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Uniformed services of the United States | |
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The seals of the seven uniformed service branches of the United States | |
Founded | 14 June 1775; 244 years ago[1] |
Service branches |
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Leadership | |
President | Donald Trump |
Federal department heads |
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Manpower | |
Military age | 17 with parental consent, 18 for voluntary service. Maximum age for first-time enlistment is 35 for the Army,[2] 28 for the Marine Corps, 34 for the Navy, 39 for the Air Force[3] and 27 for the Coast Guard.[4] |
Active personnel | 1,281,900 (ranked 3rd) |
Reserve personnel | 811,000 |
Expenditures | |
Budget | US$649 billion (2018) (ranked 1st) |
Percent of GDP | 3.2% (2018) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | List |
Related articles | |
History | Military history of the United States American Revolutionary War Whiskey Rebellion Indian Wars Barbary Wars War of 1812 Patriot War Mexican–American War Utah War Cortina Troubles Reform War American Civil War Las Cuevas War Spanish–American War Banana Wars Philippine–American War Boxer Rebellion Border War World War I Russian Civil War World War II Cold War Persian Gulf War Somali Civil War
Military deployment after Hurricane Katrina Pakistan–United States skirmishes Intervention against ISILOther |
Ranks | Commissioned officer Warrant officer Enlisted |
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The United States of America has seven federal uniformed services that commission officers as defined by Title 10 and subsequently structured and organized by Title 10, Title 14, Title 32 and Title 42 of the United States Code.
- 2Federal executive departments
Uniformed services[edit]
The seven uniformed services are, in order of precedence:[5]
Each of the uniformed services is administratively headed by a federal executive department and its corresponding civilian Cabinet leader.
Federal executive departments[edit]
United States Department of Defense (DoD)[edit]
Department of the Army (DA)
- United States Army (USA): 14 June 1775
Department of the Navy (DON)
- United States Marine Corps (USMC): 10 November 1775
- United States Navy (USN): 13 October 1775
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
- United States Air Force (USAF): 18 September 1947
The order of precedence within the U.S. Department of Defense is set by DoD Directive 1005.8 and is not dependent on the date of creation by the U.S. Congress.
United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)[edit]
- United States Coast Guard (USCG): 4 August 1790
Prior to 1967, the U.S. Coast Guard was a part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In 1967 it became a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation. In 2002 it was placed under the DHS. During time of war it may be transferred to the Department of the Navy, under the Department of Defense.
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)[edit]
- United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC): 4 January 1889
The Corps is headed by the Surgeon General of the United States.
United States Department of Commerce (DOC)[edit]
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps): 22 May 1917.
The NOAA Corps was created as the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps, a component of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, on 22 May 1917. It was removed from the Coast and Geodetic Survey and became a component of the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) as the United States Environmental Science Services Administration Commissioned Corps (ESSA Corps) upon the establishment of ESSA on 13 July 1965. The ESSA Corps became the NOAA Corps as a component of NOAA when ESSA was abolished and NOAA simultaneously was created on 3 October 1970. Under all three names, the Corps has been an element of the Department of Commerce throughout its existence.
Statutory definition[edit]
The seven uniformed services are defined by 10 U.S.C.§ 101(a)(5):
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.
(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.
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):
The term 'armed forces' means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
U.S. Armed Forces[edit]
Five of the uniformed services make up the U.S. Armed Forces, four of which are within the U.S. Department of Defense. The Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security and has both military and law enforcement duties. Title 14 states that the Coast Guard is part of the armed forces at all times, making it the only branch of the military outside the Department of Defense. During a declared state of war, however, the President or Congress may direct that the Coast Guard operate as part of the Department of the Navy.[6] The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, along with the 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 only when militarized by executive order or while detailed to any component of the armed forces.[7]
Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces are all members of the military who serve in a reserve capacity. The National Guard is an additional reserve military component of the Army and Air Force, respectively, and is composed of National Guard units, which operate under Title 32 and under state authority as the Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The militia that later became 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 also be mobilized by the President to operate under Federal authority through Title 10. When acting under federal direction, the National Guard is managed by the National Guard Bureau, which is a joint Army and Air Force activity under the Department of Defense,[8][9][10] with a 4-star general[8][9] from the Army or Air Force appointed as its top leader. However, in Federal service command and control of National Guard organizations will fall under the designated Geographic or Functional Combatant Commander. 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.[8][9]
Non-military uniformed services[edit]
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps) is a uniformed branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is under the Department of Commerce.
