Air Defense Artillery Branch - United States -'s motto is 'First to Fire!'.
United States Army Air Defense Artillery School's motto is 'Militant'.
United States Army CBRN School's motto is 'Elementis regamus proelium'.
Yes and its still operational today for United States of America National defense.
United States of America
Secretary of Defense is currently Robert Gates.
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Air Defense Artillery Branch - United States - was created in 1968.
United States Army Field Artillery School was created in 1911.
Janice E. McKenney has written: 'Air defense artillery' -- subject(s): History, Antiaircraft artillery, Air defenses 'Women of the Constitution' -- subject(s): Signers, United States, Founding Fathers of the United States, United States. Constitutional Convention (1787), Statesmen's spouses, Biography, History 'Field artillery' -- subject(s): United States, History, United States. Army. Field Artillery, Insignia, Field and mountain Artillery, Artillery, United States. Army
William Stevens has written: 'A system for the discipline of the artillery of the United States of America, or, The young artillerist's pocket companion' -- subject(s): Artillery, Artillery drill and tactics, Dictionaries, Drill and tactics, Handbooks, manuals, Military art and science, United States, United States. Army, United States. Army. Artillery
United States Secretary of Defense was created in 1947.
United States Department of Defense was created in 1947.
The budget of United States Department of Defense is 530,100,000,000 dollars.
Frederic Richard Kilner has written: 'Battery E in France, 149th field artillery' -- subject(s): United States artillery, World War, 1914-1918, United States artillery. 149th field artillery. Battery E.
Edward D. Sirois has written: 'Smashing through \\' -- subject(s): World War, 1914-1918, Artillery, United States artillery, 102d Field Artillery, United States artillery. 102d field artillery. Battery C, 1917-1919, Regimental histories
Leslie Langille has written: 'Men of the Rainbow' -- subject(s): 149th Field Artillery, Artillery, Regimental histories, United States, United States. artillery. 149th field artillery. Battery B, 1917-1919, World War, 1914-1918
The first Secretary of Defense of the United States was James Forrestal. He was previously Secretary of the Navy before the creation of a consolidated Department of Defense.
Alice C Maroni has written: 'Defense spending' -- subject(s): Appropriations and expenditures, Armed Forces, Defenses, Economic aspects, Military policy, United States, United States. Dept. of Defense 'The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Process (P.L. 99-177) and the Department of Defense' -- subject(s): Appropriations and expenditures, Budget, Law and legislation, United States, United States. Dept. of Defense 'The fiscal year 1989 defense budget request' -- subject(s): Appropriations and expenditures, Armed Forces, United States, United States. Dept. of Defense 'Short-term continuing resolutions' -- subject(s): Appropriations and expenditures, Armed Forces, Budget, United States, United States. Dept. of Defense 'Defense and foreign aid budget analysis and the use of constant dollars' -- subject(s): American Economic assistance, Appropriations and expenditures, Budget, Cost accounting, Economic assistance, American, United States, United States. Dept. of Defense, United States. Dept. of State 'Defense budget -- FY83' -- subject(s): Appropriations and expenditures, Budget, United States, United States. Dept. of Defense 'The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings sequestration process for FY 1986' -- subject(s): Appropriations and expenditures, Budget, Law and legislation, United States, United States. Dept. of Defense