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The American Cadet Alliance(ACA), formerly the United States Army Cadet Corps (USAC) was founded under the name "Colonel Cody's Boy Scouts" by Captain James H. C. Smyth at the First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, New York. The ACA holds the distinction of being the oldest nationwide Cadet program in the United States. It is the National Cadet Program branch of the American Military Cadet Corps (AMCC), its parent Organization. ACA and American Military Cadet Corps is an Independent National Cadet Program (similar to the Young Marines, the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps, and the Civil Air Patrol), and therefore, is not a governmental agency and is NOT an official entity of the United States Army. The ACA (former USAC) is a 501(3)(c) non-profit youth education organizations. ==History== The American Cadet Alliance was founded as the Colonel Cody’s Boy Scouts by Captain James H. C. Smyth on April 10, 1909, at the First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York. Shortly thereafter, the Colonel Cody’s Boy Scouts was reorganized as the American Naval and Marine Scouts. The American Naval and Marine Scouts continued to evolve and on August 16, 1927 the organization was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York as the New York Junior Naval Militia, Inc. Early in 1929, the organization split and its founder, as well as a number of senior officers, incorporated the Junior Naval Reserve, Inc., on February 19, 1929. Early in 1938, during the heightening of World War II, the War Department instructed the Secretaries of State to require all organizations using the words Naval, Militia and Reserve as a part of their corporate name to rename their organizations so as not to cause public confusion regarding their relationship to the Armed Services. To comply with this request, the Junior Naval Reserve, Inc. reincorporated on June 14, 1938 as the American Nautical Cadets, Inc., and on November 2, 1938, the New York Junior Naval Militia, Inc. changed its name to the Maritime Brigade, Inc. As a result of reorganization, due in part to a number of mergers with other, smaller, Cadet Organizations, the American Nautical Cadets, Inc., reincorporated on October 3, 1956 as the American Nautical Alliance, Inc. The organization came full circle on September 15, 1960 when the American Nautical Alliance, Inc. and the Maritime Brigade, Inc. merged to become the American Cadet Alliance, Inc. The USAC (United States Army Cadet Corps) was created in 2000 and it was the fastest growing Brigade in the ACA, in comparison with the Naval Cadets and Marine Cadets. Then in 2007, the decision to phase out all of the brigades except for the Army was made. This decision was made due to the high interest in the Army brigade and lack of interest in the Marine and Naval brigade. Along with the support from the US Army Reserve and Army National Guard, in April 2009 this transition was completed. After several years of problems, and mismanagement In 2015 with the re-organization of the ACA, the decision to bring back Marine Cadetting, and Naval Cadets was made in keeping with the spirit of the original intent of the founders of the program. Some of the Former Commandants of the American Cadet Alliance Include: * CAPT James H.C. Smyth (Founder) * RADM Gilbert G. Murdoch * BG Peter Genovese * BG Charles Tournow 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Army Cadet Corps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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