-- After 52 rainless days, moisture finally came to Del Mar, resulting in but one workout during the week for most of the horses, and leaving us with less than half our total average rainfall during the season.

After beginning the season at 1 – 3, head coach Dan Reeves and quarterback Michael Vick led the Falcons to an NFL-best eight-game unbeaten streak ( 7 – 0 – 1 ).

After finishing the season 7 – 9, however, coach Jim Mora was dismissed and Bobby Petrino, the University of Louisville's football coach, replaced him.

After the tumultuous and disappointing 2007 season, the Falcons made a number of moves, hiring a new General Manager and head coach, drafting a new starting quarterback, and signing a starting running back.

After winning the opening game of the season on March 31 on the road against the Cincinnati Reds, the Diamondbacks found themselves with the best record in Major League Baseball, 20 – 8, by the start of May.

After the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan, the Ark remained in the Tabernacle at Gilgal for a season before being removed to Shiloh until the time of Eli, between 300 and 400 years ( Jeremiah 7: 12 ), when it was carried into the field of battle, so as to secure, as they had hoped, victory to the Hebrews.

After a few years in the 2nd highest division, they won the qualifying tournament for the 2012-13 season.

After a poor season for Federko in 1988 – 89, he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings with Tony McKegney for future Blues star Adam Oates, and Paul MacLean.

After his lowest point output since his rookie season, Federko decided to retire after the 1989 – 90 season, having played exactly 1, 000 NHL games.

After a mediocre 1967 season, Hank Bauer would be replaced by Earl Weaver halfway into 1968.

After the season ended, the Orioles showcased altered uniforms, with a circular ' Maryland ' patch added to the left-hand sleeve of all jerseys and the grey road jerseys displaying Baltimore across the chest for the first time since 1972.

After a six-year search for a new commissioner, the owners voted to give Selig the title on a permanent basis midway through the 1998 season.

After premiering on September 30, 1982, it was nearly canceled during its first season when it ranked last in ratings for its premiere ( 74th out of 77 shows ).

After the season, when Comiskey's contract with the Reds was up, he decided to take his chances at ownership.

After Parilli was hurt, relative unknown Tommy O ' Connell took up the position for the remainder of the season.

After the Panthers ' success in 1996, Capers led the Panthers through two disappointing seasons: a 7 – 9 season in 1997, and a 4 – 12 season in 1998 which resulted in Capers being fired after four seasons with the team.

After Dom Capers was let go following the previous season, George Seifert was hired as the second head coach in Panthers history.

After Seifert was fired following the disastrous 2001 season, the Panthers hired New York Giants defensive coordinator John Fox as the team's third head coach.

After finishing the 2006 and 2007 seasons with records of 8 – 8 and 7 – 9, respectively, the Panthers rebounded in the 2008 season, finishing the season with a 12 – 4 record, claiming the NFC South title and a first round bye in the playoffs.

After a disappointing 2010 season, John Fox's contract was not renewed and most of his coaching staff were let go.

After being released by the Panthers, the Saints acquired " Original Panther " John Kasay, who had an excellent 2011 season in New Orleans.

After a White House huddle between the President and top lieutenants, the Defense Department reacted sharply to a cry from the pro-Western government of Laos that several battalions of Communist troops had invaded Laos from North Viet Nam.

After uniting with Japan's Defense Force, Goro manages to regain control of Jet Jaguar and sends the robot to Monster Island to bring Godzilla to fight Megalon.

After the perpetrator of President Reagan's assassination attempt was found not guilty by reason of insanity, Congress passed the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984.

After two years in power, Yhombi-Opango was accused of corruption and deviation from party directives, and removed from office on February 5, 1979, by the Central Committee of the PCT, which then simultaneously designated Vice President and Defense Minister Col. Denis Sassou-Nguesso as interim President.

< span style =" font-size: 90 %;"> ( Red Faction )</ span ></ ref > After sending a distress call to the Earth Defense Force Parker destroys the missile defense system, so that he can stow away on a shuttle to an Ultor space station in Martian orbit to deactivate a laser defense system without getting shot down .< ref > Hendrix: Ultor has a system of laser satellites orbiting Mars.

After deactivating it, the Earth Defense Force arrives just in time to save Parker and Eos from a fighter aircraft.

After the Defense Proposition 2004, the number of troops in training will decrease even further to between 5, 000 and 10, 000 each year, which emphasizes the need to recruit only the soldiers later prepared to volunteer for international service.

* February 23 – After protracted testimony, the U. S. Senate Armed Services Committee rejects, 11 – 9, President Bush's nomination of John Tower for Secretary of Defense.

After April 1975, screening of newborns was discontinued — changes to informed consent procedures and pressure from additional advocacy groups, including the Children's Defense Fund, having led to the discontinuation of the last active U. S. newborn screening programs for sex chromosome abnormalities in Boston and Denver.

After nearly 40 years with the Secretary of Defense serving as its Executive Agent, President George W. Bush transferred the National Communications System to the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ).

After Rabin's assassination in 1995, Peres served as Acting Prime Minister and Acting Defense Minister for seven months until the 1996 elections, during which he attempted to maintain the momentum of the peace process.

After the U. S. Department of Defense standardized an 8 '× 8 ' cross section container in multiples of 10 ' lengths for military use, it was rapidly adopted for shipping purposes.

After graduating from Madras Institute of Technology ( MIT – Chennai ) in 1960, Kalam joined Aeronautical Development Establishment of Defense Research and Development Organization ( DRDO ) as a chief scientist.

After the end of Project Orion, he worked for the Defense Atomic Support Agency, involved with controlling the US stockpile of nuclear weapons.

After his election in 1960, President-elect John F. Kennedy first offered the post of Secretary of Defense to former secretary Robert A. Lovett ; Lovett declined but recommended McNamara.

After reviewing the separate and often uncoordinated service efforts in intelligence and communications, McNamara in 1961 consolidated these functions in the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Communications Agency ( the latter originally established by Secretary Gates in 1960 ), having both report to the secretary of defense through the JCS.

After he became Secretary of Defense, Laird and President Nixon appointed a Blue Ribbon Defense Panel that made more than 100 recommendations on DoD's organization and functions in a report on 1 July 1970.

After graduating from the Naval Academy, Anders took his commission in the U. S. Air Force and served as a fighter pilot in all-weather interceptor squadrons of the Air Defense Command.

After his second inauguration, in a January 2004 speech at National Defense University, Bush said: " The defense of freedom requires the advance of freedom.

After two years of investigation, the committee's recommendations led to the passage of the Georgia Indigent Defense Act.

After graduating from high school, Shahak served in the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ) in an elite regiment.

* February 20, 2002: After discussions on the purpose of the Office in the US media, Douglas Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, assures the public in an interview that Defense Department officials will not undermine the credibility of US institutions by lying to the public, and states that the exact mandate of the office is under review.