U.S. Army
Land-based defense force
The U.S.
Army is the land-based military service branch of the United States Armed Forces, responsible for ground warfare operations.
It is the oldest and largest of the U.S. military branches, established in 1775 before American independence.
The Army conducts combat operations, humanitarian missions, and peacekeeping efforts worldwide.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army right after high school.
Members are called soldiers, distinguishing them from marines, sailors, or airmen in other branches.
- generalWidespread, not specialized
- brigadeLarge military unit
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- corpsMilitary unit or group
- counterinsurgencyCombating armed rebellion tactics
GI · basic training · platoon · barracks · soldiers · helicopter · military police · division · Revolutionary War · sergeant · World War II · Korean War · chain of command · Iraq War · Purple Heart · camaraderie · tank · Vietnam War
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- WWI militarytrenches, ANZAC, trench warfare, Tommies, Western Front
- WWII GermanyNazi Germany, Nazi Party, Nazi regime, Third Reich, Wehrmacht
U.S. ArmyRed Army
Soviet ground forces
Soviet Army · People's Liberation Army · Wehrmacht · Viet Cong · Taliban
U.S. Armycivilian population
civil society · private sector · non-combatants · civilians · Peace Corps