Unitit States Airmed Forces
| Unitit States Airmed Forces |
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The U.S. Joint Service Colour Guard on parade at Fort Myer, Virginie in October 2001.
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| Service branches | Unitit States Airmy Unitit States Marine Corps Unitit States Navy Unitit States Air Force Unitit States Coast Guard |
| Heidquarters | The Pentagon, Arlington Coonty, Virginie, U.S. |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Preses Barack Obama |
| Secretar o Defense | Chuck Hagel |
| Chairman o the Jynt Chiefs o Staff | General Martin Dempsey, Unitit States Airmy |
| Manpower | |
| Militar age | 17 wi parental permission, 18 for voluntary service. Maximum age for enlistment is 35 for the Airmy,[1] 28 for the Marines, 34 for the Navy an 27 for the Air Force.[2] |
| Available for militar service |
73,270,043 males, age 18–49 (2010 est.), 71,941,969 females, age 18–49 (2010 est.) |
| Fit for militar service |
60,620,143 males, age 18–49 (2010 est.), 59,401,941 females, age 18–49 (2010 est.) |
| Reachin militar age annually |
2,161,727 males (2010 est.), 2,055,685 females (2010 est.) |
| Active personnel | 1,429,995[3] (ranked 2nd) |
| Reserve personnel | 850,880[4] (ranked 10th) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $554.2 billion + $88.5 billion(FY13)[4][5] (1st by total expenditure, 11th as percent of GDP) |
| Percent o GDP | 4.9% (2011 est.) |
| Relatit airticles | |
| History | American Revolutionary War Early naitional period Continental expansion American Ceevil War (1861–1865) Post-Ceevil War era Warld War I (1917–1918) Warld War II (1941–1945) Cauld War (1945–1991) Korean War (1950–1953) Vietnam War (1959–1975) Invasion o Grenada (1983) Invasion o Panama (1989-1990) Persian Gulf War (1990–1991) Kosovo War (1999) Global War on Terrorism (2001–present) War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Iraq War (2003–2011) Ither |
| Ranks |
Airmy officer |
The Unitit States Airmed Forces[N 1] are the militar forces o the Unitit States o Americae. Thay consist o the Airmy, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, an Coast Guard.[6] The U.S. haes a strang tradeetion o ceevilian control o the militar. The Preses o the Unitit States is the military's oweraw heid, an helps furm militar policy wi the U.S. Depairtment o Defense (DoD), a federal executive department, actin as the principal organ bi which militar policy is carried oot. The DoD is heidit bi the Secretar o Defense, who is a ceevilian an Cabinet member. The Defense Secretar is seicont in the militar's chain o command, juist ablo the Preses, an serves as the principal assistant tae the Preses in aw DoD-relatit matters.[7]
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ As stated on the official U.S. Navy website, "airmed forces" is caipitalized when precedit bi "Unitit States" or "U.S."
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "United States Army". Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ "United States". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ↑ "Armed Forces Strength Figures for January 31, 2013" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "H.R. 4310 (112th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013". GovTrack. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ↑ "US Defense Budget Proposal Released For Fiscal Year 2014". June 06, 2013. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(4)
- ↑ Title 10 of the United States Code §113