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Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. The SSI of some army divisions have become known in popular culture. [1] [2] [3]
The United States Army is made up of three components: one active—the Regular Army; and two reserve components—the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve. Both reserve components are primarily composed of part-time soldiers who train once a month, known as Battle Assembly , Unit Training Assemblies (UTAs), or simply "drills", while ...
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
For the first time, the division was the base element of the United States Army and remained as such until the Global War on Terrorism, when the Army switched its emphasis to brigades and brigade combat teams. Since the authorizations of permanent divisions, the United States Army has raised 128 separate divisions with unique lineages.
Reorganization plan of United States Army; Coats of arms of U.S. Support Battalions; FM 3-90.5 Combined Arms Battalion APR 2008; FM 3-90.6 Brigade Combat Team SEP 2010; ATP 4-90 Brigade Support Battalion APR 2014; ATP 4-93 Sustainment Brigade AUG 2013; ATP 4-94 Theater Sustainment Command JUN 2013; FM 4-95 Logistics Operations APR 2014
First United States Army—U.S. Army Training, Readiness, and Mobilization command formation; Second United States Army—United States Army Cyber Command; Third United States Army—United States Army Central command formation; Fourth United States Army; Fifth United States Army—United States Army North command formation
The structure of United States military ranks had its roots in British military traditions, adopting the same or similar ranks and titles. At the start of the American Revolutionary War in 1775, the Continental Army's lack of standardized uniforms and insignia proved confusing for soldiers in the field.
A shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) is an embroidered emblem worn on the sleeves of some United States Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. Like division sized units, separate brigades of the U.S. Army are allowed their own SSI to distinguish their wearers from those of other units.