DoD and Government Internet Resources--Military Internet Sites--Part One

DoD and Government Internet Resources
Part One

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Defense Technical Information Center

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Directories and Guides for US Military Internet Resources

Directories by Service

To identify a specific organization, browse or search comprehensive listings of US military Internet sites using the directories of sites composed by each Service:

Army Home Page: http://www.army.mil/
Prominently displayed at the top of the Army Home Page is the capability to browse or search by keyword or organization name. There is also a "New Sites" link to keep abreast of newly added sites as well as a listing of organizations by subject area.
NavyOnLine: http://www.ncts.navy.mil/nol/
Browse through Naval Web sites alphabetically by organization name or subject category or search by keyword(s) found in the title of the organization's Web site.
Marine Corps: http://www.usmc.mil
Browse by state for links or contact information for National Guard units in the United States.
ReserveLINK: http://www.dla.mil/reservelink/
Links to the Reserve organizations plus the National Guard and the Air National Guard.
Marine Forces Reserve Web Sites by Location: http://www.marforres.usmc.mil/
Click on the link for MFR Web Sites to browse by state or search by keyword.

General Guides

Many military organizations are compiling links to mission related Internet resources. Guides created by librarians or research staffers at Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, or DoD technical libraries and think-tanks are good places to start when browsing!

The National Defense University (NDU) Library's Defense Nexus: http://www.ndu.edu/library/library.html
A guide to links for the Air Force, Army, DoD, Navy and Marine Corps plus international military links and civilian defense-related links. Arrangement is by Service and then alphabetical by name of the organization. Some links are described. There are also links to subject areas of interest to the NDU community such as regional studies, defense acquisition, political science, economics, and information technology.

"Civilian" Directories and Guides

Federal Web Locator: http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
Villanova's Center for Information Law and Policy created this one stop shopping point for military (and civilian Government) information on the World Wide Web. The DoD listings are modest, however. Use the search mechanism to look for a particular agency or simply browse the DoD listings
Yahoo: http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Military
For Military resources, search or browse through the sites listed under Government/Military

Other Guides

The Military Network: http://www.military-network.com/
BUBL Military Science: http://link.bubl.ac.uk/military/
This guide, out of a university in the UK, covers military resources around the world.

Subject Specific Sites

When looking for sites with a specific subject focus, go to an organization whose mission mirrors your research needs. Often, in addition to their own valuable resources, there will be a compilation of related links to other military as well as non-milit ary resources. Here is a small sample of sites.

TechTransit: http://www.dtic.mil/techtransit/
Information and links related to technology transfer at this site by the DoD Deputy Director Defense Research and Engineering, Office of Laboratory Management and Technology Transition.

Military History

U.S. Army Center of Military History: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm
Links to other military history resources on the Internet.
Naval Historical Center: http://www.history.navy.mil/
Center for Army Lessons Learned: http://call.army.mil/call.html
Manpower and Training Research Information System (MATRIS): http://www.dtic.mil/matris/
Links to other organizations related to manpower, personnel, training and human factors(MPT/HF) research.
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's BMDO Link: http://www.acq.osd.mil/bmdo/bmdolink/html/bmdolink.html
This site is provides fact sheets and links to other organizations conducting research in ballistic missile defense.
DoD Environmental Cleanup Home Page: http://www.dtic.mil/envirodod/
Resources relating to the environmental cleanup of active, formerly used, and closing bases. Along with information on business opportunities, there also is a lengthy list links to DoD environmental resources.
Defense Acquisition University: http://www.dau.mil/
The DAU was established in 1990 to consolidate and integrate education and training for DoD employees in the area of acquisition. Links to documents and other acquisition related sites can be found here.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

FAQs can be a good source of information. Look for FAQs on an organization's site or try searching on your subject and the word FAQ.
For example in Alta Vista:
(army near history) and FAQ and domain:mil
A sampling of FAQs :
Defense Link FAQs: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/
Naval Historical Center FAQ: http://www.history.navy.mil/nhc3.htm
Astronomical FAQ: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/

