The U.S. Army 1925-1945

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The paper relates that during the period from 1925 - 1945, including World War II, combat consisted of close range fighting. The paper describes how economic turbulence and instability hounded the U.S. army until 1925. Then, during the thirties, the U.S. army fell to seventeenth among the world's armies. The paper relates that afterwards, however, the U.S. Army recovered and in time became recognized as a prominent powerful military force. The paper notes certain changes but stresses that the concepts embodied in training, duties, weapons and discipline remain constant as they contribute to the soul and heart of the U.S. Army.

From the Paper:

"According to the Army Study Guide, "America's NCO corps and designated discipline details just didn't happen, but evolved over the years, tapping ideas and innovations from many different sources" (Army). Influence of Baron Von Steuben, America's first inspector general, powerfully shaped the structure of NCO corps and ensuing discipline strategies and techniques, not only in the Continental Army, but ultimately within the U.S. Army. Von Steuben introduced and officially established "the Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, commonly called the 'Blue Book.'""

Sample of Sources Used:

• Army Study Guide. Retrieved on June 5, 2006 from: http://www.ncocorps.net/more/short_history_of_the_army_nco.htm, 2006.
• Bartlett, John. Familiar Quotations (Sixteenth Edition). Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992.
• "Baron von Steuben." Retrieved on June 5, 2006 from: www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/steuben.html, 2006.
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• Mullis, Tony R. Peacekeeping on the Plains: Army Operations in Bleeding Kansas. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2004.

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