- The 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 U.S. Navy and Coast Guard 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). Furthermore, all seven uniformed services are subject to the provisions of 10 USC 1408, the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act (USFSPA).
PHS and NOAA consist of commissioned officers only and have no warrant officer ranks or enlisted ranks. Commissioned officers of the PHS and NOAA may be militarized by the President.[11] Because they are commissioned officers, they can be classified as prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions, if captured by a belligerent entity. The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), a predecessor to NOAA, originally began commissioning its officers so that if captured while engaged in battlefield surveying, they would be protected under the Law of Armed Conflict and could not be tried or executed as spies. The USC&GS Commissioned Officer Corps became the Environmental Science Services Administration Corps (ESSA Corps), upon the creation of the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) on 13 July 1965, then became the NOAA Corps upon the creation of NOAA on 3 October 1970. The PHS traces its origins to a system of marine hospitals created by 'An Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen', passed by Congress in 1798; it adopted a military model of organization in 1871.[12][13]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^With the establishment of the Continental Army.
- ^'United States Army'. Goarmy.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ^'Contact Us: Frequently Asked Questions - airforce.com'. airforce.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^'Plan Your Next Move to Become a Coast Guard Member'. Enlisted Opportunities. U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^'DoD Directive 1005.8'(PDF).
- ^14 U.S.C.§ 3
- ^'UCMJ S 802. Art. 2. Subs. (a). Para. (8)'.
- ^ abc'H.R. 4986: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008'.
- ^ abc'H.R. 4986: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 full text'.
- ^'SEC. 1812. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AS JOINT ACTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'.
- ^PHS is under Title 42 & 46 U.S.C.
- ^United States Code. Title 5. Part III. Chapter 21. S 2101.
- ^'History of the Office of Surgeon General'. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
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- For other versions of United States military service numbers, see 'Service number (United States armed forces)'
United States Coast Guard service numbers were first created in the later half of 1921. In 2004 the Coast Guard began using Employee Identification Numbers, or EMPLIDs, to replace the Social Security Number on official forms.
Coast Guard officer numbers[edit]
Coast Guard officer service numbers were unique amongst the military branches in that the entire range of officer numbers was declared upon the initial creation of the service numbers. The officer range extended from #1 to 100,000 and these numbers had yet to be exhausted by the discontinuation of Coast Guard service numbers in 1974.
Like the Navy and Marine Corps, the Coast Guard set aside the early service numbers for retroactive presentations; however, for various reasons, the Coast Guard never enacted this project and never issued retroactive officer service numbers. Thus, officer numbers 1 through 999 remained un-issued with the first Coast Guard officer service number being #1000 which was issued to Joseph F. Farley. The next range of Coast Guard officer numbers, 1001 through 20,000 were reserved for issuance to officers of the Regular Coast Guard. These numbers were typically issued to graduates of the United States Coast Guard Academy and other Regular Guard appointees. The Regular Coast Guard officer service number range had yet to be reached in 1974 when service numbers were discontinued.
Coast Guard officer numbers above 20,001 were reserved for members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve as well as Coast Guard warrant officers and other 'non-regular' Coast Guardsmen. Officer numbers from 20,001 to 60,000 were used into the 1950s and, by February 1957, non-regular officer service numbers had reached #60,393. The 1960s and early 1970s saw the issuance of service numbers into the 70,000 and 80,000 range while 80 and 90 thousand service numbers had been used since 1948 for special uses such as cadets at the Coast Guard Academy.
Final distribution of Coast Guard officer service numbers
Coast Guard enlisted numbers[edit]
The first Coast Guard enlisted service numbers began at #100,000 with a range to 200,000. The purpose of beginning Coast Guard enlisted numbers in this range was to ensure that no enlisted Coast Guardsman would have a number previously assigned to an officer.
