NME

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former name of government agency historical designation

NME is the former official name of the United States Department of Defense, used briefly after World War II before the department was reorganized and renamed.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
NME canonical	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former name of government agency ⓘ historical designation ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ
endTime	1949 ⓘ
followedBy	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
formedBy	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon
hasPart	Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ Munitions Board ⓘ Research and Development Board ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
historyNote	created to unify the U.S. armed services after World War II ⓘ name changed to Department of Defense in 1949 amendments to the National Security Act ⓘ
includes	Department of the Air Force ⓘ surface form: United States Department of the Air Force United States Department of the Army ⓘ Department of the Navy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of the Navy
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Virginia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
location	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Arlington County, Virginia
partOf	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
predecessorOf	United States Department of War ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
renamedAs	Department of Defense ⓘ
reorganizedInto	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
replaced	Department of the Navy ⓘ surface form: Navy Department United States Department of War ⓘ surface form: War Department
replacedBy	Department of Defense ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordination of U.S. armed forces ⓘ national defense of the United States ⓘ
saidToBeTheSameAs	National Military Establishment ⓘ surface form: National Military Establishment (U.S.)
standsFor	National Military Establishment ⓘ
startTime	1947 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Military Establishment → alsoKnownAs → NME ⓘ