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{{Organization
{{Organization
|OrganizationName=United States Army
|OrganizationName=Army
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments
|Mission=To fight and win our Nation's wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders; to defend the United States, its territories, and interests.
|Mission=To fight and win our Nation's wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders; to defend the United States, its territories, and interests.
|ParentOrganization=Department of Defense
|ParentOrganization=Department of Defense
|TopOrganization=Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation=Juniper Act of 1775
|CreationLegislation=Juniper Act of 1775
|Employees=480000
|Employees=480000
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| size                          = {{ubl|452,689 active duty personnel<ref>{{cite web |title=Defense Manpower Data Center- Monthly Strength Summary |url=https://dwp.dmdc.osd.mil/dwp/api/download?fileName=ms0_2307.pdf&groupName=milTop |work=[[Defense Manpower Data Center]] |access-date=14 September 2023 }}</ref> | 325,218 [[Army National Guard]] personnel | 176,968 [[United States Army Reserves|Army Reserve]] personnel<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dwp.dmdc.osd.mil/dwp/api/download?fileName=DRS_42486_SelRes_202307.pdf&groupName=resRankGrade |title=Department of Defense: Selected Reserves by Rank/Grade |date=July 31, 2023 |work=[[Defense Manpower Data Center]] |access-date=14 September 2023 }}</ref> | 954,875 total uniformed personnel (official data as of July 31, 2023) | 265,000 civilian personnel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/find-your-path/army-civilians.html|title=Army Civilians|website=goarmy.com|access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> | 4,406 crewed aircraft<ref name="WAF2018">{{cite journal |title=World Air Forces 2018 |journal=Flightglobal |page=17 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/21905 |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> }}
| size                          = {{ubl|452,689 active duty personnel<ref>{{cite web |title=Defense Manpower Data Center- Monthly Strength Summary |url=https://dwp.dmdc.osd.mil/dwp/api/download?fileName=ms0_2307.pdf&groupName=milTop |work=[[Defense Manpower Data Center]] |access-date=14 September 2023 }}</ref> | 325,218 [[Army National Guard]] personnel | 176,968 [[United States Army Reserves|Army Reserve]] personnel<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dwp.dmdc.osd.mil/dwp/api/download?fileName=DRS_42486_SelRes_202307.pdf&groupName=resRankGrade |title=Department of Defense: Selected Reserves by Rank/Grade |date=July 31, 2023 |work=[[Defense Manpower Data Center]] |access-date=14 September 2023 }}</ref> | 954,875 total uniformed personnel (official data as of July 31, 2023) | 265,000 civilian personnel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/find-your-path/army-civilians.html|title=Army Civilians|website=goarmy.com|access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> | 4,406 crewed aircraft<ref name="WAF2018">{{cite journal |title=World Air Forces 2018 |journal=Flightglobal |page=17 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/21905 |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> }}
| command_structure            = [[United States Armed Forces]] <br />[[United States Department of the Army|Department of the Army]]
| command_structure            = [[United States Armed Forces]] <br />[[United States Department of the Army|Department of the Army]]
| garrison                      = [[The Pentagon]] <br />{{nowrap|[[Arlington County, Virginia]], U.S.}}
| garrison                      = [[The Pentagon]] <br />{{nowrap|Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.}}
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
| motto                        = "This We'll Defend"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/about/|title=Who we are: The Army's Vision & Strategy|website=Army.mil|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>
| motto                        = "This We'll Defend"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/about/|title=Who we are: The Army's Vision & Strategy|website=Army.mil|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>
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[[File:Exercise Desert Rock I (Buster-Jangle Dog) 003.jpg|thumb|upright|U.S. Army soldiers observing an atomic bomb test of [[Operation Buster-Jangle]] at the [[Nevada Test Site]] during the Korean War|alt=]]
[[File:Exercise Desert Rock I (Buster-Jangle Dog) 003.jpg|thumb|upright|U.S. Army soldiers observing an atomic bomb test of [[Operation Buster-Jangle]] at the [[Nevada Test Site]] during the Korean War|alt=]]


The end of World War II set the stage for the East–West confrontation known as the [[Cold War]]. With the outbreak of the Korean War, concerns over the defense of Western Europe rose. Two corps, [[V Corps (United States)|V]] and [[VII Corps (United States)|VII]], were reactivated under [[Seventh United States Army]] in 1950 and U.S. strength in Europe rose from one division to four. Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops remained stationed in West Germany, with others in [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and the [[United Kingdom]], until the 1990s in anticipation of a possible [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] attack.<ref name=PerkinsAOC>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-46HlgVPYDQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-46HlgVPYDQ |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Perkins discusses operationalizing the Army Operating Concept|last=US Army TRADOC|date=16 September 2015|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2 November 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{rp|minute 9:00–10:00}}
The end of World War II set the stage for the East–West confrontation known as the [[Cold War]]. With the outbreak of the Korean War, concerns over the defense of Western Europe rose. Two corps, [[V Corps (United States)|V]] and [[VII Corps (United States)|VII]], were reactivated under [[Seventh United States Army]] in 1950 and U.S. strength in Europe rose from one division to four. Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops remained stationed in West Germany, with others in [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and the United Kingdom, until the 1990s in anticipation of a possible [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] attack.<ref name=PerkinsAOC>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-46HlgVPYDQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-46HlgVPYDQ |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Perkins discusses operationalizing the Army Operating Concept|last=US Army TRADOC|date=16 September 2015|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2 November 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{rp|minute 9:00–10:00}}


[[File:US Army tanks face off against Soviet tanks, Berlin 1961.jpg|thumb|right|US tanks and Soviet tanks at Checkpoint Charlie, 1961]]
[[File:US Army tanks face off against Soviet tanks, Berlin 1961.jpg|thumb|right|US tanks and Soviet tanks at Checkpoint Charlie, 1961]]
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!Location of headquarters
!Location of headquarters
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|[[File:Arlington National Cemetery Seal.png|20px]] [[Arlington National Cemetery]] and [[United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery|Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/go1475.pdf|title=Designation of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery as a Direct Reporting Unit|access-date=7 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203015921/http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/go1475.pdf|archive-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> || Katharine Kelley<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/superintendent-of-arlington-national-cemetery-who-is-kate-kelley-170507?news=860171|title=Who is Kate Kelley?|publisher=allgov.com|access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref> {{small|''(civilian)''}} || [[Arlington County, Virginia]]
|[[File:Arlington National Cemetery Seal.png|20px]] [[Arlington National Cemetery]] and [[United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery|Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/go1475.pdf|title=Designation of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery as a Direct Reporting Unit|access-date=7 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203015921/http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/go1475.pdf|archive-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> || Katharine Kelley<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/superintendent-of-arlington-national-cemetery-who-is-kate-kelley-170507?news=860171|title=Who is Kate Kelley?|publisher=allgov.com|access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref> {{small|''(civilian)''}} || Arlington County, Virginia
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|Civilian Protection Center of Excellence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN38095-AGO_2023-06-000-WEB-1.pdf |title=Establishment of the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence as a Direct Reporting Unit |date=5 April 2023 |website=Army Publishing Directorate }}</ref> ||Michael McNerney ||Arlington County, Virginia
|Civilian Protection Center of Excellence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN38095-AGO_2023-06-000-WEB-1.pdf |title=Establishment of the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence as a Direct Reporting Unit |date=5 April 2023 |website=Army Publishing Directorate }}</ref> ||Michael McNerney ||Arlington County, Virginia
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