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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) -  The CIA seal is one of the most recognizable images in the world. 

Section 2 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 provided for a seal of office for the CIA. The seal’s design was approved on Feb. 17, 1950 in President Harry Truman's Executive Order 10111.  In this Order, the CIA seal is described in heraldic terms as follows:

BEAR - In Native American symbolism the Bear stands for courage, physical strength and leadership.

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS -  George Washington appointed the first engineer officers of the Army on June 16, 1775, during the American Revolution, and engineers have served in combat in all subsequent American wars. The Army established the Corps of Engineers as a separate, permanent branch on March 16, 1802, and gave the engineers responsibility for founding and operating the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.