State income tax rates vary widely from state to state. South Carolina has the lowest marginal tax rate at 0% for the first $2,850 of personal income, while California has the highest marginal rate of 13.3% for the portion of incomes over $1,000,000.
DoD: The Department of Defense is basically the US military: the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marines. They defend American sovereignty by using guns and bombs in open and direct conflict.
This is a list of Agencies under the United States Department of Defense (DoD) which was formerly and shortly known as the National Military Establishment. Its main responsibilities are to control the Armed Forces of the United States. The Department was established in 1947 and is currently divided into three major Departments-the Department of the Army, Navy and Air Force-and has a military staff of 1,418,542. (553,044 US Army; 329, 304 US Navy; 202, 786 US Marine Corps; 333,408 US Air Force). The DoD is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The current defense secretary is Dr. Ashton Carter.