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Constantly researched and updated, the military lens is the most up-to-date and comprehensive listing of military related websites.  Featuring a good mix of practitioner, academic and commercial listings, the military lens is the “go-...

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USMC Things - News, Clothing, Gifts and More!

Welcome to USMC Things! I hope that you will find this lens useful.  If you have any great USMC related links please send them to me via the "Contact the Lensmaster Link" below.  I am always on the lookout for Marine Corps related...

The Balkan Wars

The Balkan wars were a series of conflicts that led to the disintegration of the former Republic of Yugoslavia.  Occurring over a decade-long period between 1991 and 2001, these conflicts ultimately affected all six former Yugoslav republics--al...

USAREUR - US Army Europe 1945-1989

Links to unit and individual pages related to US Army Europe during the Cold War, 1945-1989.

Air Force Family!

The Air Force Family includes all active duty and veteran Airmen and their families, friends and all those who support them. Here you will find great tips and information for families of the Air Force. There are also lots of great links to my shop on...

Thirteen Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis

In the summer of 1962, the Soviet Union dispatched a fleet of commercial cargo ships filled with nuclear missiles, launchers and anti-aircraft guns--all under false manifests--across the Atlantic Ocean to Fidel Castro's Cuba. Forty thousand Sovi...

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Limited War and Low Intensity Conflict

Limited war is in many ways the opposite of conventional warfare. Where conventional warfare seeks to reduce an opponent's military capability, limited war is an attempt to achieve military victory through acquiescence, capitulation, or clandestine s...

Vietnam War Marine Corps Veterans

This lens is a quide to information about Vietnam Marine Corp Vets on the Internet. I hope it is of use. Please let me know of any links or other information that you think might be usefully added. (There is a questbook at the bottom of the page, or y...

Military Money Magazine

Military Money magazine was created to address the dynamic lifestyle of the military family and to serve as an engaging financial resource for families with loved ones serving in America's armed forces.

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United States Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is the nations oldest continuous seagoing service.  Founded in 1789 by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton to prevent smuggling, it has gone through many changes. As the world has changed, so has the Coast Guard.  Today ov...

Visit War-Torn Afghanistan

Maybe you won't enlist, but you could lend the army a hand in some small way -- and patting yourself on the back with a stupid yellow ribbon doesn't count. You could perhaps read Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics. Then, if the su...

AMERICAN HERO MILITARY & PATRIOTIC GIFT SHOP

WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN HERO MILITARY & PATRIOTIC GIFT SHOP. HERE YOU WILL FIND MANY UNIQUE MILITARY GIFTS AND UNIT INSIGNIAS ON HATS,T-SHIRTS,MUGS, AND APPAREL FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. I ALSO HAVE A FEW NON MILITARY,HUMOROUS,POP CULTURE ...

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Coast Guard Aviation

This site is dedicated to those daring young men (and women) in their flying machines. Come by often and watch us grow. For the most up to date news and videos about the Coast Guard, please visit Coast Guard News. 

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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a military branch of the United States involved in maritime law, mariner assistance and search and rescue, among other duties of any coast guard. One of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and the smallest armed service of the United States, its stated mission is to protect the public, the environment, and the United States economic and security interests in any maritime region in which those interests may be at risk, including international waters and America's coasts, ports, and inland waterways.

It has a broad and important role in homeland security, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine environmental pollution response and the maintenance of river, intracoastal and offshore aids to navigation (ATON). It also lays claim to being the United States' oldest continuous seagoing service. The United States Coast Guard has about 40,150 men and women on active duty.

The Coast Guard's motto is Semper Paratus, meaning "Always Ready".

The Coast Guard began as the Revenue Cutter Service which was founded on August 4, 1790 as part of the Department of the Treasury. An act of the U.S. Congress created the Coast Guard in 1915, with the merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Lifesaving Service. The United States Lighthouse Service was merged into the Coast Guard in 1939. The legal basis for the Coast Guard is Title 14 of the United States Code, which states: "The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times." Upon the declaration of war or when the President directs, the Coast Guard operates under the authority of the Department of the Navy. The Coast Guard later moved to the Department of Transportation in 1967, and on February 25, 2003 it became part of the Department of Homeland Security.

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