European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ugh is Job has involved continuous contacts with defense Here the Center meets adm Louis 1l Ilenfeld then chief of naval Gen then army chief of at Ai r july behind Huc biker is Gen Hoyt of chief of Iii in the american army tub american Soldier is essentially a he is stubbornly individualistic no Mailer what feels sure that he can find a better Way to do even if he he still prefers to do it his own the american army is an agent of the american it expresses our highest instincts in our life and our Dea Ivr than against All at it is the Only army in the world that has never been and in never will any including our appears to contradict our american in two its is deliberately whereas far beyond any other in is irrepressible Crea tiie and every Mem i Ber of an army told precisely what he do at All an american want anyone to Tell him what to he wants to choose his own objective fluid his own Means a Jmc Are faced with an essential Contra on the one hand is that american spirit which is the United states far the greatest n in the richest in its diver its in its insistence i away can be found to accomplish what on the other hand we so regrettable to the heart but forced on us during t Century by two other nations of maintaining at the framework of an army to pre from being crushed by general its in Farewell article on Turec lie helped build by lieutenant general Huebner commanding Usa eur Luebner is sched to retire from the army on completion of More than 40 years service he will sail with his from the Bremerhaven toe on Briu Eine to a close a Brilliant Carterr which it eluded combat Europe in Isth world jealous men determined to control the wealth which americanism alone we Are determined to be True to our american we Are obliged to maintain an the conflict Between these two necessities has baffled congressmen and editors since it is being solved by by an army discipline that is essentially this discipline is reducing the time lag which handicapped every american army from that of general Washington time needed to form naturally anti militaristic americans into a Sharp part of that time lag must remain because we rightly refuse to prepare for War while aggressors pre trusting always that humanity and christianity will prevent there is a Symbol of this discipline on our army badge the Eagle is disciplined to a Point that no army has Ever yet at in the technical skill of each part of his in the precise coordination of All his in the accuracy with which he chooses his objective and the fearless Confidence with which he attacks it through his coordinated skills his separate skills like those of an army Are in his feeding and his observation an intelligence his deadly Wear and his airborne Long before any army had even dreamed of such our american army discipline is based solidly on human on a particular biological Force that has been decisive in bringing Man up out of that Foice is Pride of the Pride and self Confidence of the Man who knows not Only exactly How the Job should be but is certain by repeated performance that he can do this Pride of skill is the solid foundation of our and every Man in the american army or should one first one prime skill in which he is perfected from that skill comes the pude that makes him scion failure in an assigned and the Confidence without which obedience As a purely moral virtue May be an this first element of a Rock Bottom of proud cannot be too strongly emphasized it explains Why we have far More instruction courses than any other army in the Why we have an division of which the sole task is to make our men the Best the Best informed and the most broadly educated of any equally Large group of any kind in any if All the citizens of the United states could have As i the entire 1st div celebrating its 33d prove its superlative skill in 50 different army each Man outstanding in his own special skill and Good enough in if All the citizens of the United states could have been with me when i saw 50 full High school diplomas and two full College diplomas awarded in one evening to a group of our negro soldiers who had done All the work while with the if All our citizens could have been with me on a thousand other similar occasions in these should we say they would understand How Pride of skill is the basis of american army to this first technical essential in discipline we add a second skilled Leader by skilled leadership we mean to realize that every Soldier in the Amer Ica Narmy always has a specific and to know at every moment what that Mission is for the officer himself and the men under his command to know exactly How that Mission is to be per whether it is destroying a tank or making ice Cream for sunday and to show How if necessary and to get the Mission and at exactly the right thus the second Factor in our army discipline is a Leader who knows what must be done and How it must be who can if teach his men How to do and gets it done on he will never give an order that is not Neces sary once it is Given he follow it through until it is the third essential Factor in our discipline is the first two factors Pride of skill and ability to could produce an Able army that would crumble under the third Factor is the steel reinforcement that holds the first two firm under the stress and Strain of prolonged combat loyalty As we understand it is no verbal it has a precise and its principles can be taught to every Man in the it is a total for simplicity of explanation it can be called four equal in Force in each outwards Hori and a member of the american army must be Loyal to himself for within himself is his his his his his Home and town Ana and All that they stand to thine own self be True thou canst not then be false to any was shake speares Way of the Man who on Section