Military Internet Resources

Public Affairs and News Resources

The Department of Defense and the Services

DefenseLINK: http://www.defenselink.mil/
Designed to be the starting point for information about DoD, its organizations, and functions. Links to each of the services are found on the home page as well as official news releases, photos, publications. Look here for biographic information on senior defense officials as well as their speeches (available through Defense Issues), information on doing business with DoD, history, career opportunities, and education. There is also a searchable index of DefenseLINK material.
DefenseLINK News: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/
BosniaLINK: http://www.dtic.mil/bosnia/
BosniaLINK is the official home page about US military activities in Operation Joint Endeavor, the NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. The site contains operation maps, fact sheets, news releases, biographies of key commanders and leaders, and trans cripts of briefings, speeches, and testimony. There are also links to NATO and State Department sites.
United States Army Home Page: http://www.army.mil/
Notable links: Army installations; Fiscal Year 1999 Army Posture Statement; a subject listing of Army sites; and information on Army Retirement Services.
ArmyLINK: Office of the U.S. Army Chief of Public Affairs: http://abs-afn.army.mil/index1.htm
Contains links to the Army Broadcasting Service; the Fact File on Army equipment, weapon systems, vehicles, aircraft, and more; News including recent news releases plus a searchable archive for mid 1996 to present, speeches, and Army News stories; Ar my photos by category; an FAQ; and Soldiers Magazine.
Air Force Link - the Official Site of the US Air Force: http://www.af.mil/
Notable links: The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Public Affairs has loaded this site with information about the Air Force such as: Global Engagement: A Vision for the 21st Century Air Force, the Air Force Library, and Air Force news services.
Air Force News: http://www.af.mil/news/
Updated daily, there are current news articles on issues of concern to the USAF; links to news by major command; a calendar of public events hosted by the Air Force; and news from other federal government sources. An easy to use search interface make s it easy to find news resources on this web site.
The United States Navy: Welcome Aboard: http://www.navy.mil/
Notable links: Updated daily, this site contains a wealth of information about the US Navy. There is an FAQ about the Navy, the biography, speeches, and testimony of the Secretary of the Navy, highlights of the FY98/99 Navy Budget, status of the US Navy, the 1997 Posture Statement, the Navy Fact File which contains complete descriptions of the roles and characteristics of Navy aircraft, ships (for example, aircraft carriers), and weaponry, as well as news and a listing of naval related links. Those fortunate to have audio capability will be greeted by the sound of bells traditionally rung aboard ships to announce the arrival of important guests.
Navy News Service: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/news/navnews/.www/navnews.html
The Navy Office of Information: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/chinfo/chinfo.html
The Navy Office of Information is the representative for Navy-wide public affairs matters and is the creator of the United States Navy Home Page.
MarineLINK: The United States Marine Corps: http://www.usmc.mil/
Notable links: General Officer biographies; Command Directory; and Marine Corps Orders and Directives.
American Forces Information Service: http://www.defenselink.mil/afis/
AFPS provides news stories, feature articles, line art and photographs for editors of DoD publications, military service Public Affairs Officers, and news directors of DoD's broadcast media. Civilian news media are encourage d to download and publish information from this site. AFPS is available in electronic format only.

Examples of "Local" Public Affairs Efforts and Military Exercises

U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet: http://www.c7f.navy.mil/
The Seventh Fleet Public Affairs Office has made a tremendous amount of information available about Seventh Fleet history, port call schedules, photos, composition (ships, aircraft, submarines), news, and much more available at this site.

