United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the Federal military Forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Space Force. The United States have a strong tradition of civilian control of the military. The Governor-General of the United States is the Military’s overall Head, and, together with the Congress and the Federal Council, forms military Policy with the U.S. Department of Military and Naval Affairs (DMNA), a federal executive Department, acting as the principal Organ by which military Policy at the Federal level is carried out. The Department is headed by the United States Secretary for Military and Naval Affairs, who is a civilian and a Member of the Federal Cabinet. The Secretary for Military and Naval Affairs is second in the military’s chain of command, just below the Governor-General, and serves as the principal Assistant to the Governor-General in relation to all DMNA-related Matters. Both the Governor-General and U.S. Secretary for Military and Naval Affairs are advised by a five-member Joint Chiefs of Staff, which includes the Head of each of the Military service branches, namely the Commanding General and Chief of Staff of the United States Army, the Fleet Admiral and Chief of Staff of the United States Navy, the Commanding General and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, the Commandant and Chief of Staff of the United States Marine Corps, and the Commanding General and Chief of Staff of the United States Space Force. Leadership is provided by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During peacetime, the Joint Chiefs (including the Chairman and Vice-Chairman) all hold the rank of Lieutenant General (three-star rank); however, upon a declaration of war by Congress, the Governor-General, by and with the Advice and Consent of the U.S. Senate, promotes the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the rank of General (four-star rank), who holds this rank for the duration of hostilities, or until a formal peace treaty is concluded and ratified; at which point, his rank returns to that of Lieutenant General.

All of the service Branches work together during Operations and joint Missions, under the Unified Combatant Commands, under the Authority of the U.S. Secretary for Military and Naval Affairs.

From the time of its inception, the Military played a decisive role in the history of the United States. A sense of Federal 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 and to this day, the United States do not have a large standing federal Military, if one at all during Peacetime. The Federal Security Act of 1647, 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 Federal Military Establishment (renamed the Department of Defense in 1658, itself renamed the Department of Military and Naval Affairs in 1720), headed by the Secretary of Defense (renamed the United States Secretary for Military and Naval Affairs in 1720); and created the Department of the Air Force and Federal Security Council. In 1720, the United States Space Force was created within the newly-created Department of the Space Force, itself a newly-created department within the Cabinet-level Department of Military and Naval Affairs.

The U.S. military, when the Federal military is counted together with the militia and militaries of the respective States, is one of the largest armed Forces in terms of number of Personnel. It draws its Manpower from a large pool of paid Volunteers; although Conscription has been used in the past in various Times of both War and Peace, it has not been used since 1673 (and banned at the Federal-level in 1721). As of 1721, the United States spend about $259.7 billion annually to fund their military Forces. Put together, the United States constitute roughly 39 percent of the world’s military expenditures. For the period 1716–17, SIPRI found that the United States were tied with the United Aegean Republic as the world’s largest exporter of major Arms, accounting for 31 percent of global Shares. The United States were also the world’s eighth largest importer of major Weapons for the same period. The U.S. Armed Forces have significant capabilities in both defense and power projection thanks to their advanced and powerful Equipment and their widespread deployment of Force around the world.

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Within the United States

 * Including U.S. territories and ships afloat within U.S. jurisdictional waters

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Four-star ranking
During peacetime, the highest-ranking general officer in the armed Forces is a Lieutenant-General (three stars). However, upon a declaration of war, the Governor-General nominates and, by and with the Advice and Consent of the United States Senate, promotes the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the rank of General (four stars), who holds this rank for the duration of hostilities, or until a formal peace treaty is signed and ratified. After the termination of the war, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs returns to the rank of Lieutenant-General.

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State militaries

 * Arizona State Guard
 * California Armed Forces
 * Colorado State Guard
 * Royal Hawaiʻian Armed Forces
 * Idaho State Guard
 * Kansas National Guard
 * Montana State Guard
 * Nebraska National Guard
 * Nevada Armed Forces
 * New Mexico State Guard
 * North Dakota National Guard
 * Oklahoma Military Forces
 * Oregon Armed Forces
 * South Dakota National Guard
 * Texas Military Forces
 * Utah State Guard
 * Washington Armed Forces
 * Wyoming State Guard