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 Each of the different military services is assigned a role and domain. The Army conducts land operations. The Navy and Marine Corps conduct maritime operations, the Marine Corps specializing in amphibious and maritime littoral operations primarily for supporting the Navy. The Air Force conducts air operations. The Space Force conducts space operations. The Coast Guard is unique in that it specializes in maritime operations and is also a [[Law enforcement in the United States|law enforcement]] agency.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/About/Our-Forces/|title=Our Forces|website=U.S. Department of Defense}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web |date=17 September 2020 |title=DIRECTIVE Functions of the Department of Defense and Its Major Components |url=https://www.esd.whs.mil/portals/54/documents/dd/issuances/dodd/510001p.pdf |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=Department of Defense}}</ref>
-From their inception during the American Revolutionary War, the U.S. Armed Forces have played a decisive role in [[History of the United States|the country's history]]. They helped forge a sense of national unity and identity through victories in the early-19th-century [[First Barbary War|First]] and [[Second Barbary War]]s. They played a critical role in the [[Territorial evolution of the United States|territorial evolution of the U.S.]], including the [[American Civil War]]. The [[National Security Act of 1947]] created the modern U.S. military framework, establishing the [[National Military Establishment]] (later the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] or DoD) headed by the [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]] and creating both the U.S. Air Force and [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]; in 1949, an amendment to the act merged the cabinet-level departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force into the DoD.<ref>Kinnard, Douglas. "The Secretary of Defense in Retrospect." The Secretary of Defense. Lexington: University of Kentucky, 1980. 192–93. Print.</ref>
+From their inception during the American Revolutionary War, the U.S. Armed Forces have played a decisive role in [[History of the United States|the country's history]]. They helped forge a sense of national unity and identity through victories in the early-19th-century [[First Barbary War|First]] and [[Second Barbary War]]s. They played a critical role in the [[Territorial evolution of the United States|territorial evolution of the U.S.]], including the American Civil War. The [[National Security Act of 1947]] created the modern U.S. military framework, establishing the [[National Military Establishment]] (later the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] or DoD) headed by the [[United States Secretary of Defense|secretary of defense]] and creating both the U.S. Air Force and [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]; in 1949, an amendment to the act merged the cabinet-level departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force into the DoD.<ref>Kinnard, Douglas. "The Secretary of Defense in Retrospect." The Secretary of Defense. Lexington: University of Kentucky, 1980. 192–93. Print.</ref>
 The [[president of the U.S.]] is the [[Commander-in-Chief of the United States|commander-in-chief]] of the armed forces and forms military policy with the DoD and [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), both [[United States federal executive departments|federal executive departments]], acting as the principal organs by which military policy is carried out.