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The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 103–353, codified as amended at 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301–4335) was passed by U.S. Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton on October 13, 1994 to protect the civilian employment of active and reserve military personnel in the United States called to active ...
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (formerly called the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940) (codified at 50 U.S.C. §§ 3901—4043) is a United States federal law that protects soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guardsmen, and commissioned officers in the Public Health Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from being sued while in active military ...
The eight uniformed services are defined by 10 U.S.C. § 101 (a) (5) : The term "uniformed services" means—. (A) the armed forces; (B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and. (C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service. The six uniformed services that make up the armed forces of the ...
The United States operates a global network of military installations and is by far the largest operator of military bases in the world, with locations in dozens of nations on every continent, with 38 "named bases" having active-duty, US National Guard, reserve, or civilian personnel as of 30 September 2014.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6] (.
Naval Brig Rota, Naval Station Rota, Spain. Naval Brig, Pearl Harbor, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Navy Brig, Puget Sound, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington. Pre-Trial Confinement Facilities/PCF. Pre-Trial Confinement Facility, Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois.
Region 2: Midwest (designated as the North Central Region before June 1984) [8] Division 3: East North Central ( Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Division 4: West North Central ( Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) Region 3: South.
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the United States Armed Forces' space force and is the newest military branch. Originally established in 2019, it traces its history through Air Force Space Command and the Western Development Division to 1954. The United States Space Force is the principal space service, responsible for space warfare ...