These included the Special Presidential Division, Civil Guard and Service for Action and Military Intelligence ( SNIP ).

Only the Special Presidential Division-on whom his physical safety depended-was paid adequately or regularly.

The most significant aspect of Bundy's tenure as Kennedy's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs was that he headed an aggressive Presidential staff that believed its job was to protect the President's interests, provide him with independent advice, and lead a recalcitrant bureaucracy toward his policies.

Gordon Gray assumed the chairmanship of the " 5412 Committee " as it was called, and all succeeding National Security Advisers have chaired similar successor committees, variously named " 303 ", " 40 ", " Special Coordinating Committee ," which, in later Presidential administrations, were charged with the review of CIA covert operations.

Investigations in 1987 and thereafter by a Presidential Review Board ( the Tower Board ), the Congress, and a Special Prosecutor examined in great detail the activities of the NSC staff, as well as the actions and responsibilities of the President, the National Security Adviser, and the heads of agencies.

The Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, was passed by Parliament in May, 2005 which received Presidential assent on the 23rd of June, 2005.

The President has the responsibility to give Special Presidential Decrees, and declare states of emergency, and declare war ritually upon the NPC's decision without any own power.

* Presidential Gallery, featuring Boeing VC-137C known as SAM ( Special Air Mission ) 26000

On 18 June 1986 KPIX ' S “ AIDS Lifeline " ( a community education project initiated by Bunn and KPIX Special Projects Producer Nancy Saslow ) was honored with a Presidential Citation for Private Sector Initiatives presented by President Ronald Reagan.

Khalilzad was involved in the early stages of planning to overthrow the Taliban and on December 31, 2001 was selected as Bush's Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan.

* Papers of Abbott Washburn ( Special Assistant to the Director of the USIA, 1953 & Deputy Directior of the USIA, 1953 – 1961 ), Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

His diverse career has involved military service in the U. S. Navy and he has served as Independent Counsel for the United States, Special Counsel to the United States House of Representatives, Presidential Committees, United States Attorney ’ s Office, legal instructor, private practice and Boards of numerous corporate entities.

On 6 December 1963, Monnet was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, with Special Distinction, by President Lyndon Johnson.

In January 2011, Sarah Chang was interviewed by Evan Solomon of Power & Politics ( CBC ) where it was revealed that she had been appointed by President Obama to the Presidential Commission on Russian Relations, and also was taking on a new role as State Department Special Cultural Envoy.

* Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., former United States Senator from Massachusetts, United States Ambassador to United Nations, South Vietnam, and Special Envoy to the Vatican, and 1960 Vice Presidential Candidate.

* John Casper Branner Presidential Papers, 1913-1917 ( 6. 5 linear ft .) are housed in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford University Libraries

On August 7, 2000, Los Baños was declared as a " Special Science and Nature City of the Philippines " through Presidential Proclamation No. 349 in recognition as a center for science and technology in the development of agriculture and preservation of the environment.

Evans Foundation Scholarship, 1970 ; University of Kansas Honor Scholarship, 1970 ; Summerfield Scholarship, 1970 – 1973 ; Veta B. Lear Award, 1970 ; Stranathan Award, 1972 ; Outstanding Physics Major Award, 1973 ; University of California Regents Fellowship, 1974 ; Group Achievement Award for software testing at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, 1981 ; NASA Outstanding Performance Award, 1981 ; NASA Superior Performance Award, 1981 ; Group Achievement Award for Second Orbiter Test and Checkout at Kennedy Space Center, 1982 ; Quality Increase, 1982 ; NASA Space Flight Medal ( 1984, 1986, 1990, 1997, 1999 ); Group Achievement Award for JSC Strategic Planning, 1987 ; NASA Exceptional Service Medal ( 1988, 1991 ); Special Achievement Award, 1988 ; Exceptional Service Medal for Return to Flight, 1988 ; Outstanding Leadership Medal, 1990 ; Special Achievement Award, 1990 ; Haley Flight Achievement Award, 1991 ; Kansan of the Year Award, 1992 ; Group Achievement Award for ESIG 3000 Integration Project, 1994 ; Presidential Rank Award ( 1994, 1999 ); Group Achievement Award for Space Shuttle Program Functional Workforce Review, 1995 ; Group Achievement Award for SFOC Contract Acquisition, 1997 ; Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame, 1997 ; University of Kansas Distinguished Service Citation, 1998 ; NASA Distinguished Service Medal ( 1998, 2000 ); Aviation Week & Space Technology Laurel Citation for Space, 1998, V. M.

* AIAA Special Presidential Citation ( 1977 )

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson awarded Vinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Special Distinction, the highest award the President can give to a civilian.

The Iraqi Special Republican Guard ( SRG ) (), also known as the Special Forces Brigade of the Presidential Palace, Republican Guard Special Protection Forces, or the Golden Division, was an Iraqi praetorian guard founded in either early 1992 or March 1995 in Iraq.

The wholesome activities were to be provided by many organizations including the YMCA, the Knights of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board, the American Library Association, and the Playground and Recreation Association -- private societies which voluntarily performed the job that was taken over almost entirely by the Special Services Division of the Army itself in World War 2.

He was named Product Manager of the Special Products Division of Sprague when it was founded in 1958, and was later promoted to his present post.

