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| Establishment of the American Military Branches 1775 to Present |
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| 14 October 1774 The United Colinies of America is established by the First Continental Congress. 14 June 1775 The American Continental Army is established. 13 October 1775 The American Continental Navy is established. 10 November 1775 The American Continental Marine Corps is established. 24 July 1781 The United Colinies of America is renamed as the United States of America. 26 November 1783 The Continental Navy and Marine Corps is disbanded. 3 June 1784 The United States Army is established from the Continental Army. 4 August 1790 The United States Revenue Cutter Service is established. 30 April 1798 The United States Navy is established. 11 July 1798 The United States Marine Corps is established. 18 Febuary 1861 The Confederate States of America is established. 21 Febuary 1861 The Confederate States Army and Navy is established. 4 May 1865 The Confederate States of America is disolved and the Confederate States Army and Navy is disbanded. 2 Febuary 1901 The United States Army Nurse Corps is established. 13 May 1908 The United States Navy Nurse Corps is established. 28 January 1915 The United States Coast Guard is established from the United States Revenue Cutter Service. 29 August 1916 The United States Reserve is established for the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. 24 May 1918 The United States Army Air Corps is established. 15 June 1933 State militias are federalized and the United States National Guard is established. 15 May 1942 The United States Women's Army Auxilary Corps (WAAC) is established. 30 July 1942 The United States Navy Women's Reserve (WAVE) is established. 10 September 1942 The United States Army Air Corps Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) is established. 23 November 1942 The United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPAR) is established. 14 Febuary 1943 The United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve is established. 1 July 1943 The United States Women's Army Auxilary Corps (WAAC) is renamed the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC). 5 August 1943 The United States Army Air Corps Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) is deactivated and the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is established as an unofficial branch of the armed forces. 20 December 1944 The Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is deactivated. 30 June 1946 The United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPAR) is deactivated. 26 July 1947 The United States Air Force and Air National Guard is established from the United States Army Air Corps and Army National Guard. 16 June 1948 The United States Women's Air Force (WAF) is established. 1 July 1949 The United States Air Force Nurse Corps is established. 5 April 1950 The United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPAR) is reactivated. 7 December 1973 The United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPAR) is intergrated into the Coast Guard eliminating the name SPAR. 29 October 1978 The United States Women's Army Corps (WAC), Navy Women's Reserve (WAVE), Marine Corps Women's Reserve, Women's Air Force (WAF) and all of the Nurses Corps are intergrated into the different branches of service eliminating the seperate names. |
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