Joint Base Andrews

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States Coast Guard, also known as USCG, is a military branch of the United States involved in maritime law, and offers mariner assistance, search and rescue services. USCG offers a wide range of services, including homeland security, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine environmental pollution response, and maintenance of river, and intracoastal and offshore aids to navigation. It eliminates environmental damage and degradation of natural resources associated with maritime transportation, fishing and recreational boating. The department offers a variety of safety services, including deaths, injuries and property damage prevention. It is a part of the Department of Homeland Security that mobilizes and organizes the United States to secure the homeland from terrorist attacks.

Serving for more than 85 years, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is a corporate research laboratory serving the Navy and Marine Corps of the United States. NRL is a campus-like complex of diverse scientific facilities, with a staff of more than 2,500 researchers, engineers, technicians and support personnel. NRL has received various awards, including Nobel Prize, Bower Prize, Robert J. Collier Trophy, National Medals of Science and Technology, Roosevelts Gold Medal for Science and SES Awards. Some of the systems provided by NRL include global positioning systems, high frequency radio, moon relay, STU-III, radar, naval radar systems, monopulse radar, airborne radar, over-horizon radar and friend-or-foe system. It also offers rockets, such as V-2 Rockets, Aerobee, Rockoon, Nike Booster and NavSpaSur.