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US Military

356 events in this timeline

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  1. 1941-09-11 September 11, 1941: Construction on the Pentagon Begins
  2. 1970-09-11 September 11, 1970-September 14, 1970: Sarin Possibly Used in US Attack on Village in Laos
  3. 1978-06-12 June 12, 1978: US Secretary of State Says US Will Not Use Nuclear Weapons against Non-Nuclear Signatory of Non-Proliferation Treaty
  4. 1980-10-10 October 10, 1980-December 2, 1983: Agreement against Use of Incendiary Weapons Signed, but Not by US
  5. 1986-10-01 October 1, 1986: Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act Restructures US Military
  6. 1989-03-20 March 20, 1989 and After: Dick Cheney Becomes Secretary of Defense
  7. 1992-10-04 6:25 pm October 4, 1992: Plane Crash in Holland Shows Chemicals for Sarin Were Being Transported
  8. 1995-04-11 April 11, 1995: Secretary of State Indicates Us Will Not Use Nuclear Weapons against Non-Nuclear Country
  9. 1996-09-24 September 24, 1996: US First Signatory of Ban on Nuclear Tests, but Treaty Not Ratified by Congress
  10. 1998-06-09 June 9, 1998: US Congress Kills Chemical Weapons Convention
  11. 1998-08-14 August 14, 1998: Richard Myers Becomes New NORAD Commander
  12. 1999-04-22 April 22, 1999: CNN Executive Defends Network Practice of Only Hiring Retired Military Officers as Military Analysts
  13. 1999-08-24 August 24, 1999: Lockheed Martin and Hughes Space & Communications Win Contracts for Satellite Communications
  14. 1999-09-23 September 23, 1999: In Campaign Speech, Bush Warns against Terrorism, Calls for Military ‘Transformation’
  15. 1999-10-13 October 13, 1999: Senate Rejects Ban on Nuclear Testing
  16. 2000-03-24 March 24, 2000: CNN Executive Admits Allowing Military Psyops Personnel to Intern at CNN Was Mistake
  17. 2000-03-24 March 24, 2000: CNN Executive Denies Bias in Using Retired Military Generals as Network Analysts of Balkan Conflict
  18. 2000-09-14 September 14, 2000: US Ambassador Says Efforts to Prevent Space Arms Race ‘Unwise’
  19. 2000-12-28 December 28, 2000: Bush Chooses Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary over Objections of Father’s Friends
  20. 2001-01-11 January 11, 2001: Wolfowitz Becomes Deputy Secretary of Defense
  21. 2001-01-11 January 11, 2001: National Security Committee Warns of ‘Space Pearl Harbor’
  22. 2001-01-14 January 14, 2001: Bush Makes Puzzling Comment about Redefining US Peacekeeping Role
  23. 2001-02-09 February 9, 2001: Navy Submarine Accidentally Sinks Japanese Fishing Boat; Civilians at Controls
  24. 2001-02-12 February 12, 2001-March 30, 2001: Israeli Troops Use Poison Gases in Gaza Strip and West Bank
  25. 2001-03-20 March 20, 2001: Rumsfeld Begins Transformation of Defense Department
  26. 2001-03-31 March 31, 2001: US Spy Plane Crashes in China; Chinese Strip Plane of Sensitive Equipment
  27. 2001-04-04 April 4-5, 2001: Powell Expresses ‘Regret’ Over US Spy Plane Crash
  28. 2001-04-06 April 6-7, 2001: US, China Still in Dispute Over Spy Plane Collision and Crew Detention
  29. 2001-04-08 April 8, 2001: US Refuses to Apologize for Collision of Spy Plane with Chinese Fighter
  30. 2001-04-11 April 11, 2001: China Returns Crew of Downed US Spy Plane, Keeps Plane
  31. 2001-07-23 July 23-25, 2001: US Opposes Changes in Biological Weapons Convention; Fearful of International Interference in Own Bioweapons Program
  32. 2001-07-27 July 27, 2001: Pentagon Explains Importance of ‘Network Centric Warfare’ to Congress
  33. 2001-08-24 August 24, 2001: Former Head of Space Command Appointed as Chairman of Joint Chiefs
  34. 2001-08-25 August 25, 2001: Automated Landing Technology Developed for US Military Tested on Civilian Plane
  35. 2001-08-30 August 30, 2001: UN Urges US Not to Weaponize Space
  36. 2001-08-31 August 31, 2001: Air National Guard Operation against Drug Flights in Gulf of Mexico Ends
  37. 2001-09-10 September 10, 2001: Rumsfeld Excoriates Pentagon Bureaucracy
  38. 2001-09-10 September 10, 2001: US Army Applies for Patent for Rifle-Launched Grenade for Crowd Control
  39. 2001-09-11 6:42 p.m. September 11, 2001: Democrats Must Now Support Increased Defense Spending, Rumsfeld Says
  40. 2001-09-25 September 25, 2001: Missile Defense Requires a ‘Single Integrated Picture,’ Study Says
  41. 2001-09-30 September 30, 2001: Pentagon Completes Quadrennial Defense Review for Transformation of Military
  42. 2001-11-19 November 19, 2001-December 7, 2001: Bush Representatives Thwart Bioweapons Restrictions
  43. 2002-01-08 January 8, 2002: Congress Receives Nuclear Review Advocating ‘New Triad’ of Weapons
  44. 2002-02-25 February 25, 2002: Patent for Rifle-Launched Grenade Approved
  45. 2002-06-21 June 21, 2002: Pentagon Slips New Undersecretary Position into Defense Authorization Bill
  46. 2002-08-16 August 16, 2002: US Military Plans New Strategies, Including Conducting Secret Operations Aimed at ‘Stimulating Reactions’ Among Terrorists and States
  47. 2002-12-02 December 2, 2002: President Bush Creates Position of Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
  48. 2002-12-11 December 11, 2002: Rumsfeld Asks Bush to Give Planners Access to Nuclear Weapons Options
  49. 2002-12-16 December 16, 2002: Pentagon Considering Propaganda Campaign Against Anti-Americanism
  50. 2002-12-22 December 22, 2002: Paper Finds Britain Has Been Supplying Dual-Use Chemicals that Can Be Used in Weapons