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  2. Slogans of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    "Be All That You Can Be" was the recruiting slogan of the United States Army for over twenty years. [4] Earl Carter (pen-name, E.N.J. Carter) working for the N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency as a Senior Copywriter created the "Be All You Can Be" theme line in 1980. [5] Its accompanying music was written by Jake Holmes.

  3. List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes - Wikipedia

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    United States Army Legal Services Agency - Latin: Legibus Armisque Devoti, lit. 'Devoted to Law and Arms' [2] Army Criminal Investigation Command - Do What Has to Be Done [5] Army Materiel Command - Arsenal for the Brave [2] Headquarters, Military District of Washington - Latin: Haec Protegimus, lit. 'This We Guard' [2]

  4. Uncle Sam - Wikipedia

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    Uncle Sam (which has the same initials U.S. as United States) is a common national personification of the federal government of the United States or the country in general. Since the early 19th century, Uncle Sam has been a popular symbol of the U.S. government in American culture and a manifestation of patriotic emotion. [ 3 ]

  5. Military history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The military history of the United States spans over two centuries, the entire history of the United States. During those centuries, the United States evolved from a newly formed nation which fought for its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (1775–1783) to world superpower status in the aftermath of World War II to the present. [ 1 ]

  6. Continental Army - Wikipedia

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    The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Congress , meeting in Philadelphia after the war's outbreak.

  7. List of military inventions - Wikipedia

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    United States. Soviet Union. Spy satellites, eliminated the need to recover deorbited film canisters Digital cameras: Compiler: 1952 United States: Allow programs to be written for multiple target computers by different vendors without needing to rewrite the assembly for each of them. Compiler: Internet: 1960s - 1970s United States [4]

  8. History of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy, (1977) Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars; the United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1973) Richard W. Stewart, ed. (2004). American Military History Vol. 1: The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775–1917.

  9. Shock and awe - Wikipedia

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    Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military strategy based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight.