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  ARMY Branches
INFANTRY

These are the ground soldiers. The men who engage the enemy with rifles, grenades and rockets. They fight either dismounted or in vehicles alongside tanks.


ARMOR

This is where the tanks are, massive armored vehicles that speed into battle with cannons and automatic weapons.


FIELD ARTILLERY

The King of battle, here are the big guns. The rockets, the surface to surface missiles and indirect fire.


AVIATION

Army aviators operate both fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Some, like the UH-60 Black hawk, move people and cargo, others are like the Apache Gun ship.


ENGINEER

From tearing it down to building it up Army Engineer Corps supplies all the construction and some of the demolition needs of the Army.


AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

These soldiers are experts at defending the skies from enemy aircraft and rockets.


MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

MI is the soldiers best friend, they go and learn about the enemy and know where he is weakest and strongest. They use this information to coordinate attacks so we can hurt the enemy the most where he is least expecting it.


SPECIAL FORCES

You can't go directly into the special forces, but if you prove you have what it takes to join this elite family you can join them in there mission to train indigenous soldiers in other nations how to maintain democracy.


MILITARY POLICE

This is our own police force. They keep law and order both in garrison and in the field.


SIGNAL CORPS

The signal corps maintains the ARMY's communications, from networking a post or running radio node in the field, Signal Corps keeps the ARMY talking.


CHAPLAIN CORPS

Chaplains maintain the spiritual well being of the soldiers, they also keep tabs on the unit moral and provide counseling for soldiers and their families.


MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS

In the field or in the hospital's and clinics the MSC see to the soldiers physical well being.


VETERINARY CORPS

Veterinary Corps has the diverse mission of maintaining the health of service members pets, inspecting food and helping to maintain the health of live stock world wide.


ADJUTANT GENERAL CORPS

These fine men and woman keep track of our soldiers all over the world and ensure their records are accurate and with them, they also act as the Armies post office.


JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL CORPS

The ARMY's lawyers, working either in prosecuting, defense, or administrative law. 


QUARTERMASTER

Quartermaster Corps provides logistics support to sustain victory. The Quartermaster mission is to provide supply support, field services, aerial delivery support, and keep our soldiers in beans, bullets, band aids and whatever else they need to perform their mission.


TRANSPORTATION CORPS

By rail, road. or water the Transportation Corps gets the ARMY's equipment where it needs to be.


FINANCE

They keep us paid.


ORDNANCE CORPS

The Ordnance Corps is responsible for keeping the Army's combat forces moving and shooting - they supply bullets and fix vehicles and equipment. 


CHEMICAL CORPS

They defend the Army against Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical weapons. 

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