United States (disambiguation)
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This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.
Citizendium contains various articles referring to United States, including:
Main:
United States of America: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. [e]
United States dollar: The currency of the United States. [e]
Judicial:
- United States District Courts: The 94 first-level trial courts of the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. [e]
- United States Courts of Appeals: Add brief definition or description
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Add brief definition or description
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Add brief definition or description
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit: Add brief definition or description
Maritime:
United States Maritime Commission: in existence from 1936-1950, an independent executive agency of the United States government, which promoted merchant ship operations [e]- United States Federal Maritime Board: Add brief definition or description
Miscellaneous:
- United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam: The combination of all U.S. official organizations in Vietnam; during the Vietnam War, it included the military, as opposed to the separate chains of command in Iraq and Afghanistan [e]
- United States Commission on CIA activities within the United States: Also known as the Rockefeller Commission, a 1975 Presidentially appointed, bipartisan panel to determine if certain Central Intelligence Agency activities, performed in the United States, were improper [e]
Military:
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs: A cabinet-level agency of the U.S. government, responsible for the delivery of services and benefits to veterans of the uniformed services, headed by United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki [e]
- United States Air Force: Branch of the U.S. armed forces responsible for land-based aircraft, as well as land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles [e]
- United States Army: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
- United States Navy: Branch of the U.S. armed forces] responsible for combat on, over, and under water. [e]
- United States Marine Corps: Branch of the U.S. armed forces serving as elite fighters on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships. [e]
- United States Coast Guard: A uniformed service of the United States, with diverse maritime safety, search and rescue, law enforcement, and military responsibilities [e]
- United States Central Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Military Academy: The undergraduate professional college of the United States Army, at West Point, New York [e]
- United States European Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Fifth Fleet: Add brief definition or description
- United States Fleet Forces Command: Add brief definition or description
- United States Forces-Afghanistan: Add brief definition or description
- United States Forces Korea: Add brief definition or description
More:
- United States Information Agency/Definition
- United States Institute of Peace
- United States intelligence community
- United States Joint Forces Command
- United States Lifesaving Service/Definition
- United States Lighthouse Service/Definition
- United States Marine Aviation/Definition
- United States Naval Academy
- United States Pacific Command
- United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
- United States Revenue Cutter Service/Definition
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