Branch, for the first time since the Air Force's independence consolidating aviation under a single organization. The mission of Army Aviation is to find, fix and destroy any enemy through fire and maneuver and to provide combat support and combat service support in coordinated operations as an integral member of the combined arms team. Major aircraft include the AH-64 Apache, which serves as the Army's attack helicopter, the UH-60 Black Hawk, and the CH-47 Chinook for troop and cargo transport. Army Aviation also flies the MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone. A specialized unit within Army Aviation, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) serves as a special operations unit and operates modified variants of the MH-60 Black Hawk, MH-47 Chinook, and the MH-6 Little Bird. Army Cyber Corps and Army Signal Corps Established in 2014, the Army Cyber Corps is responsible for conducting cyberspace operations, electronic warfare, and information operations. The Cyber Corps was created by merging resources from the Army Signal Corps and the Military Intelligence Corps. The Signal Corps is responsible for running the U.S. Army's communications networks. The Army Signal Corps was previously responsible for operating the Army's payloads on the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite through the 53rd Signal Battalion. In 2022, the Army transferred its mission to the Space Force's 53rd Space Operations Squadron, ending the Signal Corps' space mission. Army commands The U.S. Army is organized into four major Army Commands, nine Army Service Component Commands, which serve as the Army component and joint force land component commanders for the unified combatant commands, and thirteen direct reporting units. U.S. Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC) serves as the U.S. Armed Forces' naval land force, responsible for executing amphibious warfare and operating in the maritime littorals in support of the U.S. Navy. Originally established in 1775 as the Continental Marines, the Marine Corps consists of the Regular Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Reserve. The Marine Corps maintains a very close relationship with the U.S. Navy, its sister service in the Department of the Navy. Although the Marine Corps has previously operated as an independent land force alongside the Army, its primary purpose is to serve as part of a unified naval service alongside the Navy in the maritime domain. The U.S. Marine Corps is organized under the Department of the Navy, which is a military department under the leadership of the secretary of the