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United States Armed Forces

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United States Armed Forces
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Summary

United States Armed Forces is an armed forces[1]. It ranks in the top 0.4% of armed forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,593 views/month, #1 of 247).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Item operated: nuclear weapons of the United States[4], aircraft in United States military service[5]
  • Headquarters location: Arlington County[6]
  • Part of: military-industrial complex of the United States[7]
  • Commons category: Military of the United States[8]
  • Chairperson: Mark A. Milley[9]
  • Has part(s): United States Army[10], United States Navy[11], United States Marine Corps[12], United States Air Force[13], United States Coast Guard[14], United States Space Force[15]
  • Inception: June 14, 1775[16]
  • Significant event: death of Osama bin Laden[17], Normandy landings[18], World War II[19], Korean War[20], Vietnam War[21], war on terror[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:United States Armed Forces[23]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Military of the United States[24]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:United States Armed Forces[26]
  • Native label: United States Armed Forces[27]
  • Owner of: M4C2V[28], Heilanstalt Neufriedenheim[29], Dimona Radar Facility[30], U-129[31]
  • Different from: United States Air Force[32]
  • Position held by head of the organization: President of the United States[33]
  • Hashtag: usmilitary[34]
  • Minimum age: 17[35]
  • Maximum age: 45[36]
  • Commanded by: President of the United States[37], Joe Biden[38]
  • Has works in the collection: Australian National Maritime Museum[39]
  • Social media followers: 542,000[40], 536,000[41], 530,000[42], 526,000[43]
  • P14715: United States Armed Forces[44]

Why It Matters

United States Armed Forces has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Related Entities

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Joe Biden KY-57 KY-58 Mark A. Milley Morgan Freeman Timation United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held by head of the organization → President of the United States
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  2. 11w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14715 → United States Armed Forces
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Part of → military-industrial complex of the United States
    Owner of → M4C2V, Heilanstalt Neufriedenheim, Dimona Radar Facility +1
    Topic's main category → Category:United States Armed Forces
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007560920205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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