Army of the United States

American  

noun

1. the army or armies referred to in the U.S. Constitution, especially consisting of the Regular Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve.

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Example Sentences

“They were the first members of the expeditionary Army of the United States in France to die, that we might live,” the marker reads.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2019

In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2011

Hem admires General Omar Bradley and General Joseph Lawton Collins and loves the Army of the United States, but cannot love a chicken division when it is chicken.

From Time Magazine Archive

These former National Guardsmen during peacetime gave their time and effort to maintaining a cadre around which a large part of our pressingly needed Army of the United States is being formed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first regiment which I commanded on entering the Regular Army of the United States at the close of the war was made up of colored troops.

From The Colored Regulars in the United States Army by Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould)