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  2. List of wars involving the United States - Wikipedia

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    US victory. Spain cedes Spanish Florida to the United States in the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819. The United States forcibly relocates Seminole in northern Florida to a reservation in the center of the peninsula in the Treaty of Moultrie Creek of 1823. James Monroe. Arikara War. (1823) Part of the American Indian Wars.

  3. Category:United States military pay and benefits - Wikipedia

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    Veterans benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder in the United States. Categories: Military pay and benefits. Military of the United States. Government finances in the United States. United States military policies.

  4. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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    1898. 2,246. 9.6. 62,022,250. 0.004% (1890) "Deaths per day" is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the number of days between the commencement and end of hostilities. "Deaths per population" is the total number of deaths in military service, divided by the U.S. population of the year indicated.

  5. List of ongoing armed conflicts - Wikipedia

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    List of ongoing armed conflicts. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.

  6. Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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    e. The Louisiana Purchase ( French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. [1] In return for fifteen million dollars, [a] or ...

  7. Military personnel - Wikipedia

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    Military personnel. Military personnel or military service members are members of the state's armed forces. Their roles, pay, and obligations differ according to their military branch ( army, navy, marines, coast guard, air force, and space force ,), rank ( officer, non-commissioned officer, or enlisted recruit ), and their military task when ...

  8. Military budget of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Military budget of China, USSR, Russia and US in constant 2021 US$ billions Military spending as a percent of federal government revenue. The military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any military-related expenditures.

  9. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be ...