Educational Institutions, Think Tanks and Research Labs

Air Force Academy: http://www.usafa.af.mil/
Naval Academy: http://www.nadn.navy.mil/
West Point: http://www.usma.edu/
Merchant Marine Academy: http://www.usmma.edu/
Coast Guard Academy: http://www.uscg.mil/
The Coast Guard actually falls under the Department of Transportation but as many of its activities relate to the military, it is included here.
The Naval Postgraduate School: http://www.nps.navy.mil/.
Air University: http://www.au.af.mil/
Air University Library: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/aulv2.htm
Air University Index to Military Periodicals: http://www.dtic.mil/search97doc/aulimp/main.htm
Search the AUL Index for military periodical literature for Searches may be conducted by using keyword, title, author, or subject. There is a "simple" and an "advanced" interface.
National Defense University: http://www.ndu.edu/
NDU is home to the Armed Forces Staff College, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Information Resources Management College, National War College, and the NDU Library. NDU publishes research and other information primarily in the area of national security through the NDU Press and the Joint Force Quarterly. Some of the publications are accessible on the NDU web site in full text and may be searched for.
Army Logistics Management College: http://www.almc.army.mil/
This site contains the full text of articles from Army Logistican dating from January 1996, a catalog of courses, and information on the Defense Logistics Studies Information Exchange (DLSIE) database which is not available on the Internet pl us links to a small number of sites.
Center for Army Lessons Learned, Ft. Leavenworth: http://call.army.mil/call.html
Valuable information here includes the CALL Dictionary and Thesaurus, a browseable database containing definitions of military terminology, acronyms, geographic codes, names of statesmen, milit ary leaders, UN peacekeeping operations, and other useful information and the CALL Database of information on Army tactics, techniques, procedures and other research materials. The CALL Database requires registration and is FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY, limited to DoD employees and US military personnel. There are also links to CALL prod ucts such as the CALL Newsletter List and Internet resources of interest such as those in the area of operations such as military logistics.
Naval Research Laboratory: http://www.nrl.navy.mil/
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Navy's corporate research and development laboratory. The lab addresses basic research issues concerning the Navy's environment of sea, sky, and space. Investigations have ranged widely from monitoring the sun's behavior, analyzing marine atmospheric conditions, measuring parameters of the deep oceans, to exploring the outermost regions of space.
Ruth H. Hooker Library: http://infoweb2.nrl.navy.mil/index.cfm
The Library has an extensive list of links in the Sciences and other areas.

Business Opportunities

CCR Central Contractor Registration: http://www.ccr.gov/
The purpose of the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) process is to facilitate registration by a commercial company as a Trading Partner with the Federal Government.
DefenseLINK's Doing Business with the Department of Defense: http://www.defenselink.mil/other_info/business.html
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA): http://www.dla.mil/
Note the small business opportunity links on DLA's home page.
ACQWeb: http://www.acq.osd.mil/
A wealth of acquisition related information can be found at this site. In addition to the business opportunity information, the Acquisition Reform Home Page is of special note for its detailed lists of publica tions, events, and links to other acquisition reform sites.
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Office: http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/
DoD SBIR and STTR Home Page: http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/sbir/homepg.htm
DoD Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR): http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/sbir
The SBIR and STTR programs aim to foster participation by small firms in high-tech research and development.
Air Force Acquisition Home Page: http://www.safaq.hq.af.mil/
Air Force Contracting: http://www.safaq.hq.af.mil/contracting/
Air Force Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization: http://www.safsb.hq.af.mil/
Army Research Laboratory: http://www.arl.army.mil/main/Main/default.cfm/
ARL Technology Transfer Home Page: http://www.arl.army.mil/tto/
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Headquarters Contracts Directorate: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/
The Office of Naval Research: Business Opportunities: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/bus_op.htm
Opportunities for small businesses. Contains information on and links to: Broad Agency Announcements at ONR and NRL; information on How to Submit a Proposal; the U.S. Navy SBIR Online Submission Interface; the Navy SBIR/STTR Bulletin Board; the DoD SBIR/STTR HomePage; the ONR SBIR Program; the Navy SBIR Technology Tranfer Program, the Navy Small Business Technology Transfer Pilot Program (STTR); and the Office of Small Business.
Tri-Service Solicitation Network: http://tsn.wes.army.mil/
A selection of solicitations from the Army Corps of Engineers, Navy, and Air Force are listed here.

Practical Information -- Facts, Figures, Definitions, Jobs

DFAS Lane: http://www.dfas.mil/
This is the place to view current military and civilian pay charts. You can also find information about military pay, civilian pay, retired and annuitant pay, vendor pay, travel pay, transportation pay, garnishment and involuntary allotments, and gove rnment credit card programs. DFAS customers can also find help with a pay or debt problem.
The Directorate of Time at the U.S. Naval Observatory: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/
When you need to know the official time in the United States, visit this site.
DoD Education Gateway: http://web.lmi.org/edugate/
Look here for information on educational programs, scholarships and apprenticeships, partnerships, and other programs sponsored by DoD.
Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Committee: http://www.dtic.mil/perdiem/
Army Civilian Personnel Online: http://cpol.army.mil/
Search for a job, view publications in the Army Civilian Personnel Management Library, find information on training and career development.

