Stargate Program

The Stargate Program was originally an secret military that runs and coordinates the use of the Stargate in the United States of America. The Stargate Program in America is run by the Stargate Command located in Cheyenne Mountain. The program is now under the command of high IOA officials and under the President of the United States. The stargate program is also involved with operations in the Pegasus Galaxy at Atlantis.

Nature of the program
The primary intent of the stargate program was to procure knowledge and technologies that could otherwise benefit the protection of Earth and to help protect humankind all over the universe. However, some scientist has come to realise that there could be objects that could benefit humankind all over like world hunger (SG1: Zero Hour).

History
The discovery of the stargate at the pyramid near Giza had caused the US military along with key scientist (Catherine Langford, Daniel Jackson,etc.) to see if the stargate could be used to contact a highly advanced race that once occupied Earth. This eventually lead to the Abydos Mission and ended with Colonel Jack O'neill destroying Ra with a naquadah enhanced bomb. The stargate program was to be the primary objective of the US government but due to the lack of knowing that the stargate needed coordinates instead of a simple code, they couldn't connect to any other stargate in the galaxy. The stargate program later resumed after the gate was moved to Cheyenne Mountain and after Apophis kidnapped a female officer playing cards in the gate room.