S.H.I.E.L.D.
| Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division | |||
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| Origin | |||
| A top-secret agency formed to battle Hydra, the Axis special weapons division. | |||
| Profile | |||
| Official Name: | Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division | ||
| Sobriquet: | The Shield | ||
| Identity: | Mixed | ||
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| Base of Operations: | The Triskelion (Governor's Island, Park Slope) | ||
| Address: | 125 Carder Rd, New York, NY 11231, US | ||
| Leader: | 1084 | ||
| Second-in-Command: | 1013 | ||
| Founding Members: | Chester Phillips, Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||
| Place of Formation: | Washington, District of Columbia | ||
| Founding Date: | February 2, 1940 | ||
| Publisher: | Marvel | ||
The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, better known by its acronym S.H.I.E.L.D., is an American extra-governmental military counter-terrorism and intelligence agency, tasked with maintaining both national and global security. It was formed in 1940 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the Strategic Scientific Reserve, or S.S.R., to battle Hydra, an Axis special weapons division. After the Second World War, the S.S.R. was reorganised into S.H.I.E.L.D. to protect the United States from all possible threats. With its advanced weapons and extraordinary agents, S.H.I.E.L.D. may be the greatest military power on Earth. In the modern age, S.H.I.E.L.D. has had to deal with the significant rise in enhanced individuals, dangerous advanced technology, and alien contact.
Founders
Chester Phillips
Franklin D. Roosevelt
