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Forgetting the freeing of the slaves

Posted on May 5, 2011 | Comments Off on Forgetting the freeing of the slaves

The new U.S. Army recruiting commercial, a paean to West Point, ROTC and the OCS, is stirring. But it skips from Washington to Teddy R. and onward, missing Grant, Sherman. The freeing of the slaves, guys! No big deal?

I suppose there’s just too many Southerners in the Army these days to want to risk bringing up bad memories of civil wars, etc. Hardly their fault. Too many wimps on both coasts won’t join.

As a onetime Army recruiter, I know the Army was never much good at making commercials. But (except for losing those good Union boys, the blacks as well as the whites) this one is pretty fair. At least they haven’t dumped the good Army Strong music.

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Are You Army Strong?

Posted on September 19, 2007 | Comments Off on Are You Army Strong?

Another 9/11 generation recruit for the GWOT, hoping to become SF. And his blogger dad’s reaction.

Via Instapundit 

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Army Strong

Posted on November 9, 2006 | Comments Off on Army Strong

Blackfive reminds that the new Army recruiting campaign, with its stirring video, begins tonight at 7 p.m. CST on most television networks. Ironic timing, though, given the new peace-at-any-price makeup of the Congress. Also Blackfive’s nice Rummy memorial/celebration.

UPDATE  Even before the video aired, the Army made its new recruit goals for October, and had no trouble with re-enlistments: "Re-enlistments in October far surpassed the goals for the active army (30 percent), the reserve (14 percent) and the national guard (43 percent)."

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Strong Army

Posted on October 15, 2006 | Comments Off on Strong Army

The 2:32 heroic music to the new Army recruiting video keeps running through my head and I keep returning for another hit of its booming drums and stacatto brass from the Youtube link at Black Five. The opening shot of a platoon with a billowing cavalry guidon leads to men in camo with automatic rifles slung across their chest armor against a backdrop of diving Apache gunships.

I love the subliminal message, that while some contend the Army is broken, as the narrative says, "there is nothing on this green earth that is stronger than the US Army."

More on the new slogan, Army Strong, which replaces Army of One. Although some are already ridiculing the Hulk Smash grammar and theme, it looks like a winner to me. A great wartime recruiting tool, and a valuable information warfare direct response to the armed doubters of the world.

UPDATE  Blackfive seems to have dropped its link to the vid, so here’s the one at YouTube–at least until Google decides it’s too bellicose. More likely to be permanent is the link at Army Times which needs Windows Media.

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Army Strong

Posted on October 13, 2006 | Comments Off on Army Strong

That’s the new slogan, which goes with this good video available at Black Five. The new words replace the older Army of One, which I thought was a nice improvement over Be All You Can Be, the butt of many anti-American slurs. But my favorite still is the one I saw on posters in the early 1960s: The New Action Army.

UPDATE  It’s also a good counter for those who like to contend that the Army is broken. 

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