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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)
Personnel
Military age	17–45 years old at joining
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 2nd)
Reserve personnel	1,458,500
Expenditure
Budget	$651 billion (FY08) (ranked 1st)
Percent of GDP	4.04 (2007 est.)
Related articles
History	American Revolutionary War Early national period Continental expansion American Civil War Post-Civil War era World War I (1917–1918) World War II (1941–1945) Cold War (1945–1991) Post-Cold War era (1991–2001) War on Terrorism (2001–present)
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.

Uniformed services

The seven uniformed services are:

1. United States Army
2. United States Navy
3. United States Marine Corps
4. United States Air Force
5. United States Coast Guard
6. United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps

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

Federal executive departments

United States Department of Defense (DOD)

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

United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

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

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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

United States Department of Commerce (DOC)

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

Statutory definition

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.

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.

Armed forces

Five of the uniformed services make up the armed forces, four of which are within the 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 military 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 Navy. 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 only when militarized by executive order or while detailed to any component of the armed forces.

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 , with a general 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.

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 consist of commissioned officers only and have no warrant ranks or enlisted ranks. (Warrant officers for the USPHS have been approved as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.) 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.

See also

• State Defense Forces
• Direct commission officer
• United States Maritime Service

References

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

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