Watch The Big Picture - Education in the Army

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. From the U.S. Army's "The Big Picture" television series, 1950-1975. This is the story of education in the U.S. Army, from the most elementary level of grammar school to a college education. From its very birth, the Army has stressed in its training those qualities which make a man a good solider: courage, perseverance, discipline. But in a broadening era of science and discovery, when increasing demands are made on the citizen's ability simply to understand the facts which dominate his life, the bearing of arms also becomes a more complex work. The modern soldier today needs those qualities which education gives him, and for that reason the Army considers the education of its men to be of great importance.

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