United States Air Force Security Forces are the Security Forces, Department of the Air Force Police and Air Base Ground Defense (ABGD) forces of the United States Air Force. Security Forces, or simply "SF", were formerly known as Military Police (MP), Air Police (AP), and Security Police (SP). Within the USAF they are generally referred to as SF.
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—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
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—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The one who first states a case seems right, until the other comes and cross-examines.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 18:17.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)
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—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
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All that I have to say touching this, is that I observe a great part of those his forces do look and march another way, and some of them fight amongst themselves.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)