United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United States, and consisted of the following components:

About 1.4 million soldiers are on active duty for the time being, and there are an additional 860,000 reservists. At the moment there is no conscription in the United States.
 * United States Army
 * United States Army Nurse Corps
 * United States Marine Corps
 * United States Navy
 * United States Navy Nurse Corps
 * United States Air Force
 * United States Coast Guard (in peacetime the Coast Guard falls under the Department of Homeland Security; in wartime it is placed under the command of the United States Navy)

The u.s. armed forces are generally regarded as the strongest force in the world, which can be used globally. The defence spending of the us are (as of 2005) larger than those of the next 20 countries on the "rankings" are added together.

The armed forces are under administration of the u.s. Department of Defense (DoD), housed in the Pentagon in Washington D.C.. According to the u.s. Constitution is the president of the United States the Supreme Commander (Commander in Chief) of the US Armed Forces.