American army

United States Army
Logo of the United States Army
Founded	14 June 1775; 242 years ago (1775-06-14)
Country	United States of America
Type	Army
Role	Ground-based warfare
Size	460,000 Regular Army (2017) 335,000 Army National Guard (2017) 195,000 Army Reserve (2017) 990,000 total (2017) 4,836 aircraft
Part of	U.S. Department of Defense Dept. of the Army (since 1947)
Headquarters	The Pentagon Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Motto(s)	"This We'll Defend"
Colors	Black and gold
March	"The Army Goes Rolling Along"
Anniversaries	Army Day (14 June)
Engagements	See list American Revolutionary War Whiskey Rebellion Indian Wars First Barbary War War of 1812 Patriot War Mexican–American War Utah War Cortina Troubles Reform War American Civil War Las Cuevas War Spanish–American War Banana Wars Philippine–American War Boxer Rebellion Border War World War I Russian Civil War World War II Puerto Rican Nationalist Revolts Korean War 1958 Lebanon crisis Operation Power Pack Vietnam War Korean DMZ Conflict Operation Eagle Claw Multinational Force Lebanon Invasion of Grenada Operation Golden Pheasant Invasion of Panama Persian Gulf War Somali Civil War Kosovo War Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan Philippines Horn of Africa Trans Sahara Iraq War War in North-West Pakistan Pakistan-United States skirmishes Intervention against ISIS Syrian Civil War (limited)
Website	Army.mil
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	President Donald Trump
Secretary of Defense	James Mattis
Secretary of the Army	Ryan McCarthy (Acting)
Chief of Staff	GEN Mark A. Milley
Vice Chief of Staff	GEN James C. McConville
Sergeant Major	SMA Daniel A. Dailey
Insignia
Flag
Emblem of the Department of the Army

U.S. Department of Defense

The United States Army (USA) is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the oldest and most senior branch of the U.S. military in order of precedence, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which was formed (14 June 1775) to fight the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)—before the United States of America was established as a country. After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army. The United States Army considers itself descended from the Continental Army, and dates its institutional inception from the origin of that armed force in 1775.

As a uniformed military service, the U.S. Army is part of the Department of the Army, which is one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The U.S. Army is headed by a civilian senior appointed civil servant, the Secretary of the Army (SECARMY) and by a chief military officer, the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) who is also a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the fiscal year 2017, the projected end strength for the Regular Army (USA) was 460,000 soldiers; the Army National Guard (ARNG) had 335,000 soldiers and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) had 195,000 soldiers; the combined-component strength of the U.S. Army was 990,000 soldiers. As a branch of the armed forces, the mission of the U.S. Army is "to fight and win our Nation's wars, by providing prompt, sustained, land dominance, across the full range of military operations and the spectrum of conflict, in support of combatant commanders". The branch participates in conflicts worldwide and is the major ground-based offensive and defensive force of the United States.