About DefenseLINK

Welcome

On behalf of the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense, we welcome you to DefenseLINK. DefenseLINK is the official web site for the Department of Defense and the starting point for finding U.S. military information online. The home page for this site is located at http://www.defenselink.mil/.

The mission of the Department of Defense is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country. The department's headquarters is at the Pentagon.

The mission of DefenseLINK is to support the overall mission of the Department of Defense by providing official, timely and accurate information about defense policies, organizations, functions and operations. Also, DefenseLINK is the single, unified starting point for finding military information on-line.

This mission is consistent with the DoD Principles of Information, which outline the Department's policy for providing information to military members, DoD civilians, military family members, the American public, the Congress, and the news media. The information you find here is cleared for public release in accordance with applicable DoD policies.

DefenseLINK also hosts the DoD Web Sites Search, by DTIC, which offers functional and advanced search capabilities. This site, developed by DTIC, provides public access to DoD Web content and offers:

• Relevance sorting of results and six other search options including date, page size and title searching
• Searching by DoD agencies, services, Combatant Commands and the entire DTIC S&T collection of over one million publications
• An interface to Science.Gov, Google and FirstGov.Gov
• Federated searching, a tool to help the DoD community access pertinent S&T information using a wide range of sources

About DoD Sites

Department of Defense web sites are operated and maintained in accordance with published DoD web policies.

One of the missions of DefenseLINK, the official web site for the Department of Defense, is to serve as the starting point for finding U.S. military information online. These DoD Sites pages contribute to that mission by providing these services:

• A quick-reference listing of the top DoD Sites.
• Direct access to the database of all registered DoD Sites.

DoD Sites are considered for inclusion based on the importance and timeliness of the information they contain and on the frequency the information from them is requested by DefenseLINK visitors. Selected non-DoD Sites may be included if the information they contain contributes to the overall DoD Sites mission. Also see the external links disclaimer.

Send suggestions for DoD Sites to the sites administrator at: erms@defenselink.mil.

History

DefenseLINK first went on-line in October 1994, and is a cooperative effort between the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) and the Defense Technical Information Center.  Its initial purpose was to simply publish and distribute, in electronic form, DoD news releases.  Since that time, the mission of DefenseLINK has expanded as more information has been published on-line that is of interest to the general public and other specific audiences. DefenseLINK is operated in accordance with current DoD Web Site Administration Policies and Procedures.

The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the United States Department of Defense of the linked web sites, or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities such as military exchanges and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) sites, the United States Department of Defense does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations.

All links are provided consistent with the mission of DefenseLINK.

Please let us know about existing external links which you believe are inappropriate. Click here to add specific external links you believe ought to be included.

Our Privacy and Security Notice is posted on a separate page that you can view by clicking here or on the link to Privacy and Security provided at the foot of most pages in DefenseLINK.

The information for Web Policies and for Military Webmasters is posted on a separate page that you can view by clicking here or on the link to Web Policy provided at the foot of most pages in DefenseLINK.

Documents on DefenseLINK and other military web sites are made available in several formats, based on a combination of factors, including the format of the original document, whether the look of the original document needed to be preserved, the availability of visitors to open different formats, and accessibility for those with physical limitations.   This does not constitute endorsement of one commercial product over another. Note our disclaimer for external links.

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