U.S.

Army

There is strong
Then there is army strong!
The army today
 Vocab
• Terrorism-use of force or threats to • Coup d'etat-a sudden seaizure of
frighten people or gov.s to change political power in a nation
their policies
• Honor-to have high regard or esteem
• total war-conflict in which the for; respect
participating countries devote all their • commando -a small, specially trained
resources to the war effort
military unit used for surprise assaults
• Seceede-to withdraw formally from an on enemy-held territory.
association or alliance
• infantry -foot soldiers, or the branch of
• Propaganda-information of material the military to which they belong
spread to advance a cause or to
damage an opponnent's cause
• Nationalism-belief that people should
be loyal mainly to their nation rather
than a king or person
• Militarism-policy of gloryifying military
power and keeping a standing army
prepared
• martial law-temporary rule by military
authorities over a civilian population
 Rank structure for enslisted
men
• No Insignia] Private / PVT / E1
• Private / PV2 / E2
• Private First Class / PFC / E3
• Specialist / SPC / E4
• Corporal / CPL / E4
• Sergeant / SGT / E5
• Staff Sergeant / SSG / E6
•  Sergeant First Class / SFC / E7
• Master Sergeant / MSG / E8
• First Sergeant / 1SG / E8
• Sergeant Major / SGM / E9
• Command Sergeant Major / CSM / E9
• Sergeant Major of the Army / SMA / E9