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Parent agency. Department of Defense. Website. www .mda .mil. The Missile Defense Agency ( MDA) is a component of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a comprehensive defense against ballistic missiles. It had its origins in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which was established in 1983 by Ronald ...
The United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa ( USAMRD-A) — previously known as the "U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya (USAMRU-K)" — is a "Special Foreign Activity" of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. [1] The unit was established in 1969 and operates under a cooperative agreement ...
On 1 January 1977, the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) was organized at Arlington Hall Station, Virginia, to provide the U.S. Army with a single organization for conducting multi-discipline intelligence, security operations, and electronic warfare at the level above corps. The new organization merged the former U.S ...
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. Coordinates: 40°47′26″N 91°14′41″W. The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP), located in Des Moines County in southeastern Iowa, near the city of Burlington, produces and delivers component assembly, and medium- and large-caliber ammunition items for the United States Department of Defense using modern ...
The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun.It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (today known as Colt's Manufacturing Company) and was adopted as the standard-issued pistol of the U.S. Army from 1873 to 1892.
Ekiti people, Okemesi, Imesi-ile. Rank. Balogun. Battles/wars. Kiriji War. Fabunmi of Okemesi (c. 1849 - 1903) born Prince Fábùnmi Ìṣọ̀lá, also known as Orara l'ada, was a Yoruba warlord, chief and ultimately king. [1] He was known to have singlehandedly triggered the longest civil war in Nigeria - the Kiriji War. [1]
USS Laboon (DDG-58) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer in the United States Navy . She is named for Father John Francis Laboon (1921–1988), a captain in the Chaplain Corps of the United States Navy, who was awarded the Silver Star during World War II while serving on the submarine USS Peto . Laboon 's keel was laid down in 1992 at the Bath ...
Imesi-ile is an ancient town in the northeastern part of the Obokun Local Government in Osun State, Nigeria. [1] In the 19th century, this town was the epicenter of the Jalumi and the Kiriji wars among the Yoruba nations, and the foundation of peace among all warring Yoruba kingdoms, in Nigeria. [2] The town is about one-hour drive from Ilesa ...