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{{Organization | {{Organization | ||
|OrganizationName= | |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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[[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 | 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]] | ||