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Team: The smallest unit. A fire team consists of a team leader (usually a sergeant or corporal ), a rifleman, a grenadier, and an automatic rifleman. A sniper team consists of a sniper who engages the enemy and a spotter who assists in targeting, team defense, and security. 4 soldiers.
The Army of the United States is one of the four major service components of the United States Army (the others being the Regular Army, the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard of the United States ), [1] but it has been inactive since the suspension of the draft in 1973 and the U.S. military's transition to a volunteer force. [2]
The 173rd Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne) serves to support the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne). The battalion currently consists of 475 soldiers in a headquarters and headquarters company (HHC), a supply company, maintenance company, medical company, parachute rigging company, and an aerial delivery detachment.
Army Air Defense Command, previously Army Anti-Aircraft Command, was a major command of the United States Army which existed from 1957 to 1974. The previous ARAACOM was created in 1950 and was redesignated ARADCOM in 1957. It was formed to command the Army units allocated to the air defense of the Continental United States.
Tactical airlifter. Manned. c. 1974 [15] 158 [2] The C-130J is replacing the C-130H on a one-for-one basis. The Air Force has Congressionally mandated floor of 271 C-130 aircraft. 6 to be divested in FY2025. [16] C-130J Super Hercules /J-30 Super Hercules. Lockheed Martin.
The Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) Field Activity chartered to support the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD (P&R)). The scope of DHRA's mission is very broad, giving the USD flexibility to explore and field new technologies and programs that benefit warfighters ...
The Armor Branch is the armored warfare branch of the United States Army. This branch was formerly considered to be one of the combat arms branches, but is today included within the "Maneuver, Fires and Effects" (MFE) classification, in accordance with current U.S. Army organizational doctrine. It was created provisionally in 1940 as Armored ...
United States Army Air Assault School. United States Army Air Defense Artillery School. United States Army Airborne School. United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence. United States Army Cavalry School. United States Army CBRN School. United States Army Combatives School. United States Army Command and General Staff College.