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The military history of the United States spans over two centuries, the entire history of the United States. During those centuries, the United States evolved from a newly formed nation which fought for its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (1775–1783) to world superpower status in the aftermath of World War II to the present. [1]
The Congress of the Confederation created the current United States Army on 3 June 1784. [24] The United States Congress created the current United States Navy on 27 March 1794 and the current United States Marine Corps on 11 July 1798. [25] [27] All three services trace their origins to their respective Continental predecessors.
United States Army Center of Military History Archived 1997-06-07 at the Wayback Machine; Centuries of Service: The U.S. Army 1775–2005 – A booklet published by the United States Army Center of Military History; Online Bookshelf of Books and Research Resources Archived 2015-05-06 at the Wayback Machine at the United States Army Center of ...
The United States Army (USA) is the primary land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution . [ 14 ] It is one of the six armed forces and one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States .
The downsizing of the US military after World War II, without proper regard to future threats, left America's forces ill-trained and poorly manned and equipped for the Korean War. Following World War II, US Army end strength dropped from 8 million in the spring of 1945 to 684,000 by 1 July 1947, a reduction of 89 divisions to 12.
The United States military structure was reorganized with the National Security Act of 1947, which created the Department of Defense. The Department of War was renamed as the Department of the Army, and the Department of the Air Force was established. The three departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force were then placed under the Department ...
The 1947 Act also created the United States Air Force as a military service separate from the United States Army, of which it had been part since before World War I. [165] As a result of the Air Force's creation, the Air National Guard was formed.
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the ...