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The United States Armed Forces are the federal military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The President of the United States is the military's overall head, and helps form military policy with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), a federal executive department, acting as the principal organ by which military policy is carried out.
From the time of its inception, the military played a decisive role in the history of the United States. A sense of national unity and identity was forged as a result of victory in the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War. Even so, the Founders were suspicious of a permanent military force. It played an important role in the American Civil War, where leading generals on both sides were picked from members of the United States military. Not until the outbreak of World War II did a large standing army become officially established. The National Security Act of 1947, adopted following World War II and during the Cold War's onset, created the modern U.S. military framework; the Act merged previously Cabinet-level Department of War and the Department of the Navy into the National Military Establishment (renamed the Department of Defense in 1949), headed by the Secretary of Defense; and created the Department of the Air Force and National Security Council.
American(s) may refer to:
A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron. In many armies a troop is the equivalent element to the infantry section or platoon. Exceptions are the Royal Horse Artillery and the US Cavalry, where troops are subunits that compare to an infantry company or artillery battery.
A cavalry soldier of private rank is called a trooper in many Commonwealth armies (abbreviated "Tpr", not to be confused with "trouper").
A related sense of the term "troops" refers to members of the military collectively, as in "the troops"; see Troop (disambiguation).
In some countries, like Italy, the company-level cavalry unit is called "Squadron".
Today, a troop is defined differently in different armed forces.
In the Australian Army a troop is the equivalent of a platoon sized element in units of certain corps, those being:
US Special Forces commandos were forced to withdraw from the town of al-Rai on Syria’s border with Turkey after threats from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a moderate US-backed rebel group. RT correspondent Lizzie Phelan has the story. Find RT America in your area: http://rt.com/where-to-watch/ Or watch us online: http://rt.com/on-air/rt-america-air/ Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTAmerica Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_America
The Philippine’s president says US troops “have to go,” telling them to get out of his country’s south. He blames American soldiers for inflaming tensions with the local Muslim population, saying they would “never have peace” with a US military presence. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/7p34 RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouT...
U.S. Soldiers come under fire from Taliban fighters and react with an immediate hail of suppressing fire to keep the enemies' heads down. Once the firefight is won and the enemy breaks contact, the team does a break down of remaining ammo and supplies. Join the FUNKER530 community at http://FB.com/FUNKER530 Follow on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/FUNKER530 This footage is part of an ongoing documentary of the war in Afghanistan through raw combat footage. Read more about the war here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan
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U.S. and Australian Army soldiers fighting side by side with Afghan nationals against a large group of Taliban
President Duterte Orders US troops to leave Mindanao. In his Speech to the Newly Elected Appointed Officials in Malacañang Palace on September 12 2016. Video:RTVM
IED attacks and Mortar attacks on US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan wars filmed by soldiers under fire.
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On Memorial Day, politicians will speak at ceremonies all over the country and repeat their favorite mantra: "Support the troops." This pledge is hammered into the American psyche at every turn. But there is a hidden, dark history that shows that the politicians are in fact no friend to service members--but their greatest enemy. An easy way to prove this truth is to look at how they so quickly betray and abandon their soldiers after purposely ruining their lives, and even after using them as literal lab rats. In this disturbing chapter of The Empire Files, Abby Martin documents decades of experimentation on US troops—from nuclear tests to psychotropic drugs—as well as knowingly exposing them to deadly poisons, from sarin gas to Agent Orange. Most damning is that the hundreds of tho...
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Glenn Miller was an American bandleader, trombonist, composer and arranger, who left his mark on jazz during the swing era. His band entertained US troops in Europe during the war. The Glenn Miller Orchestra is renowned for developing a unique musical style and sound that made him famous. Woody Allen has used his music in several of his films - “Radio Days” and “the Curse of the Jade Scorpion” to name but two. Glenn Miller’s most famous recordings include In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Chattanooga Choo Choo, A String of Pearls, At Last, Kalamazoo, American Patrol, Tuxedo Junction and Little Brown Jug. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/glenn-miller-band-honors-us/id566529849 http://www.emusic.com/album/-/-/13627940/ http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B009JMQZD6?ie=UTF8&tag;=mu...
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