Collections of Publications, Regulations, Forms, Technical Reports, and ...

Air Force

The Air Force FAR Site: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/
Not just of interest to the Air Force! Visit this site for anything to do with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS), and other a cquisition regulations. Use the search capability to find what you need. Be sure to read the Help information on the rules for searching. There are three search options: simple, power, summary.
U.S. Air Force Departmental Publishing Directorate SAF/AAD: http://afpubs.hq.af.mil/
This is the "official source" for Air Force administrative publications and forms.

Army

The National Technical Information Service's Army Manuals and Publications Search Site: http://www.ntis.gov/databases/armypub.htm
Those outside DoD who cannot use the Army Publishing Agency may order the same Army publications (such as Army Technical Manuals (TM's), Field Manuals (FM's), Army Regulations (AR's), and Technical Bulletins (TB)) from NTIS. A search mechanism is pro vided toidentify materials for ordering.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Publications: http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/
This collection of publications contains all official USACE engineering regulations, circulars, manuals, forms, specifications, and other documents originating from HQUSACE. At present, as only a portion of the publications are available in full text on the Internet, its value lies in its comprehensive listing of Corps of Engineers publications. Those publications that are available are in portable document format which requires the free Adobe Acrobat reader.

DoD and Joint

DoD Contracting Regulations: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/
DoD contracting regulations and related information, including the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), open FAR cases, open DFARS cases, and Defense Acquisition Circulars (DACs), are available electronically via this site.
Joint Doctrine: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/
Joint Doctrine refers to the fundamental principles that guide the employment of forces of two or more Services in coordinated action toward a common objective. Click on the link for the Joint Electronic Library for the full text of publications and research papers (some of which require the Adobe Acrobat reader) on joint doctrine.
DoD's Directorate for Information Operations and Reports: http://web1.whs.osd.mil/DIORHOME.HTM
A veritable gold mine for statistical information on the Department of Defense, particularly in the areas of procurement and manpower. Some of the reports are available in full text online, others are present only in sample form. See the catalog of publications for a listing of all available reports. DTIC's user community may order these directly from DTIC. The general public must order from NTIS.
DIOR Manpower Management Information Division: http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/mmidhome.htm
This web site contains information on military and civilian manpower statistics. For example: totals for active duty personnel by rank and grade, numbers of females by rank and grade as of 31 December 1996; casualty figures for October 1979 to 1996; rosters of General Flag Officers as of July 1997; numbers of civilian personnel by organization and function as of June 1997; and a glossary of military terminology used by DIOR.
DIOR Procurement and Economic Information Division: http://web1.whs.osd.mil/peidhome/peidhome.htm
PEID collects information and statistics on the procurement process. For example statistics on: the 100 companies receiving the largest dollar volume of prime contract awards f or FY96 with the top ten cited for FY 95 and FY96; awards over $25,000; prime contract awards by state for FY96; as well as procurement guidance and the DoD Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
DIOR Information Control Division: http://web1.whs.osd.mil/icdhome/icdhome.htm
DoD Forms are available here in either Perform Pro/Form FLow electronic formats. Also available here is a handy chart of links to forms for other organizations, such as the Air Force, Army, Of fice of Management and Budget, the US Postal Service, standard and optional forms, Secretary of Defense, plus forms arranged by major subject groups (such as personnel, training, travel).
Washington Headquarters Services Directives and Records Branch Home Page: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/
Browse for directives and instructions, the link to Search takes users to the page cited directly above.
DoD Index of Specifications and Standards: http://stinet.dtic.mil/str/dodiss4_fields.html
DoD Index of Specifications and Standards (DoDISS) lists the unclassified Federal and Military specifications, standards, and related standardization documents, and those non-government standards adopted for DoD use. Users may construct a fairly sophisticated search (look at the tips but only the citation for the standard is returned. Users must then order from:
STINET (Scientific and Technical Information Network): http://stinet.dtic.mil/
Searching DTIC's Scientific & Technical Information Network (STINET) service helps the Defense community meet mission needs more effectively! DTIC's STINET service enables you to access relevant scientific and technical research, development and acquisition information from DTIC's Technical Reports Collection.
STINET is divided into two separate services: Public-STINET and Secure-STINET.

