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.
What does NRO mean? National Reconnaissance Office, NRO (noun) an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations