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Originally Posted by potter
Straight off their website.
Guess that means I went to a better school than you?
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You would like to hope.
The United States didn't even declare independence till 1776, you know, JULY 4TH, 1776. That is exactly 232 years ago and any military group set up under this new and approaching independant government can not be much older than this.
US ARMY - Formed 14 June 1775
US Navy - Formed 13 October 1775
US Marines - Formed 10 November 1775
US Airforce - Formed 18 September 1947
US National Guard - In 1903, part of the militia was federalized and renamed the National Guard and organized as a Reserve force for the Army. Prior to this they were simply colonial militias and not yet organized nor recognized by the budding new government. Try looking up the Militia Act of 1903, this is what organized the mutliple militias under one name.
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