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| MacArthur fought in three major wars (World War I, World War II, Korean War) and was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army. |
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| was Dwight D. Eisenhower's Chief of Staff during Eisenhower's tenure at SHAEF and Director of the CIA from 1950 to 1953. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1948. |
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| he was in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord until after the Battle of Normandy. |
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| was an American General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak from 1964 to 1968 and who served as U.S. Army Chief of Staff from 1968 to 1972 |
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| the U.S. general leading the attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan in response to the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. He also led the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. |
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| in command of the German forces opposing the Allied cross-channel invasion at Normandy. He is thought by many to have been the most skilled commander of desert warfare in World War II.[1] |
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| an American print and radio journalist who has been associated with The Atlantic Monthly for many years and has written nine books. |
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| an American theologian. A Protestant, he is best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the realities of modern politics and diplomacy |
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| During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy called upon Acheson for advice, bringing him into the executive committee (ExComm), a strategic advisory group |
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| was a United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. |
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| an American political advisor and lobbyist who worked for the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. He was Chairman of the Board from 2001 to 2003 under the Bush Administration. |
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| was an American politician and Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan |
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| was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1965. From 1965 to 1969 he was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis. |
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| served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until he resigned from his position |
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| the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines and was lost by accident on 10 April 1963 |
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| NSC 68 (National Security Council Report 68) |
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| a 58-page classified report issued by the United States National Security Council on April 14, 1950, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. Written during the formative stage of the Cold War, it has become one of the most significant historical documents of the Cold War. |
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| was the first civilian and the longest serving (1953–61) director of central intelligence (de facto head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) and a member of the Warren Commission |
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| Office of Strategic Services, World War II forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency |
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| the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security |
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| was a top aide to U.S. President John F. Kennedy and part of the group of Kennedys' close advisors called the "Irish Mafia." |
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| an invasion of cuba by cubin expatriates |
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| Mutual assured destruction, a doctrine of military strategy |
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| a group of six government officials, who during the Truman administration developed the containment policy of dealing with the Communist bloc. |
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| was a General in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in 1968 |
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| was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of RAF Bomber Command and later a Marshal of the Royal Air Force during the latter half of World War II. |
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| British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. |
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| is a United States businessman, politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977, and the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006 |
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| group of military leaders in the United States armed forces who advise the civilian government of the United States. |
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| Chief of Naval Operations |
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| the highest ranking officer in the United States Navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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| the most senior officer in the command structure of many armies |
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| a branch of the United States Armed Forces that is responsible for providing force projection from the sea |
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| worked with Paul Wolfowitz, and was involved in the very early planning stages of the Iraq war. In spring 2002 Eric Shinseki chose Batiste to be commander of the First Infantry Division of the United States Army |
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| a legislative motion (bill) which authorizes the government to spend money. It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending.[1] In most democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money. |
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| was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War[4] and is frequently cited as the war's turning point |
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| also known as Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II |
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| American, Australian and New Zealand soldiers who performed underground search and destroy missions during the Vietnam War |
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| an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations |
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