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[[Image:US Army 31st Infantry.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A U.S. Army infantryman on duty in Iraq]]
[[Image:US Army 31st Infantry.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A U.S. Army infantryman on duty in Iraq]]
The '''United States Army''' is the branch of the [[United States]] armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. As of 2007, it consisted of 523,000 soldiers on active duty, 347,000 in the Army National Guard (ARNG) and 190,000 in the United States Army Reserve (USAR).
The '''United States Army''' is the branch of the [[United States]] armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. As of 2007, it consisted of 523,000 soldiers on active duty, 347,000 in the Army National Guard (ARNG) and 190,000 in the United States Army Reserve (USAR).
The US army is famous throughout the world for shooting their allies in "friendly fire" incidents, and in the Iraq war have been responsible for numerous British casualties.
== History ==
== History ==
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."
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."
*The change gives soldiers the respect and importance they've always deserved, especially now in their fight against global terrorism. [http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004573.html#more]
*The change gives soldiers the respect and importance they've always deserved, especially now in their fight against global terrorism. [http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004573.html#more]
They also recently won an award for being the army with the highest proportion of wankers in the modern world, a great honour.
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==