The National Security Act of 1947 was a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II. The majority of the provisions of the act took effect on September 18,1947,the day after the Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first secretary of defense.
Baron Paul Hill is a retired American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district from 1999 to 2005 and from 2007 to 2011.
John Patrick Murtha Jr. was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Murtha,a Democrat,represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010. He is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives ever elected from Pennsylvania.
The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798,at the urging of Secretary of War James McHenry,to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy (USN). Since 1834,the department has exercised jurisdiction over the United States Marine Corps (USMC),and during wartime the United States Coast Guard (USCG). These branches remain at all times independent and coequal service branches within the DON. It is led by the secretary of the Navy (SECNAV),a statutory civilian officer.
Todd Russell Platts is an American attorney and Republican Party politician who serves as a Judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas and is a former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district,serving from 2001 to 2013.
Mack Francis Mattingly is an American diplomat and politician from Georgia who served as a member of the United States Senate for one term from 1981 to 1987. He was the first Republican to have served in the U.S. Senate from that state since the Reconstruction era,and was also the first Republican ever to have been elected to the United States Senate from Georgia by popular vote.
Charles Wieder Dent is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 2005 to 2018.
Christopher Paul Carney is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district is a district in the state of Pennsylvania. It includes almost all of Chester County and the southeastern portion of Berks County including the city of Reading and its southeastern suburbs. The district is represented by Democrat Chrissy Houlahan,who has served in Congress since 2019. As currently drawn,the district is among the wealthiest in Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional.
David Keith McCurdy is an American lobbyist,lawyer,and former politician who was the Democratic U.S. Representative from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district,in office from 1981 to 1995. Described as a moderate or conservative Democrat,McCurdy was a chair the centrist Democratic Leadership Council. In 1994,he ran for the U.S. Senate,but lost to fellow Representative Jim Inhofe.
Martha T. Rainville is a retired U.S. Air Force officer who attained the rank of major general. She was the first woman in U.S. history to become a state adjutant general when she served in that post with the Vermont National Guard.
Donald Lawrence Ritter is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. From 1979 to 1993,Ritter represented Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district,which then included the Lehigh Valley region of the state.
Henry Calvin Johnson Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 4th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is anchored in Atlanta's inner eastern suburbs,including Decatur,all of Rockdale County,Lithonia,Stone Mountain,Covington and a sliver of Atlanta itself. Johnson is one of only three Buddhists to have served in the United States Congress. The others are Senator Mazie Hirono and former Representative Colleen Hanabusa,both of Hawaii.
The ROA is a professional association of commissioned officers,non-commissioned officers,former officers,enlisted and spouses of the uniformed services of the United States,primarily with the Reserve and National Guard.
John Rice Carter is the U.S. representative serving Texas's 31st congressional district since 2003. He is a Republican. The district includes the northern suburbs of Austin,as well as Fort Cavazos.
Kevin Wayne Yoder is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A Republican,Yoder was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2003 to 2011. In his 2018 reelection bid,he was defeated by Democrat Sharice Davids by a nine percent margin.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 6,2018,to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts.
Michael George Glen Waltz is an American politician,businessman,author,and colonel in the United States Army who has served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 6th congressional district since 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and is the first "Green Beret" to be elected to the United States Congress.
Susan Wild is an American lawyer and politician from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A Democrat,she is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. The district is in the heart of the Lehigh Valley,and includes Allentown,Bethlehem,Easton,and Bangor. Wild spent the last two months of 2018 as the member for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district after Charlie Dent resigned in 2018. She also co-chairs the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force and is vice chair of both the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa,Global Health,Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Wild is the first woman to represent the Lehigh Valley in Congress. Wild lost her re-election bid in 2024 to Republican Ryan Mackenzie.
Cory Lee Mills is an American politician,businessman,and Army combat veteran who has served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 7th congressional district since 2023. He previously served as a Trump appointee on the Defense Business Board from 2020 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party.