Public-STINET does not require registration. It provides access to citations to unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports Collection since late Dec 74. To access this information and much more: http://stinet.dtic.mil/.
Secure-STINET Features:

All the features of Public STINET.
Access to citations to unclassified limited documents added into DTIC's Technical Reports Collection from 1985 to present with limited abstracts (depending on user profile).
Highlighted limited portions (subsets) of DTIC's Technical Reports Collection.
Free online full text versions of all unclassified, unlimited and unclassified, limited documents recently added into DTIC's Technical Reports Collection
Access to DTIC's Research Summaries (RS) Collection of approximately 250,00 active and inactive summaries from 1965 to present.
Systran Language Translator
Free access to two international electronic tables of contents - Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) CISTI Source database and the British Library Document Supply Centre's inside web (U.S. Govt. only) database.
Access to these two resources saves subscribers at least $1300.00 annually, in subscription fees.
Interagency Gray Literature Working Group information
ProQuest's Research Library Complete

Secure-STINET Registration is currently free to all registered DTIC Users.
To access Secure-STINET you must be a registered DTIC user and you must subscribe to the service. To access Secure-STINET, users of this subscription service must have one of the following browsers: Netscape web browser (U.S. Edition, Version 2.0 or higher) or Microsoft web browser (128-bit Edition, Version 4.0 or higher).
For DTIC registration information: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/reqreq_form.html
To subscribe to Secure-STINET, complete and submit this Secure-STINET Application Form, or call (703) 767-8272/DSN 427-8272.
MATRIS: http://dtica.dtic.mil/
GulfLINK: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/
GulfLINK is the official home page for the Persian Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Task Force. This service provides background information and up-to-date research and analysis of the issues related to illnesses affecting Persian Gulf War veterans.
DoD Adopted Standards: http://www.ihs.com/standards/military-specifications/dod-adopted-standards.html
Excellent site for information on DoD's information technology standards.
Defense Acquisition Deskbook: http://www.deskbook.osd.mil/
Acquisition information available for download from this site. DoD personnel may request a CD ROM version for free, contractors must pay $35 and order through the Government Printing Office. Defense Acquisition Deskbook's Reference Library contains numerous acquisition publications. The Reference Library divides the publications in two categories; Mandatory Documents and Discretionary Documents. The Mandatory Documents include directives and regulations (e.g. US Code, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), DFARS, DoDD 5000.1 and DoD 5000.2-R). The Discretionary Documents include guides, pamphlets, and handbooks. Also notable at this site is a collection of acquisition related links.
Defense Link Photos: http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/
Browse or search for publicly releaseable official U.S. military photos from around the world.
Joint Combat Camera Center: http://dodimagery.afis.osd.mil/
This site contains official U.S. Military images from around the world and is restricted to Department of Defense and Government personnel. The images at this Web site are available by searching or browsing. Some of the images present may not have yet been cleared for public release.

Other Interesting Resources

Document Center - Specs and Standards
http://www.document-center.com/
FARSITE
http://farsite.hill.af.mil/
Jane's IntelWeb
http://intelweb.janes.com/
AMCOM Directives On-Line
http://www.redstone.army.mil/
Navy Acquisition Reform
http://www.abm.rda.hq.navy.mil/
Procurement
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/
Federation of American Scientists - Intelligence Resource Program
http://www.fas.org/databank.htm
Welcome to George Mason University Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP)
http://www.gmu.edu/gmu/PTAP/

ACRONYMS
The Opaui Guide to Lists of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms on the World Wide Web http://www.opaui.com/acro.html
FORMS
Washinton Headquarters Service
http://web1.whs.osd.mil/icdhome/SFEFORMS.HTM
DoD Forms
http://web1.whs.osd.mil/icdhome/ddeforms.htm

GENERAL
Where to Find Military Information
http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/militaryinfo.htm
http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/
The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com/
Terrorism:
Online open source reference list (as of 3 Jun 02)

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DoD and Government Internet Resources Part One