

  5. Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System

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    The Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) system used to issue the definitive credential within DoD. RAPIDS uses information stored in the DoD Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) when providing these credentials. Used together, these two systems are ...

  6. Defense Acquisition University - Wikipedia

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    The University Charter was created in October 1991 by Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5000.57. Originally a loose consortium of existing training commands, DAU worked to standardize the training courses and establish mechanisms that allowed for centralized management of training funds for the DoD workforce.

  7. Global Information Grid - Wikipedia

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    And lastly, this definition removes the part of the definition that discusses the interfaces to coalition, allied, and non-Department of Defense users and systems. [5] The DoD's use of the term "GIG" is undergoing changes as the Department deals with new concepts such as Cyberspace Operations, GIG 2.0 (A Joint Staff J6 Initiative), and the ...

  8. Cadet Nurse Corps - Wikipedia

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    The quality and standards of the educational systems in which cadets would be trained varied considerably. In 1943, nursing schools, hospital administrators, and government officials assured the U.S. Congress the federally subsidized training of nurses would conform to the minimum standards. [54]

  9. Defense Health Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is a joint, integrated combat support agency that enables the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and wartime. The DHA is in charge of integrating clinical and business operations across the ...