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The United States Army (often abbreviated to US Army) is the largest armed force in the United States of America. The precursor to the United States Army was the Continental Army, established on June 14, 1775, before the Declaration of Independence, to face the foreseeable war against the forces of the United Kingdom.

To replace the Continental Army, which was disbanded after the war, Congress created the United States Army on June 3, 1784. The primary mission of the U.S. Army is to provide the strategies and capabilities necessary for the national security and defense of the United States of America and its control is entrusted to the Department of the Army. At the head of the Department of the Army is a civilian official who takes the title of Secretary of the Army, roughly equivalent to an Italian Under Secretary of State for Defense