United States Department of the Army

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The Department of the Army is one of the three service departments in the United States Department of Defense. It is headed by the Secretary of the Army, a civilian, who is responsible for the administrative (non-operational) affairs of the United States Army.

The department was formed in 1789 as the United States Department of War and was renamed the United States Department of the Army on September 18, 1947.

The highest ranking military officer in the department is the Chief of Staff of the Army.

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Military of the United States

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Leadership

Commander-in-chief · Secretary of Defense · Deputy Secretary of Defense · Joint Chiefs of Staff (Chairman) · Senate Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Armed Services · Active duty four-star officers · Highest ranking officers in history · Goldwater-Nichols Act

Organization

Service Departments	Department of Defense (Secretary): Army (Secretary) · Navy (Secretary) · Air Force (Secretary) Department of Homeland Security (Secretary): Coast Guard

Branches	Army (Chief of Staff) · Marine Corps (Commandant) · Navy (Chief of Naval Operations) · Air Force (Chief of Staff) · Coast Guard (Commandant)

Other Uniformed Services	U.S. PHS Commissioned Corps (Surgeon General) · NOAA Commissioned Corps (Director)

Reserve Components	Reserves: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · National Guard: (A · AF)

Civilian Auxiliaries	Military Affiliate Radio System · Merchant Marine · Maritime Service · Civil Air Patrol · Coast Guard Auxiliary

Unified Combatant Command	Northern · Central · European · Pacific · Southern · Africa · Joint Forces · Special Operations · Strategic · Transportation

Structure

Title 10 of the United States Code · The Pentagon · Bases · Budget · Units: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Logistics · Media

Operations & History

Current Deployments · Conflicts · History: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Timeline · Wars

Personnel

Training	MEPS · ASVAB · Recruit training: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Officer Candidate School: (A · MC · N · AF) · Service Academies: (A (prep) · N (prep) · AF (prep) · CG · Merchant Marine · PHS) · Junior/Reserve Officers' Training Corps: (A · MC/N · AF) · Other Education

Uniforms	Uniforms: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Awards & Decorations: (Inter-service · A · MC/N · AF · CG · Foreign · International · Devices) · Badges: (Identification · A · MC · N · AF · CG)

Ranks	Enlisted: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Warrant Officers · Officer: (A · MC · N · AF · CG · PHS · NOAA)

Other	Oath: (Enlistment · Office) · Code of Conduct · Military Occupational Specialty/Rating/Air Force Specialty Code · Pay · Uniform Code of Military Justice · Judge Advocate General's Corps · Military Health System/TRICARE · Separation · Veterans Affairs

Equipment

Land	Individual Weapons · Crew-Served Weapons · Vehicles (active)

Sea	All watercraft · Ships: (A · N (active) · AF · CG · MSC · NOAA) · Weapons: (N · CG) · Aircraft: (N · CG · NOAA) · Reactors

Air	Aircraft (active) · Aircraft Designation · Missiles · Helicopter Arms

Other	Electronics (designations) · Flags: (A · MC · N · AF · CG · Ensign · Jack · Guidons) · Food · WMDs: (Nuclear · Biological · Chemical)