.mil
Sign in to saveThe domain name mil is the sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for the United States Department of Defense and its subsidiary or affiliated organizations. The name is derived from military. It was one of the first top-level domains, created in January 1985. As in the case with .gov, the United States is the only country that has a top-level domain for its military, a direct result of the United States' military's role in the creation of the Internet.
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".mil" is a special internet address ending reserved exclusively for the United States Department of Defense and its affiliated organizations, created in 1985 as one of the original top-level domains. It matters because it provides a secure and identifiable online space for military communications and operations, and the U.S. is the only country with its own dedicated military domain—a legacy of the American military's foundational role in developing the internet.
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Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- .mil
- Top level domain.background
- FC0
- Top level domain.type
- Sponsored top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Active
- Top level domain.dnssec
- Yes
- Top level domain.registry
- Defense Information Systems Agency
- Top level domain.sponsor
- DoD Network Information Center
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Military entities
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Agencies, services and divisions of the United States Department of Defense
- Top level domain.restrictions
- Restricted to eligible agencies
- Top level domain.structure
- Divisions of particular services usually have third and higher level subdomains, such as within army.mil for United States Army sites.
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The domain name mil is the sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for the United States Department of Defense and its subsidiary or affiliated organizations. The name is derived from military. It was one of the first top-level domains, created in January 1985. As in the case with .gov, the United States is the only country that has a top-level domain for its military, a direct result of the United States' military's role in the creation of the Internet.
Other countries often use second-level domains for this purpose, e.g., mod.uk for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. Canada uses norad.mil with the United States as they jointly operate the North American Aerospace Defense Command.