.mil

.mil (military) is the sponsored top-level domain for the United States Department of Defense and its subsidiary organizations. It was one of the first top-level domains, created in January 1985. The United States is the only country that has a top-level domain for its military. Other countries often use second-level domains for this purpose, e.g., for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. Although the United States military has its own top-level domain, it still uses .com domains for some of its recruitment sites, such as goarmy.com. Also, the military uses .edu domains for its service academies: the United States Military Academy, United States Coast Guard Academy, United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy can all be reached using either an .edu or a .mil domain. The official athletic program sites of the three academies that are members of NCAA Division I (Army, Navy, Air Force) use .com domains. The Department of Defense is, however, also using... full article at wikipedia