Hello everyone, I'm doing a project for U.S. history class about our military. I wanted to ask, what's the oldest branch of the military? Exactly when was it formed? Thanks in advance!
The oldest branch of the U.S. military is the Army. It was established on June 14, 1775, during the Continental Congress. It was created in response to the need for professional ground troops to fight in the Revolutionary War against Britain. Interestingly, this makes the U.S. Army older than the country itself, as the Declaration of Independence wasn't signed until about a year later, on July 4, 1776.
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