United States Armed Forces

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The United States Armed Forces is the combined military organization of the United States, encompassing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard, responsible for national defense and global power projection.


Statements (76)
Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization
allianceMemberOf ANZUS security treaty system
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States–Japan security alliance
United States–South Korea security alliance
alsoKnownAs U.S. Armed Forces
U.S. military
US Armed Forces
budget largest military budget in the world
civilianLeader United States Secretary of Defense
commanderInChief President of the United States
country United States of America
engagedIn American Civil War
American Revolutionary War
Gulf War
Iraq War
Korean War
Vietnam War
War in Afghanistan
World War I
World War II
foundedBy United States Congress
globalPresence worldwide
governedBy Uniform Code of Military Justice
hasCapability airpower
amphibious warfare
conventional warfare
cyber operations
logistics and sustainment
naval power
nuclear weapons
space operations
special operations
hasCommandStructure Unified Combatant Commands
hasComponent United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Coast Guard
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
United States Space Force
hasReserveComponent Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces
United States National Guard
hasSubOrganization Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States Africa Command
United States Central Command
United States Cyber Command
United States European Command
United States Indo-Pacific Command
United States Northern Command
United States Southern Command
United States Special Operations Command
United States Strategic Command
headquartersCity Arlington, Virginia
headquartersLocation The Pentagon
headquartersMetroArea Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
highestUniformedOfficer Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
historicalPrecursor Continental Army
Continental Marines
Continental Navy
legalBasis Title 10 of the United States Code
Title 14 of the United States Code
Title 32 of the United States Code
United States Constitution
partOf United States Department of Defense
primaryRole national defense
recruitmentBasis all-volunteer force
secondaryRole deterrence
disaster response
homeland security support
humanitarian assistance
peacekeeping operations
power projection
subjectTo civilian control of the military
usesCurrency United States dollar
usesDoctrine joint operations doctrine
usesLanguage English

Referenced by (291)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
5th Marine Division
Air Force Reserve
Armed Forces Security Agency
Army Reserve
Chief of Space Operations
Commandant of the Coast Guard
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ("United States armed forces")
Guardians
INDOPACOM
John F. Sattler
Joint Task Force One
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps ("United States uniformed services")
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force ("United States military")
Reserve Components of the United States Armed Forces
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman
Senior Officer of the United States Army
Space Systems Command
Space Training and Readiness Command
The American Soldier
U.S. Africa Command
U.S. Central Command ("U.S. Armed Forces")
U.S. Northern Command
U.S. Southern Command ("U.S. Armed Forces")
U.S. Space Command ("U.S. Armed Forces")
U.S. Strategic Command
U.S. Transportation Command
USAR
Unified Combatant Commands
Union Army
United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard Reserve
United States Cyber Command ("U.S. military")
United States European Command
United States Indo-Pacific Command
United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps Reserve
United States National Guard
United States Navy
United States Navy Reserve
United States Space Force
United States Special Operations Command
United States Special Operations Command
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
William H. P. Blandy ("United States armed forces")
partOf
Agent Orange ("United States military")
Al-Faw Palace
Al-Tanf area
Allied Combined Operations Headquarters
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
BGN ("United States military")
Bari ("United States military")
Cactus ("United States military")
DSM
Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force
Desecheo Island ("United States military")
Desert Camouflage Uniform ("United States military")
Distinguished Flying Cross ("United States military")
Fat Man
Improved Outer Tactical Vest ("United States military")
