ARMY Magazine Vol. 75, No. 6, June 2025

ARMY Magazine Vol. 75, No. 6, June 2025

Articles

This We'll Defend: Our Promise to America

Soldiers with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, maneuver during a live-fire exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (Credit: U.S. Army/Sgt. Cody Nelson)

This We'll Defend: Our Promise to America

Gen. Randy George

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer

This year, the U.S. Army celebrates a major milestone. For 2½ centuries, the Army has answered the call to defend this nation.

Lessons From the Very Beginning

Gen. George Washington, on white horse, leads his Continental Army soldiers across the Delaware River on the night of Dec. 25, 1776, as depicted in this hand-colored Currier & Ives lithograph. (Credit: Library of Congress)

Lessons From the Very Beginning

Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik, U.S. Army retired

Can today’s senior leaders learn much from the U.S. Army’s origins 250 years ago?

First in War: George Washington Rose to the Challenge 250 Years Ago

George Washington in an undated portrait. (Credit: National Archives)

First in War: George Washington Rose to the Challenge 250 Years Ago

Col. Cole C. Kingseed, U.S. Army retired

At the outset of the War of Independence, an American Army was nonexistent.

Militiamen Make a Stand in US Army’s First Battle

Colonists fortify Breed’s Hill, Massachusetts, on June 16, 1775, in advance of what will be the Battle of Bunker Hill. (Credit: Library of Congress)

Militiamen Make a Stand in US Army’s First Battle

Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, U.S. Army retired

The U.S. Army came into being by act of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia on June 14, 1775.

Soldiers Set Standard for Selfless Service

Paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct a live-fire exercise in Slovenia. (Credit: U.S. Army/Sgt. Joskanny Lua)

Soldiers Set Standard for Selfless Service

Brig. Gen. John S. Brown, U.S. Army retired

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