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* United Republic Army Materiel Command: Develops, maintains, and acquires systems and materiel. | * United Republic Army Materiel Command: Develops, maintains, and acquires systems and materiel. | ||
* United Republic Army Futures Command: Modernization and future systems development. | * United Republic Army Futures Command: Modernization and future systems development. | ||
The U.R. Army's field structure is broken into several subdivisions under its commands: | |||
* {{wp|Army group}}: Only used during large scale wars or as part of multinational commands, consist of four to five field armies and 400,000 to 1 million soldiers. Usually responsible for directing campaigns in a certain geographical area and commanded by a general of the army. | |||
* {{wp|Field army}}: Consists of two or more corps or more than four divisions and consists of up to 90,000 soldiers commanded by a general. | |||
* {{wp|Corps}}: Consists of two to five divisions and 20,000 to 45,000 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant general. A corps is the highest level of command that provides operational direction for combat operations, with higher levels concerned with administration rather than operations. | |||
* {{wp|Division}}: Consists of three to four brigades and 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers commanded by a major general and are subdivided into airborne, armored, infantry, and mountain divisions. Each division conducts major tactical operations and sustained battlefield operations. | |||
* {{wp|Brigade}} / {{wp|Regiment}} / {{wp|Group}}: Consists of two to three battalions and 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers commanded by a colonel. Armored, Airborne and Ranger units are organized into regiments and Special Forces are organized into groups. In 2012, the Army reorganized its brigades into brigade combat teams, which are autonomous modular brigades that most commonly include one combat arms brigade and its assigned support and fire units. | |||
* {{wp|Battalion}} / {{wp|Squadron}}: Consist of four to six companies and consist of up to 1,000 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel. Battalions are organized into combat arms battalions, combat support, and combat service support battalions by unit type. Armored and air cavalry are organized into squadrons. Battalions and squadrons conduct independent operations of limited scope and duration. | |||
* {{wp|Company}} / {{wp|Artillery battery|Battery}} / {{wp|Troop}}: Consist of three to four platoons and a few dozen to 200 soldiers commanded by a captain. Artillery is organized into batteries and armored and air cavalry units are organized into troops. Companies, batteries, and troops are tactical-sized units that can perform a battlefield function on its own. | |||
* {{wp|Platoon}}: Consists of two to three squads and up to 36 soldiers led by a first lieutenant or second lieutenant. | |||
* {{wp|Squad}}: Consists of two teams and four to ten soldiers led by a staff sergeant. | |||
* {{wp|Team}}: Consists of four soldiers and led by a sergeant or corporal. | |||
===Marine Corps=== | ===Marine Corps=== | ||