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The '''United States Army''' ('''USA''') is the main branch of the [[United States Armed Forces]] responsible for [[Army|land-based military]] operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven [[Uniformed services of the United States|U.S. uniformed services]]. The modern army has its roots in the [[Continental Army]] which was formed on 14 June 1775,<ref name="Army_birth"/> to meet the demands of the [[American Revolutionary War]] before the establishment of the United States.  The [[Congress of the Confederation]] officially created the United States Army on 3 June 1784<ref name="Army_LOC">Library of Congress, [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=lljc&fileName=027/lljc027.db&recNum=166&itemLink=r%3Fammem%2Fhlaw%3A@field%28DOCID%2B@lit%28jc0271%29%29%230270001&linkText=1 Journals of the Continental Congress, Volume 27]</ref><ref name=Army_History>{{Cite journal |publication-date=15 November 2004 |title=Army Birthdays |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |url=http://www.history.army.mil/faq/branches.htm |accessdate=Jun 2010<!--based on date of introduction; see oldid=365887842--> |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100420124819/http://www.history.army.mil/faq/branches.htm |archivedate=20 April 2010 |postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref> after the end of the Revolutionary War to replace the disbanded Continental Army. The army considers itself to be descended from the Continental Army and thus dates its inception from the origins of that force.