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United States Uniformed Services;
	; United States Joint Service Color Guard on parade at Fort Myer in Arlington County, Virginia.
Service branches	U.S. Army; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Navy; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; NOAA Commissioned Corps;
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Barack Obama
Federal department heads	Robert M. Gates (DOD); Janet A. Napolitano (DHS); Kathleen Sebelius (HHS); Gary F. Locke (DOC)
Manpower
Military age	17–45 years old
Available for; military service	72,715,332 males, age 18–49 (2008 est.),; 71,638,785 females, age 18–49 (2008 est.)
Fit for; military service	59,413,358 males, age 18–49 (2008 est.),; 59,187,183 females, age 18–49 (2008 est.)
Reaching military; age annually	2,186,440 males (2008 est.),; 2,079,688 females (2008 est.)
Active personnel	1,473,900 (ranked 4th)
Reserve personnel	1,458,500
Expenditures
Budget	$651 billion (FY08) (ranked 1st)
Percent of GDP	4.04 (2007 est.)
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Ranks	Army officer; Army warrant officer; Army enlisted; Marine Corps officer; Marine Corps warrant officer; Marine Corps enlisted; Navy officer; Navy warrant officer; Navy enlisted; Air Force officer; Air Force enlisted; Coast Guard officer; Coast Guard warrant officer; Coast Guard enlisted; Public Health Service officer; NOAA Corps officer

The United States has seven federal uniformed services that commission officers as defined by Title 10, and subsequently structured and organized by Title 10, Title 14, Title 42 and Title 33 of the United States Code.

[edit] Uniformed services

The seven uniformed services are:

Each of the uniformed services is administratively headed by a federal executive department and its corresponding civilian Cabinet leader.

[edit] Federal executive departments

[edit] United States Department of Defense (DOD)

United States Army (USA) — June 14, 1775
United States Marine Corps (USMC) — November 10, 1775
United States Navy (USN) — October 13, 1775
United States Air Force (USAF) — September 18, 1947

[edit] United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

United States Coast Guard (USCG) — August 4, 1790

Note: The Coast Guard also operates under the Department of Defense during wartime, and in military operations.

[edit] United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) — 1889

[edit] United States Department of Commerce (DOC)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps (NOAA Corps) — 1917

[edit] Statutory definition

The seven uniformed services are defined by 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(5):

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The term "uniformed services" means—

(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.

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The five uniformed services that make up the United States armed forces are defined in the previous clause 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(4):

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The term "armed forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

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[edit] Armed forces

Five of the uniformed services make up the armed forces, four of which are within the Department of Defense. The Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement duties, and is currently under the control of the Department of Homeland Security; however, Title 14 of the United States Code states that the Coast Guard is part of the military at all times. It is therefore the only branch of the military not under the control of the Department of Defense, at least in peacetime; during war, control of the Coast Guard passes to the Department of the Navy if Congress declares war or at the request of the President. ^[5] The Commandant of the Coast Guard reports directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security. The commissioned corps of the US Public Health Service and NOAA Commissioned Corps operate under military rules with the exception of the applicability of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to which they are subject when militarized by executive order or while detailed to any component of the armed forces.^[6]

The National Guard is a militia force and operates under Title 32 and under State authority. The National Guard was first formed in the Colony of Virginia in 1607 and is the oldest uniformed military force founded in the New World. The National Guard can be federally recognized as a military reserve force, becoming the National Guard of the United States which can be mobilized by the President to be under Federal authority through Title 10. The National Guard of the United States is managed by the National Guard Bureau, which is a joint activity under the Department of Defense ^[7]^[8]^[9], with a general^[7]^[8] in the Army or Air Force as its top leader. The National Guard of the United States serves as a reserve component for both the Army and the Air Force and can be called up for federal active duty in times of war or national emergencies.^[7]^[8]

[edit] Noncombatant uniformed services

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps (NOAA Corps) is a uniformed branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is under the Department of Commerce.
United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) is the uniformed personnel system of the United States Public Health Service, which is under the Department of Health and Human Services.

Commissioned officers of NOAA and PHS wear uniforms that are derived from Navy uniforms, except that the commissioning devices, buttons, and insignia reflect their specific service. Uniformed officers of NOAA and PHS are paid on the same scale as members of the armed services with respective rank and time-in-grade. Additionally, PHS Officers are covered by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act and the Service Members Civil Relief Act (formerly the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act).

Both uniformed services only consist of commissioned officers and have no warrant ranks or enlisted ranks. Commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration can be militarized by the President of the United States. Statutory authorization to militarize the Public Health Service is under Title 42 U.S.C. (Based on rank, commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (USPHS) and NOAA can be classified as Category III, IV, and V under the Geneva Convention). The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (a predecessor to NOAA) originally began commissioning its officers so that if captured while engaged in battlefield surveying, they could not legally be tried as spies. The Public Health Service (PHS) traces its origins to a system of marine hospitals created "for the relief of sick and disabled seamen" by the U.S. Congress in 1798; it adopted a military model of organization in 1871. ^[10] ^[11]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Persons 17 years of age, with parental permission, can join the U.S. uniformed services.
^ http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/ms0.pdf
^ http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:s3001pcs.txt.pdf
^ http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy08/pdf/budget/defense.pdf
^ 14 U.S.C. § 3
^ UCMJ S 802. Art. 2. Subs. (a). Para. (8) http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00000802----000-.html
^ ^a ^b ^c [1] H.R. 4986: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
^ ^a ^b ^c [2] H.R. 4986: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 full text
^ [3] SEC. 1812. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AS JOINT ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
^ United States Code. Title 5. Part III. Chapter 21. S 2101.
^ History

[0] Persons 17 years of age, with parental permission, can join the U.S. uniformed services.

[siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil-1] ttp://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/ms0.pdf

[frwebgate.access.gpo.gov-2] ttp://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:s3001pcs.txt.pdf

[3] ttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy08/pdf/budget/defense.pdf

[4] 14 U.S.C. § 3

[5] UCMJ S 802. Art. 2. Subs. (a). Para. (8) http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00000802----000-.html

[H.R._4986-6] [1] H.R. 4986: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

[H.R._4986_text-7] [2] H.R. 4986: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 full text

[8] [3] SEC. 1812. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AS JOINT ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

[9] United States Code. Title 5. Part III. Chapter 21. S 2101.

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