United States Army

The United States Army is a branch (or section) of the United States Armed Forces. An Army mainly deals with land based missions, while other parts of the military deal with air and sea missions. The current Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army is President Joe Biden.

The United States Army's logo (since 2023).

The United States Secretary of the Army, a civilian, leads the army with the help of the Army Chief of Staff, a general. Members of an army are called soldiers. When people join the army, they must serve for a certain amount of time called a "tour of duty". A new soldier or recruit goes through Basic Training at a training camp to become a soldier. Each soldier is trained in weapons and equipment that they will operate to carry out missions.

History

The army started as the Continental Army from 1775 to August 7, 1789 when the War Department (now known as the Department of Defense) was formed. The Army fought wars against the British and many indigenous peoples in its early years. It also rented slaves from slaveowners to build forts,^[1] and many officers brought their own slaves with them on assignments.^[2]

Mission

The United States Army serves as the land-based branch of the U.S. Military.

Combat arms

Traditionally, the US Army has had three different kinds of combat arms regiments:

Artillery

• 
  5th Field Artillery Regiment (5th FAR)
• 
  244th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (244th ADAR)

Cavalry (Armored)

• 
  7th Cavalry Regiment (7th CR)

Infantry

• 
  3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
• 
  69th Infantry Regiment (New York)
• 
  182nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
• 
  369th Infantry Regiment (United States) now 369th Sustainment Brigade (United States) NYANG
• 
  370th Infantry Regiment (United States) now 178th Infantry Regiment (Illinois National Guard}
• 
  371st Infantry Regiment (United States}
• 
  372nd Infantry Regiment {United States} now HHD/372nd Military Police Battalion (ARNG DC)

Related pages

• United States National Guard
• United States Army Reserve
• United States Army Center of Military History
• United States Army trucks

References

1. Hulse, Thomas (2010). "Military Slave Rentals, the Construction of Army Fortifications, and the Navy Yard in Pensacola, Florida, 1824-1863". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 88 (4): 497–539. ISSN 0015-4113. JSTOR 29765123.
2. Bachman, Walt (2013-10-18). Northern Slaves: How the U.S. Brought Slavery to Minnesota (Speech). Historic Fort Snelling: Minnesota Historical Society.