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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the United States Armed Forces' maritime security, maritime search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement force. It was first established in 1790 as the United States Revenue-Marine and consists of the Regular Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Reserve.
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 ]
1 Conflict names and dates. ... and established the United States of America. ... Most of the United States armed forces left Cuba by August 1919, ...
The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy, (1977) Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars; the United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1973) Richard W. Stewart, ed. (2004). American Military History Vol. 1: The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775–1917.
The United States Air Force became a separate military service on 18 September 1947 with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Act created the National Military Establishment, later renamed the United States Department of Defense , which was composed of four of the five branches, the Army, Marine Corps, Navy ...
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. [14] Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps , the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with ...
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. [15] The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence. [16]
Legislative history of United States four-star officers until 1865; Legislative history of United States four-star officers, 1866–1898; Legislative history of United States four-star officers, 1899–1946; Lineage and honors certificate; List of coastal fortifications of the United States; United States military seniority