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 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
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5th Field Artillery Regiment (5th FAR)
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244th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (244th ADAR)
Cavalry (Armored)
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7th Cavalry Regiment (7th CR)
Infantry
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3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
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69th Infantry Regiment (New York)
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182nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
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369th Infantry Regiment (United States), now 369th Sustainment Brigade (United States) NYANG
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370th Infantry Regiment (United States), now 178th Infantry Regiment (Illinois National Guard}
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371st Infantry Regiment (United States}
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372nd Infantry Regiment (United States), now HHD/372nd Military Police Battalion (ARNG DC)