The Regular Army of the United States succeeded the Continental Army as the country's permanent, professional land-based military force. In modern times, the professional core of the United States Arm
World War II-era poster advertising a career in the Regular Army
The National Defense Act of 1920 was sponsored by United States Representative Julius Kahn, Republican of California. This legislation updated the National Defense Act of 1916 to reorganize the United
Rep. Julius Kahn, Sponsor of the National Defense Act of 1920
Brigadier General John McAuley Palmer, military theorist and advocate for the National Guard
Major General George C. Rickards, the first National Guard officer to serve as Chief of the National Guard Bureau