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An Overview of the United States Military

An Overview of the United States Military What is the United States Military (US Military)?

The US Military is the overarching classification given to the multitude of branches that encompass the Armed Forces of the United States; this includes recruitment, weapons development, administrative staffing, military strategizing, and war operations. The US Militaryis responsible for the protection of American citizens, both domestic and abroad, from any means of aggression.

The US Military operates under Federal Law as per the guidelines expressed within the disbursement of a triune governmental oversight system, which allows for the US Military to exist under the jurisdiction of the Executive branch of the government; this results in the appointment of the President of the United States as the Commander in Chief of the entirety of the Armed Forces.

What are the Branches of the US Military?

Within the US Military, a variety of military branches exist that are responsible for a multitude of combat operations:

The Army is classified as the ground forces overseen by the United States Department of Defense; the Army may be subject to a wide variety of military deployment, ranging from both domestic and foreign in location

The Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Military that is typically classified as a branch of the Navy; the Marine Corps will engage in ground and amphibious deployment - although this classification exists, the Marine Corps have been consider to converge the boundaries between marine and infantry-based warfare

The Air Force is the branch of the US Military that is responsible for the engagement of flight-based, airborne combat

The Navy is the branch of the armed forces responsible for marine-based military deployment;The Navy undergoes their military operations through the usage of a variety of military equipment and technology - the Navy operates a variety of naval – as well as airborne – military instrumentation

Military Law vs. Federal Law

Federal Law: TheUnited States Department of Defense operates under Federal Law as per the guidelines expressed within the disbursement of a triune governmental oversight system, which allows for the US Military to exist under the jurisdiction of the Executive branch of the government; this results in the appointment of the President of the United States as the Commander in Chief of the entirety of the Armed Forces. However, Military Law – a legal field classified as a subgenre of Federal Law – typically addresses the activity and behavior of military personnel

MilitaryLaw: A court martial exists in the event that an offense is deemed to be under the jurisdiction of both military court judicial review, as well as military court oversight; court martials may mirror the legal process that exists within civil court, yet military personnel – service members and prisoners of war – are the only individuals able to be subject to such proceedings.

Matters involving US Militaryservice members may constitute overlapping legal fields with regard to the corresponding legal proceeding. Furthermore, in the event that an individual is brought before a military court with regard to matters concerning the US Military, service members should be made aware that military law – as well as the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) – varies on a locational basis.

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