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List of United States counties and county equivalents
Roster of the 3,143 U.S. counties and county equivalents (parishes, boroughs, census areas, independent cities, DC, Connecticut planning regions) used by the Census Bureau and OMB for statistics.
List of United States defense contractors
The list of United States defense contractors covers private companies supplying the Department of Defense, led by the Big Five: Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Dynamics, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman.
List of United States divisions during World War II
US Army divisions of World War II: roughly 89-91 mobilized formations, mostly infantry and armored, with nicknames, campaigns, and official lineages recorded by the Army Center of Military History.
List of United States electric companies
The list of United States electric companies covers the roughly 3,300 utilities and power providers serving about 170 million customer accounts, grouped as investor-owned, public, and cooperative.
List of United States federal executive orders
The list of United States federal executive orders covers the numbered directives by which the president directs the federal government, issued by every president since George Washington.
List of United States federal prisons
United States federal prisons: institutions run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), about 118-120 facilities at minimum, low, medium, high, and administrative security levels, descended from the 1891 Three Prisons Act, with the official facility list kept on bop.gov.
List of United States high school national records in track and field
The list of United States high school national records in track and field covers best performances by American high schoolers, kept separately by the NFHS and Track & Field News.
List of United States hurricanes
The list of United States hurricanes covers tropical cyclones with hurricane-force winds affecting US territory from 1851, led by the 1900 Galveston hurricane in deaths and Katrina in damage.
List of United States immigration laws
List of major United States immigration laws, from the 1790 Naturalization Act and the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act through the 1952 INA, 1965 Hart-Celler, IRCA 1986, and 1990 acts, to IIRIRA 1996 and recent enforcement statutes.
List of United States invasions of Latin American countries
The List of United States invasions of Latin American countries covers military actions from the early 19th century through the Cold War, driven by strategic and ideological motives.
List of United States magazines
List of United States magazines: overview of American periodicals, with about 7,218 print consumer magazines (2018), circulation leaders like AARP The Magazine and Reader's Digest, top titles Time, The New Yorker, Newsweek, and their history and genres.
List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions
USMC acronyms and expressions: official abbreviations governed by MCRP 1-10.2 (USMC Dictionary) and Marine Corps orders, plus informal slang; includes MAGTF, HQMC, usage rules, and terminology changes.
List of United States Marine Corps battalions
United States Marine Corps battalions: 500-900-person units under lieutenant colonels, including infantry, HIMARS artillery, logistics, and recruit training battalions such as 1/8, the Beirut Battalion, and 5th Battalion, 10th Marines.
List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals
Marine Corps four-star generals: officers in the grade of general (O-10), first held by Thomas Holcomb in 1944, permanently fixed for the Commandant in 1947, extended to the Assistant Commandant in 1969 and unified commands in 1985.
List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment
The list of United States Marine Corps individual equipment covers the clothing, body armor, helmets, and load-carrying gear issued to a single Marine, managed through the seabag and IIF channels.
List of United States Marine Corps MOS
United States Marine Corps MOS: four-digit job codes grouped into two-digit occupational fields, defined annually in the NAVMC 1200.1 MOS Manual and indexed in NAVMC 1008-A, with yearly additions, deletions, and title changes.
List of United States military bases
List of United States military bases: DOD overseas installations, counted as at least 128 bases in 51 countries by CRS or about 750 sites by independent researchers; history, regional distribution, and official lookup tools.
List of United States military schools and academies
Overview of U.S. military schools and academies: the five federal service academies (USMA, USNA, USAFA, USCGA, USMMA), prep schools, professional military education staff colleges, Coast Guard training centers, admissions, service obligations, and recent policy changes.
List of United States Naval officer designators
Four-digit US Navy officer designator codes identifying category (first three digits) and status (fourth): Unrestricted Line, Restricted Line, Staff Corps, LDO, and CWO communities.
List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
The list of United States Navy aircraft squadrons covers naval aviation's flying units, whose designations like VF for fighter and VP for patrol date to the early 1920s.
List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships
The list of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships covers the 32 ships that land Marine Corps troops: 9 assault ships, 13 transport docks, and 10 dock landing ships.
List of United States Navy enlisted rates
US Navy enlisted rates and ratings: a rating is an occupational career field, a rate is a paygrade E-1 through E-9, governed by NEOCS with NEC supplements.
List of United States Navy four-star admirals
United States Navy four-star admirals: officers holding the grade of admiral under 10 U.S.C. § 601, including the CNO, VCNO, and fleet and combatant commanders; 215 Naval Academy graduates have reached the rank, with Howard the first woman.
List of United States Navy installations
United States Navy installations, also called Navy bases, are the shore stations, airfields, shipyards, and support activities managed by CNIC across 10 regions and 70 installations, including Naval Station Norfolk, the four public shipyards, and overseas activities.
List of United States Navy losses in World War II
United States Navy and Coast Guard ships sunk or damaged beyond repair in World War II, 7 December 1941 to 1 October 1945: Pearl Harbor battleships, carrier and destroyer losses, 52 submarines lost, and about 36,495 Navy enemy-action deaths.
List of United States Navy ratings
United States Navy ratings are enlisted occupational specialties (boatswain's mate, yeoman, hospital corpsman) combined with pay grade rates in titles; abolished September 2016 for NOS codes, restored December 2016.
List of United States Navy SEALs
List of United States Navy SEALs: notable current and former members of the Naval Special Warfare teams founded in 1962, spanning Vietnam veterans like Rudy Boesch, Medal of Honor recipients such as Michael P. Murphy, and recent losses including Chambers and Ingram.
List of United States over-the-air television networks
Over-the-air television networks in the United States distribute national content to local broadcast stations, covering major services like ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, plus The CW.
List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots
United States presidential assassination attempts and plots: four presidents killed (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy), first attempt against Jackson in 1835, Secret Service protection since 1902, and the 2024 attempts on Trump.
List of United States presidential candidates
United States presidential candidates: major-party nominees, third-party and independent contenders, and ballot-listed hopefuls. Covers FEC candidacy rules, record performances (Roosevelt 1912, Perot 1992), spoiler elections, and the undeclared 2028 field.