The Army

14 June 1775.

The Army operates in all domains, converging its capabilities to control land.

Air, land, maritime, space, and cyberspace.

4 July 1776.

The American Continental Army.

Loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage.

The Constitution.

From the Constitution and Title 10 United States Code.

This We’ll Defend.

General George Washington.

The all-volunteer force.

It undermines the credibility and effectiveness of operations.

The Army provides communications, engineering, and logistics support to other Services.

The Soldier.

The all-volunteer force.

The land domain includes humanity in its entirety of cultures, religions, social and economic groups, and politics.

A shared pride in the history and traditions of the Army and its units.

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The ability—by threat, force, or occupation—to gain, sustain, and exploit control over land, resources, and people.

Congress.

By supporting the joint force in it's four strategic roles.

Valley Forge.

By maintaining unit histories and displaying them.

A sense of belonging and identity.

The purposeful reliance by one Service on another Service’s capabilities to maximize the complementary and reinforcing effects of both.

Prompt and sustained land combat, and combined arms operations.

Squad - Staff Sergeant; Platoon - Lieutenant; Company - Captain; Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel; Brigade - Colonel; Division - Major General; Corps - Lieutenant General; Army - General.

Typically 9 Soldiers.

Typically 16 to 44 Soldiers.

Typically 62 to 190 Soldiers.

Typically 300 to 1,000 Soldiers.

Typically 3,000 to 5,000 Soldiers.

Typically 10,000 to 15,000 Soldiers.

Typically 20,000 to 45,000 Soldiers.

Several corps under the command of a general.

To deploy and fight.

To support, prepare, and sustain the operating force.

To deploy, fight, and win our Nation’s wars by providing ready, prompt, and sustained land dominance by Army forces across the full spectrum of conflict as part of the joint force.

Shaping operational environments, preventing conflict, prevailing in large-scale ground combat, and consolidating gains.

A land force unequaled in skill, adaptability, professionalism, and power.

Through character, competence, and commitment.

Shared identity and service within a culture of trust.

Through unit symbols, customs, and the display of achievements.

Cohesion and pride.

That they are committed to the Army and their mission.

Pride, confidence, and commitment.

Through pride in performance, teamwork, and discipline.

Trust, discipline, and shared experience.

The application of combat power in time and space to defeat enemy ground forces.

Communications, positioning, navigation, and timing.

It has drawn down.

Lose the ability to rapidly expand the Army when needed.

It has the capacity to sustain operations over time and absorb losses.

It can operate across a wide range of missions and environments.

It can tailor and deploy forces to meet a wide range of missions.