This book is the newest, largest and most complete collection of Army cadences
ever published. And deservedly so, for it was from the ranks of Army soldiers that
cadences were invented, perfected and have come to flourish as one of the great
American military and oral traditions.

The cadences within this book celebrate the history, pride, traditions, courage,
camaraderie and strength which make the United States Army the greatest, most
powerful army in the world.

For soldiers of the United States Army - past and present - it also serves to record
their training and service for which these cadences were such a vivid, motivating
force. That's why these cadences say, loud and clear: "This is the way it was."