United States Army Assignment 2022

Running head: UNITED STATES ARMY
United States Army
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UNITED STATES ARMY1
The United States Army is responsible to carry out military occupation and battles on
land. It primarily comprises of the Armed forces of United States which deal with the operation
on land. The history of the American army begun in 1775. The U.S. army was founded in order
to fight the British military forces invading the American land. There was the growing need to
have soldiers who were professionally trained and equipped to fight the American Revolutionary
War. The army was moderately small until 1940s. However, soon, by 1947, U.S. army could
operate and be independent of the Air Forces. It was controlled by the Department of War till
1947 and later came under the Department of Defense.
During the period of American Revolutionary War, America, as the colonized state did
not have an armed force to combat colonial revolution. The colonies which were controlled by
the British invaders had to solely rely on Militia. These forces comprised of soldiers who were
employed to serve as part-time civilian soldiers. In other words, they were non professional
soldiers who were not adequately trained. They were called in times of need to serve for the
nation with military service (Kernell et al., 2017). The revolutionary war started in 1775 for
which the congress authorized a few companies of riflemen. After the end of the war, due
to distrust within the American people, the continental army was soon demobilized. When the
war of 1812 took place, the British army was successful in setting the new capital of Washington
in fire as the troops of U.S. army failed to stop them. The efficiency of the American army was
later proved when they could retaliate and stop the British forces in 1814 during the Niagara
campaign. The major works of the U.S. military force in between 1815-1860 was mainly about
fighting the American Indian wars. They also operated and manned the artillery stations which
were located in the major ports of the state.