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U.S. Army Capt. Adam Armstrong with 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division makes his way across the ridge line of Pire-e Paymal in the Arghandab River Valley during a joint combat patrol with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Dec. 14, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Juan Valdes/Released)

As close allies, American and British forces routinely operate side-by-side across a wide range of military operations. And for the first time, a British Army officer attended the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Army Space Cadre Basic Course.

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Glenn Goddard, Deputy Director, Military Programs, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, poses for a command portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Sept. 28, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King)

Australian Army soldiers serving with the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, patrols near Stanage Bay, Queensland, Australia, July 17, during Exercise Talisman Saber 2019. It is a fundamental priority for the U.S. to continue enhancing its alliances and building partnerships through exercises like Talisman Saber, allowing all nations to benefit from an environment that safeguards security, stability, prosperity and peace for the entire region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class…

Microsoft will soon produce thousands of mixed-reality headsets for U.S. Army soldiers.

Showcases and fosters pride of the United States of America with patriotic poems, music, articles, stories, quotes, photos, videos, tributes, images, references, gifts and more.

U.S. and Canadian paratroopers sit in a UH-60 Black Hawk for airborne operations in support of Operation Toy Drop, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 3, 2015. Operation Toy Drop combines U.S. Army Reserve personnel, Army paratroopers, dozens of volunteers and partner nation military personnel, more than a dozen Air Force aircraft and toys, all for what has become the world’s largest combined airborne operation. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tracy McKithern/Released)

The goal of this article is to prepare you for the basic knowledge you'll need to know to be successful and possibly more readied than the average Army recruit arriving to Basic Combat Training (BCT).

Detailed graphics showing the structure and weapons of U.S. Army and Marine Rifle Squads throughout history.