The United States Army ( USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution . As the oldest and most senior branch of the U.S. military in order of precedence, [10] the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which was formed (14 June 1775) to fight the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)—before the United States of America was established as a country. [11] After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army. [12] [13] The United States Army considers itself descended from the Continental Army, and dates its institutional inception from the origin of that armed force in 1775. [11] As a uniformed military service , the U.S. Army is part of the Department of the Army, which is one of...
Papua New Guinea EDITED BY: Baraka walter gershon LAST UPDATED: june 12, 2019 I ndependent State of Papua New Guinea, P.N.G. Papua New Guinea , island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . It encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea , the world’s second largest island (the western half is made up of the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua); the Bismarck Archipelago ( New Britain , New Ireland , the Admiralty Islands , and several others); Bougainville and Buka (part of the Solomon Islands chain); and small offshore islands and atolls . The national capital, Port Moresby , is located in southeastern New Guinea on the Coral Sea . Papua New Guinea. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Manam Island The volcanic island of Manam, off the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea in the Bismarck Sea. © Br...