The armed forces replicated patterns in the larger society in the 1940s.
For the most part, U.S. forces looked much like the civilian world. African Americans fought in segregated units. Women served in positions similar to their civilian jobs: as clerks, nurses, and communications operators.
The armed forces are a pillar of US power and influence around the world, deployed all over the world. However, many civilians are unaware of their composition. Women now account for 16% of the enlisted forces and 19% of the officer corps.
The active component of the military, excluding the coast guard, numbered 1.9 million men and women at the time, or about 1% of the population. There are currently about 1.3 million active-duty personnel, or less than half of one percent of the US population.
The U.S. Armed Forces have been crucial to American history since their inception during the American Revolutionary War. Their victories in the First and Second Barbary Wars contributed to the development of a sense of national identity.
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