Kahoʻolawe
M1 Garand
M1044 ("United States military")
M240
Malinta Tunnel
Mk 83 bomb ("United States military")
Navy Cross
Purple Heart
RAF Ascension Island ("United States military")
Red Beach ("United States military")
Rio Hato airfield
Rio Hato airfield ("United States military")
Rota Naval Base
STANAG magazine
Saipan ("United States military")
The Star-Spangled Banner
United States heraldry ("United States military services")
Wright Aeronautical Corporation ("United States military")
military payment certificates
usedBy
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Department of Defense directives ("U.S. Armed Forces")
Executive Order 9981
Legionnaire grade ("U.S. military personnel")
Manual for Courts-Martial ("United States armed forces")
Military Justice Act of 1968
Military Justice Act of 1983
National Security Act Amendments of 1949 ("United States armed forces")
Nunn–Cohen Amendment
Oath of Enlistment of the United States Armed Forces
Public Law 116-92
Quadrennial Defense Review
Third Amendment to the United States Constitution ("United States armed forces")
Total Force of the United States Armed Forces
U.S. War Powers Resolution ("U.S. armed forces")
appliesTo
Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit
Joint Functional Component Commands
Joint Special Operations Command
Richard Black (Virginia politician) ("United States armed forces")
Special Operations Command Africa
Special Operations Command North
Special Operations Command Pacific
Theater Special Operations Commands
USCGC Commodore Barry (WHEC-34)
militaryBranch
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Armed Forces of Colombia
Egyptian Armed Forces
Guomin Gemingjun
Iraqi Interim Government forces
National Revolutionary Army
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
War in Afghanistan (by Polish forces)
alliedWith
Combined Armed Forces chorus
Flag of the United States Department of Defense
Hangar Three ("U.S. military")
J2 Intelligence Directorate ("U.S. Armed Forces")
National Medal of Honor Day
Seal of the United States Department of Defense ("United States armed forces")
Semper Fidelis
The Army Goes Rolling Along
associatedWith
Armed Forces of Chile
Armed Forces of Oman
Bahrain Defence Force
British Armed Forces
CAF
Saudi Armed Forces
Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
cooperatesWith
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Defense Technical Information Center elements ("U.S. military services")
Military Entrance Processing Station
NGA Campus West ("U.S. military")
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Port of Alaska ("United States military")
Technical Center ("United States armed forces")
serves
Battle of Okinawa
Cuban War of Independence
Invasion of Guam
Operation Cottage
Operation Just Cause
Tet Offensive
belligerent
Air Force Institute of Technology
Camp Geiger
Commander, U.S. Strategic Command
General Wade Eiling (The Flash TV series) ("U.S. military")
Uzal G. Ent ("United States armed forces")
affiliation
Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 ("United States armed forces")
J3 Operations Directorate ("U.S. Armed Forces")
JS
Unified Command Plan ("U.S. Armed Forces")
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
jurisdiction
Freedom Shield
Key Resolve
Operation Inherent Resolve
Operation Power Pack
Somalia peacekeeping operations
participant
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
3rd Marine Division
Blackhorse Regiment
The Old Breed
U.S. Navy Task Force 58 ("United States armed forces")
service
Black Hawk ("United States forces")
Emilio Aguinaldo ("United States forces")
Makataimeshekiakiak ("United States forces")
Saddam Hussein ("United States forces")
capturedBy
Lebanese Civil War
Somali Civil War
Urgent Fury
Vietnam War
hasParticipant
United States Armed Forces ("U.S. Armed Forces")
United States Armed Forces ("US Armed Forces")
United States Armed Forces ("U.S. military")
alsoKnownAs
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Research and Development Board
United States military commission ("United States armed forces")
appliesToJurisdiction
Armed Forces of El Salvador
Iraqi Army
Jordanian Armed Forces
cooperation
Tommy Franks
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers ("United States uniformed services")
Wesley L. McDonald
memberOf
Commander-in-Chief South ("United States forces")
Eleventh Air Fleet
Iraqi Republican Guard
opponent
Italian XX Motorised Corps ("United States forces")
Soviet armed forces
Viet Cong
opposedTo
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Meritorious Unit Commendation
President's Hundred Tab ("U.S. military services")
presentedBy
Corregidor ("United States forces")
Fort Mills ("United States forces")
