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A branch of the Armed Forces of the United States of America whose primary mission is to engage in land warfare as directed by the commander-in-chief (the President of the United States). The Army is the oldest branch of the Armed Forces. It is to the brave men who serve in the Army and the other branches (Navy, Air Force, Marines) that we owe much of the liberty and freedom we enjoy today.

A branch of the Armed Forces of the United States of America whose primary mission is to engage in land warfare.

 

 

The Army was created by order of the [[Second Continental Congress]] on June 14, 1775. It is the oldest branch of the Armed Forces.

 

 

The Army comprises two components, the Active Component and the Reserve Component. The Active Component is the Regular Army; soldiers serve full-time. The Reserve Component comprises the Army National Guard and the US Army Reserve. Soldiers in the Army National Guard are simultaneously members of their state forces (e.g. the Michigan Army National Guard) and the Army National Guard of the United States. Reserve Component soldiers may serve full-time, attend monthly assemblies and annual training exercises, or be inactive.

 

 

*[http://www.army.mil/cmh/books/AMH-V2/index.htm American Military History Volume II]