Service Birthdays

[PhilK]

Reading the thread about the Marine Corps birthday gave me the idea about listing out all the different service birthdates:

United States Army: June 14, 1775

United States Navy: October 13, 1775

United States Marine Corps: November 10, 1775

United States Coast Guard: August 4, 1790

Civil Air Patrol: December 1, 1941

United States Air Force: September 18, 1947

Army National Guard: December 13, 1636 (no...not a mistype)

Air National Guard: September 18, 1947 (same act that created the Air Force created the Air Guard)

[Stryfe]

Sweet I never knew the Army National Guard and I shared a birthday!

[SlightlyCatholic]

This page shows the historical development of the National Guard from its roots until the modern day: http://www.ngb.army.mil/About/default.aspx

I found it to be very informative!