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the United States Army
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United States Army
- Date:
- 1783 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- defense land warfare
- Related People:
- George Washington Andrew Jackson Dwight D. Eisenhower Ulysses S. Grant James Monroe
Recent News
Jun. 2, 2023, 3:02 PM ET (AP)
Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army's most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members
May 11, 2023, 11:33 AM ET (AP)
Army sergeant who fatally shot BLM protester in Texas sentenced to 25 years as governor seeks pardon
A U.S. Army sergeant who fatally shot an armed protester at a Black Lives Matter march in Texas has been sentenced to 25 years in prison
the United States Army, major branch of the United States armed forces charged with the preservation of peace and security and the defense of the country. The army furnishes most of the ground forces in the U.S. military organization. In the early months of the American Revolution, the first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1775. It comprised the 22,000 militia troops then besieging Boston and an additional 5,000 militiamen in New York. It was placed under the control of a five-member civilian board, and U.S. military forces have ...(100 of 4574 words)