Gilbert Islands ("United States forces")
recapturedBy
Commander, United States European Command
Defense Communications Agency
United States Coast Guard emblem
serviceBranch
ADA
U.S. Army Cyber Corps
USASC
serviceBranchOf
2001 fall of Kabul
Northern Alliance
Operation Charge of the Knights ("United States forces")
supportedBy
Presidency of the United States
United States government
commanderInChiefOf
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Defense Attache Service ("U.S. military services")
coordinatesWith
Qusay Hussein ("United States armed forces")
Uday Hussein ("United States forces")
killedBy
SecDef
United States Secretary of Defense
oversees
Manuel Noriega
People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada
overthrownBy
Office of Strategic Services
USEUCOM
parentOrganization
Distinguished Flying Cross
Legion of Merit
presenter
Military Selective Service Act
Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act ("United States military")
relatedTo
National Security Act of 1947 ("United States armed forces")
Public Law 80-253 ("United States armed forces")
reorganized
Defense Data Network ("United States military")
Defense Information Systems Network
user
Butaritari ("United States forces")
New Georgia Islands ("United States military")
wasRecapturedBy
United States military commission ("United States armed forces")
administeredBy
First to Fight
associatedBranch
LOM
awardedBy
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ("U.S. Armed Forces units")
awardedTo
killing of Osama bin Laden ("United States military")
bodyHandledBy
United States Army Air Corps ("United States armed forces")
branchOf
Osama bin Laden ("United States military")
burialBy
American
canServeIn
Directorate for Science and Technology ("U.S. military services")
collaboratesWith
Fallujah ("United States armed forces")
combatant
United States national security apparatus
component
Department of the Navy
componentOf
Legionnaire grade ("U.S. military services")
conferringAuthority
Irish American ("U.S. military")
contributedTo
Al-Faw Palace ("United States military")
controlledBy
New Zealand forces ("United States forces")
cooperatedWith
LOM ("United States military")
countryContext
Directorate for Analysis ("U.S. military services")
customer
Corregidor ("United States forces")
defendedBy
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
designatedAsFlagshipHospitalFor
Title 10 of the United States Code
governs
atomic bombing of Nagasaki ("United States military")
hasCommandStructure
Marines' Hymn ("United States military")
hasCulturalSignificanceFor
United Nations Command
hasMember
Persian Gulf states ("United States military")
hasSecurityPresenceOf
V-J Day
hasToDoWith
Operation Toenails ("United States military forces")
involvedForce
President of the United States
isCommanderInChiefOf
Vice Chief of Naval Operations ("United States national defense structure")
isKeyRoleIn
Memorial Day
isRelatedTo
Navy Midshipmen
militaryAffiliation
Heckler & Koch ("United States military units")
notableCustomer
California State Military Reserve
notPartOf
Independence Day ("U.S. military")
observedBy
Camp Justice
operatedBy
Operation Vittles ("United States military")
operator
Nguyen Hue
opposedBy
Ministries Trial ("United States military authorities")
organizedBy
Fort DeRussy Beach Park ("U.S. military")
overseenBy
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
primaryActor
Guam ("U.S. military")
primaryIndustry
M1025
primaryUser
Bell 212 ("United States military")
primaryUsers
50th Space Wing ("United States military")
providedCapabilityTo
MILNET ("United States military")
regionServed
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ("United States armed forces")
sectorAffected
Fairchild Camera and Instrument ("United States military")
servedCustomer
Defense Dissemination Program Office ("U.S. military")
servedUserGroup
Ball Aerospace ("U.S. military")
servesCustomer
Defense Intelligence Agency
serviceBranchFocus
S.1790
setsPolicyFor
William O. Wooldridge ("United States military")
sphereOfActivity
Picatinny rail ("U.S. military")
standardizedBy
Micronesia ("United States military")
strategicFor
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
subject
National Military Establishment ("United States armed forces")
supervises
Bofors
suppliedTo
9th Army ("United States forces")
surrenderedTo
Pentagon ("U.S. military")
symbolOf
Rabaul ("United States military")
targetedBy
Drill Instructor School
uniformedService
Fighting Fifth ("United States military")
usedInContext
Comandancia in Panama City ("United States military forces")
wasAttackedBy
Rio Hato airfield ("United States forces")
wasObjectiveFor
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
worksWith

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