Welcome
The Department of Defense (DoD) welcomes you to the Cultural Resources Program home page! DoD maintains thousands of historic and culturally significant resources that form an integral part of mission support and readiness. The Department's cultural resources are the Nation's heritage and DoD holds these assets in trust for all Americans. As stewards of the Nation's largest inventory of federally managed historic properties, DoD strives to maintain, promote, and interpret the cultural resources it manages, both to support the defense mission and to preserve the country's military heritage for future generations. Cultural resources are mission enhancing assets that connect our fighting men and women with their proud history and traditions. The Federal Preservation Officer for DoD is responsible for cultural resources management and historic preservation policy across the Department. She is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health, and is located within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment. The DoD historic property portfolio includes 70 individual National Historic Landmarks, 2,555 National Historic Landmark contributing properties, 2,169 individual and contributing historic structures listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and more than 47,000 historic properties, including more than 31,000 archaeological sites and 16,000 historic structures that are considered eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. These cultural resources are managed at the installation level by the Military Services and other DoD Components, who work closely with public stakeholders, including American Indian and Alaska Native tribes, Native Hawaiian Organizations, State Historic Preservation Officers, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Sound cultural resources stewardship ensures DoD's compliance with applicable historic preservation Federal laws, Executive Orders, and regulations in support of the defense mission.
- U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC)
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The Fire Direction Control (FDC) was the beating heart of the FSB. The FDC was where the artillery commanders received firing instructions. Commanders and their team needed data quickly had in order to shoot effectively...
- National Museum of the Marine Corps
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Marines watch the battle taking place above them in the WWII Gallery.
- Navy Museums
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Trieste, a deep-diving research bathyscaphe, was launched in 1953 near Naples, Italy. After several years of operations in the Mediterranean, she was purchased by the U.S. Navy. Trieste is now on exhibit at the Navy Museum, at the Washington Navy Yard, DC.
- National Museum of the U.S. Airforce
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Nissen Hut, DAYTON, Ohio -- This recreation diorama is part of the Nissen Hut exhibit, located on the grounds of the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)