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Uniformed services of the United States

There are seven uniformed services of the United States:

United States Army
United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
United States Air Force
United States Coast Guard
United States Public Health Service
NOAA Corps[?] (formerly the Coast and Geodetic Survey[?])

Members of these services are paid on the same scale and wear similar insignia of rank.

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