* Special Activities Division of the Central Intelligence Agency

The United States having then entered World War II, Lancaster joined the United States Army and performed with the Army's Twenty-First Special Services Division, one of the military groups organized to follow the troops on the ground and provide USO entertainment to keep up morale.

Cover page of The Book of Mormon from an original 1830 edition, by Joseph Smith, Jr. ( Image from the U. S. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

CIA agents or " pathfinders " from the Special Activities Division were to be infiltrated into Cuba to carry out sabotage and organization, including radio broadcasts.

The CIA's Special Activities Division created successful guerrilla forces from the Hmong tribe during the war in Vietnam in the 1960s, from the Northern Alliance against the Taliban during the war in Afghanistan in 2001, and from the Kurdish Peshmerga against Ansar al-Islam and the forces of Saddam Hussein during the war in Iraq in 2003.

Produced only for the North American market, the Special Vehicles Division of Land Rover created only 250 of these bright yellow SUV's.

The direct descendant of the paramilitary component of the OSS is the Special Activities Division of the CIA.

The operation was carried out by elements of the United States 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne Division, the U. S. special forces groups TF 11, TF Bowie, and TF Dagger, British Royal Marines, the Norwegian Forsvarets Spesialkommando ( FSK ), Hærens Jegerkommando and Marinejegerkommandoen, Canada's 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Canada's Joint Task Force 2, the Afghan National Army, the German KSK, and elements of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment and of the New Zealand Special Air Service.

One of Germany's leading scientific researchers and Head of the SS Special Projects Division, Wilhelm " Deathshead " Strasse, is preparing to launch an attack on London.

Oberführer ( Senior Colonel ) Wilhelm Strasse or Deathshead is a gifted researcher who heads the SS Special Projects Division.

Jane's Amphibious and Special Forces, 2010, lists the 9th Airborne Division headquartered in Khartoum which includes two airborne brigades and the 144th Special Forces Battalion, an anti-terrorist unit.

However in addition to the 14th Special Forces Division, the 15th Special Forces Division has been identified by Arabic Wikipedia and Human Rights Watch in 2011-2012.

The CIA's elite Special Activities Division ( SAD ) units were the first U. S. forces to enter Afghanistan ( noting that many different countries intelligence agencies were on the ground or operating within theatre before SAD, and that SAD are not technically military forces, but civilian paramilitaries ).

After his first tour of duty, Kelly retired from the service, but is later re-hired by the Central Intelligence Agency's ( CIA ) Special Activities Division ( Special Operations Group ) for another mission in Vietnam.

The Department also supports the foreign affairs activities of other U. S. Government entities including the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, the Central Intelligence Agency ( specifically, the Special Activities Division ), and the U. S. Agency for International Development.

The Lebanese Special Forces are the elite of the Lebanese army, those who enroll are subjected to rigorous training regimes and must be in peak physical and mental condition prior to their ascension to such a highly desired position.

In 2008, the Lebanese Army started establishing the Special Operations command in order to group the Army's elite units.

Shortly after the end of the War of 1965, he joined the elite Special Service Group ( SSG ) and trained together with then-lieutenant Shahid Karimullah ( later four-star admiral ) in a joint operation.

At all times the President travels with an armed security detail which is provided by the SDU ( Special Detective Unit-an elite wing of the Irish police force ).

The CIA's highly secretive Special Activities Division ( SAD ) and more specifically its elite Special Operations Group ( SOG ) recruits operators from the SEAL Teams.

* On April 22, 2009, Ross Perot was made an Honorary Green Beret at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, that also honored the OSS, Alamo Scouts and the First Special Service Force, elite World War Two units that were inducted into the " 1st Special Forces " Regiment.

The ROS ( Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale or Special Operational Group ) is an elite unit founded in 1990 to deal with organised crime ( Mafia and others ), subversive activities, terrorism and more complex types of crime.

On October 4, Yeltsin ordered Special Forces and elite army units to storm the parliament building, the " White House " as it is called.

The duties of this elite unit match those of its foreign counterparts, such as the United States Army Special Forces, being amongst others Counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency.

The Special Protection Group provides protection to the political elite of the nation.

* Colonel Cecil Lee Clark, Army Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Ranger and Special Operations Soldier who has ties to the elite Army counterterrorism unit 1st Special Operations Detachment-Delta (“ Delta Force ”), and the Central Intelligence Agency.

He served in Borneo during the Indonesia – Malaysia confrontation and the Persian Gulf before Special Forces training in 1965, after which he joined the elite Special Boat Service and commanded a Special Boat Section in the Far East.

* Vympel ( or Vega, also known under other names ) was formed in 1981 from a merge of two elite Cold War-era KGB units Cascade ( Kaskad ) and Zenith ( Zenit ) that were similar to the CIA's Special Activities Division ( responsible for covert operations involving sabotage, assassination, etc.

Together with Center of Special Operations and its elite units, there are many FSB special forces units of regional significance.

* Paddy Mayne ( 1915-1955 ), British Army lieutenant colonel and founder of the elite Special Air Service, solicitor and Irish rugby union international

The Special Teams continued to prove that it was among the elite units in football.

He belongs to the Special Class Railway Apprentices, 1958 Batch, an elite scheme which heralded the beginning of mechanical engineering education in India.