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The basic outline for the document was agreed to at a meeting of the United States service chiefs that took place from March 11 to March 14, 1948 in Key West, Florida, and was finalized after subsequent meetings in Washington, D.C. President Harry S. Truman approved the agreement on April 21, 1948, which was revised in 1954 by the Dwight D ...
It was named after William Henry Harrison, the then newly inaugurated President of the United States. The fort was established on April 2, 1841, atop a pine bluff overlooking Clearwater Harbor, where the Harbor Oaks Residential District is today. [2] An auxiliary encampment, Camp William Henry Harrison, was also created on Clearwater Beach. [3]
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.
MacDill AFB also supports other Active Component and Reserve Component military activities and personnel of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard in the West Central Florida/Tampa Bay Region, as well as the large military retiree community in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding environs.\
The history of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) begins with the founding of the Continental Marines on 10 November 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting, provide shipboard security and discipline enforcement, and assist in landing forces. Its mission evolved with changing military doctrine and foreign policy of the United States.
After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army. [18] [19] The United States Army considers itself a continuation of the Continental Army, and thus considers its institutional inception to be the origin of that armed force in 1775. [17]
The FSG was created in 1941 to serve as a stateside replacement for the Florida National Guard while the National Guard was deployed abroad during World War II. The FSG is available to the governor of Florida whenever needed, but unlike the National Guard, the FSG is trained and funded by the state and therefore can not be federalized. [ 2 ]
United States Florida: Branch United States Army United States Air Force National Guard of the United States: Type: Joint: Role: Federal Reserve Force State Militia (Militia Act of 1903) Size: Approximately 12,000 Soldiers and Airmen. Garrison/HQ: St. Augustine, Florida: Commanders; Commander-in-Chief (Title 10 USC) President of the United ...