Military Intelligence Corps Association - National Headquarters

11/04/2026

Caption this.
(Nicely)

11/04/2026

in , 1783, the Continental Army disbanded. Seven years prior, “The fate of unborn millions,” predicted, depended “on the courage and conduct of this army.” Now, with independence secured, the men could finally return home, having witnessed “Events which have seldom, if ever before, taken place on the stage of human action.”

In fact, it was one of the great upsets in that a makeshift defeated, perhaps, the world’s greatest fighting force. But such was the “unparalleled perseverance” of Washington’s men, he reflected, despite a “total failure of Supplies” and “almost every possible suffering and discouragement.”

Yet despite the moral debt Americans now owed the Army’s service, it was ’s financial debt that led to its disbandment. Under the Articles of Confederation, the could only request revenue from the states—not obligate it—meaning there was no means to supply a force during peacetime. This also held true for the , whose remaining warships were sold to help pay obligations after eight years of war.

No less significant, though, were Americans’ fears of a permanent, professional army—a sentiment strengthened by the lessons of Europe and their own experience under British occupation. “A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty,” later cautioned. “The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.” Washington thus also resigned his commission as Army Commander to reaffirm the ’s ethos as a , not a military dictatorship.

But in time, the blind spots under the Articles of Confederation also proved how vulnerable the nation remained. Without the power to tax, America still held massive war debts, which the British used to justify troop presence in the northwest—threatening the very sovereignty our troops sacrificed so much to procure. In 1787, the Framers therefore passed the , in no small part, to “provide for the common defence.”

To this end, the gave Congress the “Power…To raise and support Armies” and “declare War,” but now with strategic checks to those powers: the hallmark of the very system of government our fights to defend.

Picture: The Continental Army

11/01/2026

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10/30/2026

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Full reveal: 11.11.26

10/30/2026

From the force

10/30/2026

Overheard some students talking in the hall today. Had to get an interpreter.

10/29/2026

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10/29/2026

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10/29/2026

10/29/2026

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