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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.

The '''United States Army''' is the branch of the [[United States]] armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. As of 2005, it consisted of 488,579 soldiers on active duty, 333,177 in the Army National Guard (ARNG) and 204,134 in the United States Army Reserve (USAR).

 

From 2003 onwards, a member of the US Army is officially called a "Soldier". This was the result of General Peter Schoomaker, then Army Chief of Staff, ordering all official Army publications to capitalize the word "Soldier."

== History ==

== History ==

*[http://www.army.mil/cmh/books/AMH-V1/index.htm American Military History Volume I]

*[http://www.army.mil/cmh/books/AMH-V1/index.htm American Military History Volume I]

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

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