Make-up and Control of the Army
Officially, a member of the US Army military is called a Soldier. The
US Army is made up of three parts: the active component, the
Reserve component, and the National Guard. The Army National
Guard is composed of part-time soldiers organized by state and
usually subordinate to the state governor, but can be federalized
in a time of emergency.
The army is led by a
civilian Secretary of the Army, who reports to the Secretary
of Defense, as well as the US Army Chief of Staff, who is
a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top ranking military
commanders from each service who advise the President on military
matters.
Operationally, though,
control of the Army in wartime goes from the President of
the United States to the Unified Combatant Commanders, who
have control of all armed forces units in their geographic
area of responsibility. Thus, the previously discussed
figures only have the responsibility to train and equip the
US Army.
The army gets its
military recruits through a person known as an army
recruiter. Recruiters are found in all branches of the
military etc., army, navy, marines, national guard, air
force, coast guard and reserves. It would not be
possible to have a volunteer army without army recruiters.
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