Description:

International peacekeeping, law enforcement, & counter-terrorism agency

Full Name:

Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement & Logistics Division

Progenitor:

Howard Stark

Overseer:

World Security Council

Leader:

Director

Location:

World-wide

Headquarters:

S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier

Key Members:

- Maria Hill
- Daisy Johnson
- Nick Fury
- Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie
- Phil Coulson
- Melinda May
- Leo Fitz
- Jemma Simmons
- Bobbi Morse
- Sharon Carter

Miscellaneous:

- 1960: Howard Stark proposed the organization to a group of U.S. Government officials
- Founded to combat technologically advanced threats on world security
- Secretly controlled by Hydra for most of its history, eventually purged Hydra