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| − | + | 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). | |
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| + | 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 == | ||
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*[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] | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | * [http://www.army.mil/ Official US Army website] | ||
| + | * [http://www.goarmy.com/ Official US Army Recruiting site] | ||
Revision as of 05:48, April 17, 2007
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
The Army was created by order of the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1775. It is the oldest branch of the Armed Forces.
Organization
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.
