Army Branches - Combat Arms -


- Air Defense Artillery -

Mission Statement: Protect the Force and Selected Geopolitical Assets from Aerial Attack, Missile Attack and Surveillance.
 

- Armor -

Mission Statement: The Mission of Armor is to close with and destroy the enemy using fire, maneuver, and shock effect.
 

- Aviation -

Mission Statement: The mission of Army Aviation is to find, fix, and destroy the enemy through fire and maneuver; and to provide combat, combat service and combat service support in coordinated operations as an integral member of the combined arms team.
 

- Corps of Engineers -

Mission Statement: Engineers support the battlefield commander by executing their four-fold tactical mission of mobility, counter mobility, survivability and general engineering, as well as providing topographical support to the Army.
 

- Field Artillery -

Mission Statement: Field Artillery officers lead units that have the critical mission of destroying, neutralizing or suppressing the enemy by cannon, rocket and missile fire and ensuring the integration of all supporting fires in Combined-Arms operations.
 

- Infantry -

Mission Statement: Infantry officers lead units that have the crucial mission of closing with the enemy by means of fire and maneuver in order to destroy, capture, or repel their assault by fire, close combat, and counterattack.

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