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The United States has seven uniformed services as defined by Title 10 of the United States Code. They are the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, and Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Five of these are armed forces, four of which are classified as military and are within the Department of Defense; the Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement duties, and is now under the command of the Department of Homeland Security. The Public Health Service and NOAA Commissioned Corps operate under military rules with the exception of the applicability of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Uniformed Services refers to bodies of people in the employ of a state that are not employed on standard terms of contract, but have some element of additional discipline, and wear a uniform. ...
The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States. ...
The United States Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ...
United States Marine Corps seal The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ...
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces. ...
Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a military branch of the United States involved in maritime law, mariner assistance and search and rescue, among other duties of any coast guard. ...
Seal of the NOAA Commissioned Corps The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps (NOAA Corps) is the smallest of the seven Uniformed Services of the United States, having only approximately 300 commissioned officers. ...
The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is the uniformed division of the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and one of the seven Uniformed Services of the United States. ...
The armed forces of a state are its government sponsored defense and fighting forces and organizations. ...
The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...
For the band, see The Police. ...
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the federal government of the United States that is concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. ...
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), the foundation of military law in the United States, consists of Title 10, Chapter 47 of the United States Code. ...
Armed forces
The United States Armed Forces comprise five of the seven uniformed services. The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
Military The United States Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ...
United States Marine Corps seal The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ...
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces. ...
Law enforcement and military Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a military branch of the United States involved in maritime law, mariner assistance and search and rescue, among other duties of any coast guard. ...
Other uniformed services Members of the NOAA Corps and Public Health Service Commissioned Corps wear uniforms that are basically derived from the U.S. Navy wardrobe, except that the commissioning devices, buttons, and insignia are unique. They are paid on the same scale as members of the military and wear similar insignia of rank. Both of these services consist only of commissioned officers and have no enlisted ranks. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a scientific agency of the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. ...
The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast. ...
A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organisation whilst participating in that organisations activity. ...
In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ...
The distinction between a commissioned officer of a non-military uniformed service and a civilian is important under the laws of war. Members of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the NOAA Corps are considered as non-combatants in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, in Category V. 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 PHS originally started as a Hospital Service for Mariners, and they adopted a Naval-System of orginization. [1] A civilian is a person who is not a member of a military. ...
The two parts of the laws of war: Law concerning acceptable practices while engaged in war, like the Geneva Conventions, is called Jus in bello; while law concerning allowable justifications for armed force is called Jus ad bellum. ...
Development of the Geneva Conventions from 1864 to 1949 The Geneva Conventions consist of four treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland that set the standards for international law for humanitarian concerns. ...
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References - ^ US Code:Title 5.Part III.Chapter 21. S 2101.
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