Information:  - The United States Armed Forces are the federal armed forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The President of the United States is the military's overall head, and helps form military policy with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), a federal executive department, acting as the principal organ by which military policy is carried out. From the time of its inception, the military played a decisive role in the history of the United States. A sense of national unity and identity was forged as a result of victory in the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War. Even so, the Founders were suspicious of a permanent military force. It played an important role in the American Civil War, where leading generals on both sides were picked from members of the United States military. Not until the outbreak of World War II did a large standing army become officially established. The National Security Act of 1947, adopted following World War II and during the Cold War's onset, created the modern U.S. military framework; the Act merged previously Cabinet-level Department of War and the Department of the Navy into the National Military Establishment (renamed the Department of Defense in 1949), headed by the Secretary of Defense; and created the Department of the Air Force and National Security Council.  - The United States Coast Guard cutter USCGC Morgenthau ( WHEC - 722 ) is the eighth of twelve 378 - foot dual - powered turbine / diesel Hamilton - class high endurance cutters ( WHECs ) built by Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans , Louisiana . The Coast Guard commissioned the Morgenthau military high endurance cutter on March 10 , 1969 . As of November 2013 Morgenthau is homeported in Honolulu , Hawaii , at Sand Island , a small island within Honolulu 's city limits . The cutter currently patrols from South America to the Bering Sea , conducting counter-narcotics missions , alien migrant interdiction operations , foreign and domestic fisheries enforcement , and search and rescue . In the 1960s - 1970s the `` jet - powered '' Hamilton - class cutters were state - of - the - art , technologically innovative , and the pride of the Coast Guard cutter fleet . However , in 2011 the Coast Guard acknowledged Hamilton class cutters have exceeded service life and stated the Coast Guard is making steady progress in replacing its 12 Hamilton Class cutters with eight National Security Cutters . At the time , the most distinctive aspect of the Hamilton - class cutters were its twin turbine engines capable of propelling the cutter from 0 to 30 + knots in 60 seconds ( and with its large variable - pitch propellers , coming to a full stop equally fast ) Due to the Cold War , Hamilton - class cutters were configured for anti-submarine warfare ( ASW ) : the ability to find , track , and damage or destroy enemy submarines . Each ship has a helicopter flight deck , and retractable hangar within which to store a helicopter for missions . Other features noteworthy at the time included a variable - pitch propeller , and bow thruster allowing the ship to berth horizontally to a dock . The cutter has comfortable quarters , and the capability to stay at sea for 45 days . Over its long , distinguished 43 - year career ( 1969 - ) Morgenthau has received numerous awards , commendations , and unit citations , including a Navy Meritorious...  - World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nationsincluding all of the great powerseventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history.  - The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the U.S. military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission (with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters) and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its mission set. It operates under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during peacetime, and can be transferred to the U.S. Department of the Navy by the U.S. President at any time, or by the U.S. Congress during times of war. This has happened twice, in 1917, during World War I, and in 1941, during World War II.  - Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries. It is a leading producer of ships for the United States Navy, and at 12,500 employees and going to hire 1,500 more employees, the largest private employer in Mississippi.  - Avondale Shipyard was an independent shipbuilding company, acquired by Litton Industries, in turn acquired by Northrop Grumman Corporation. In 2011, along with the former Ingalls Shipbuilding, the yard was part of Huntington Ingalls Industries.    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united states navy