United States Army

The United States Army is a branch (or section) of the United States Armed Forces that deals mainly with land-based missions. Oher parts of the military deal with air and sea missions. the Army's current Commander-in-Chief is the U.S. President Donald Trump.

The United States Army's logo (since 2023)

The U.S. 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, first goes through basic raining at a training camp to become. There, soldiers are trained in weapons and equipment that they will operate to carry out missions.

Mission

The U.S. Army serves as the land-based branch of the U.S. military.

Combat arms

Traditionally, the U.S. Army has three different kinds of combat arms regiments:

Artillery

• 
  5th Field Artillery Regiment (5th FAR)
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  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