Military Components & Branches:� An Overview
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Armed Forces of the United States
Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of the Navy
Department of the Air Force
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CPT Aaron Ryan�aaron.j.ryan5.mil@army.mil��Reserves: �SSG Steve Cortez�773-287-4803�steve.cortez1.mil@army.mil��National Guard:�SSG Eva Ortiz�773-372-3055�eva.l.ortiz3.mil@army.mil
Air Force�MAJ Joel Primm�joel.primm.1@us.af.mil�630-335-3378��Space Force�Recruiting: 630-852-4999
Navy / Marines��GySgt Antonio Aranda�aaranda6@iit.edu�312-567-8963�nrotc@iit.edu�
Coast Guard�PO2 Kurtis Bomba�kurtis.e.bomba@uscg.mil�773-768-4093