The first enlisted service number was assigned to Mason B. Herring. Service numbers were issued to enlisted personnel, based on date of entry, through the 1920s and early 1930s. In the mid 1930s, the Coast Guard also began a project to retroactively assign service numbers to former members of the Revenue Cutter Service and Lifesaving Service. These numbers eventually ranged from 149,237 through 200,000. It was also at this point that the Coast Guard began to write enlisted service numbers using the format '123-456' with an alternate method of replacing the dash with a significant space.
At the start of World War II, the Coast Guard expanded the enlisted service numbers into a new range from 200,001 to 250,000. These numbers were used between 1941 and 1945; however, in addition to these basic service numbers, the Coast Guard also activated several 'special duty' service number series between one and eight million. These numbers were written in the format '1234-567' and were issued as follows:
- The one million series (1000 000 – 1999 999) was never issued
- The two million series (2000 000 – 2999 999) was not issued during World War, but the Coast Guard began using this series in 1948 and continued to issue these numbers until the discontinuation of service numbers in 1974.
- The three million series (3000 000 – 3999 999) was used for special duty enlisted personnel during World War II. The issued numbers of these series were between 3000 000 and 3081 999.
- The four million series (4000 000 – 4999 999) was used by female Coast Guard members between 1942 and 1945. Forty one thousand of these numbers were issued, ranging from 4000 000 to 4040 999.
- The five million series (5000 000 – 5999 999) was used for special duty enlisted personnel for one year in 1942. In all, issued numbers ranged from 5000 000 to 5801 499.
- The six million series (6000 000 – 6999 999) was also reserved for special duty personnel during World War II. Issued numbers ranged from 6000 000 to 6207 999.
- The seven million series (7000 000 – 7999 999) was used during the later half of World War II which the first numbers issued in the fall of 1943. In all, twenty eight thousand of these numbers were issued ranging from 7000 000 to 7027 999. The final number of the seven million service number series was the highest (but not the last) enlisted service number of the United States Coast Guard.
In addition to the special duty service numbers, regular enlisted service numbers continued to be issued during World War II in the 200,000 to 254,999 range. The Coast Guard also activated a 500,000 range and issued these numbers throughout World War II as well. With a theoretically limit of 999,999, these numbers had reached 708,000 by the end of World War II.
After the end of the Second World War, the Coast Guard began a new enlisted service number range from 255,000 to 349,999. These numbers were issued between 1945 and 1962 while also, beginning in 1948, the Coast Guard activated the two million service number series and issued these numbers from 1948 until the discontinuation of service numbers in 1974. The highest two million number authorized was 2199 999 although the highest number issued was most likely well below this number.
A final range of Coast Guard enlisted service numbers were between 350,000 and 499,999. These numbers were begun for issuance in 1962 and were issued until 1974. This number series was designed to 'fit in' between the lower service numbers, which had been used prior to 1962, and the higher 500,000 numbers which had been used during World War II.
Final distribution of Coast Guard enlisted service numbers
Coast Guard enlisted service numbers were completely discontinued in 1974 with the Coast Guard being the last of the military service branches to convert to Social Security numbers as the primary identification means for military personnel. The Coast Guard was also the only branch of the military to never use any form of a service number prefix or suffix code.
Employee identification number[edit]
In June 2004, the Coast Guard completed a program to have only an Employee Identification number (EMPLID) appear on Coast Guard Leave and Earnings Statements and other documents not requiring a Social Security number. The format for all EMPLID numbers is a seven digit number where the first digit is 1 and there are no alpha characters used. The numbers are issued without regard to officer or enlisted status and active and reserve components are in the same sequencing. The purpose of the program was to remove the Social Security number from records for identity theft reasons and to provide each service member with a unique identifier on Coast Guard Intranet programs.[1]
Notable service numbers[edit]
Significant Coast Guard service numbers include:[2]
- 1000: Joseph F. Farley
- 6787: Robert E. Kramek
- 212-548: Alex Haley
- 2050-577: Beau Bridges
Sources[edit]
- National Personnel Records Center, Instruction Memo 1865.20E, 'Service Number Information', 14 April 1988
- Military Personnel Records Center, 'Training Guide Concerning Military Service Numbers', 28 June 2009
References[edit]
- ^'ALCOAST 256/00: Employee Identification Number (EMPLID)'(PDF). United States Coast Guard.
- ^National Personnel Records Center, Military Operations Branch, 'Service number index and registry of retired, deceased, and discharged military personnel' (2007)
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