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[MARVEL] What is the relationship between S.W.O.R.D. and S.H.I.E.L.D.? Do they work together? What incidences do they each get involved in?
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In the comics, SWORD stands for Sentient Worlds Observation and Response Department. They deal with issues involving alien races - interplanetary diplomacy, defence of the solar system, stuff like that. Historically they have worked closely with the Wakandan and Canadian space programmes and the X-Men; currently, SWORD is mostly mutant, and closely associated with (although fully independent from) Krakoa.

They work with SHIELD when necessary, but there's no direct overlap to their respective official remits. SHIELD is all about what happens on Earth.

There's also a third body - ARMOR, which stands for Alternate Reality Monitoring and Operational Response. They deal with alternate reality stuff.