10 U.S.C. § 3001
Section 3001 · Definitions
Viewing 10 U.S.C. § 3001 as in effect on April 21, 1987. The text changed in 2 later editions (most recent December 18, 2025).
View current version →In this title, the term “Army” means the Army or Armies referred to in the Constitution of the United States, less that part established by law as the Air Force.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
10:1a(a). June 28, 1950, ch. 383, §2(a), 64 Stat. 263. The words “Army of the United States” and “are synonymous and” are omitted as surplusage, since the term “Army” is used throughout the revised title. 5:181–3(a) (last sentence) and 10:1a(a) (last sentence) are omitted as surplusage.
Amendments
1987—Pub. L. 100–26 inserted “the term” after “In this title,”.