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About The Pentagon

The Pentagon headquarters of the Department of Defense is one of the world’s largest office buildings. There are very few people throughout the United States who do not have some knowledge of the Pentagon. However, relatively few people have had the opportunity to visit it.

The Pentagon is located in Arlington, Virginia, immediately west of the Potomac River. The Pentagon is virtually a city in itself. Approximately 23,000 employees, both military and civilian, contribute to the planning and execution of the defense of our country. These people arrive daily from Washington by express bus lanes, by one of the newest subway systems in our country and by cars. Approximately 8,770 cars are parked in 16 parking lots. They climb 131 stairways or ride 19 escalators to reach offices that occupy 3, 705, 793 square feet. While in the building, they drink from 691 water fountains, utilize 284 rest rooms, consume 4, 500 cups of coffee, 1, 700 pints of milk and 6, 800 soft drinks prepared or served by a restaurant staff of 230 persons and dispensed in l dining room, 2 cafeterias, 6 snack bars, and an outdoor snack bar. Over 200, 000 telephone calls are made daily through phones connected by 100, 000 miles of telephone cable. The Defense Post Office handles about 1, 200, 000 pieces of mail monthly. Various libraries support our personnel in research and completion of their work. The Army Library alone provides 300, 000 publications and 1, 700 periodicals in various languages.

The building was constructed in the remarkably short time of 16 months and completed on January 15, 1943 at an approximate cost of $83 million. Built during the early years of World War II, Pentagon is still one of the most efficient office buildings in the world. It consolidated 17 buildings of the War Department. There are a lot of corridors (Secretary of Defense Corridor, Army Executive Corridor, Air Force Executive Corridor, Marine Corps Executive Corridor, Navy Executive Corridor, Hall of Heroes, and Military Women’s Corridor). Despite 17.5 miles of corridors it takes only seven minutes to walk between any two points in the building.

A) During World War II, the Regular Army served as a corps of professionals who formed the leadership of the Army of the United States. Regular Army officers typically would hold two ranks, a permanent rank in the Regular Army and a temporary rank in the Army of the United States Promotions within the Army of the United States were also very rapid and some officers were known to hold the permanent Regular Army rank of Captain while serving as a Colonel in the Army of the United States.

B) Officers during the Civil War were known either by the rank suffix "of Volunteers" or, if Regular Army, by the rank suffix "USA". Thus, a state regiment Colonel would be known as "Colonel of Volunteers" while a Regular Army Captain would be known as "Captain, USA". Regular Army officers of the Civil War could accept commissions in volunteer forces and could also be granted brevet ranks (higher ranks than the permanent commission). In some cases, officers held as many as four ranks: a permanent rank (called "full rank") in the Regular Army, a full rank in the Volunteers, and brevet ranks in both as a result of battlefield promotion,

C) During World War I, with the founding of the National Army, the term Regular Army was used to describe a person's peacetime rank in contrast to the commissions offered to fight in the First World War. The Regular Army, as an actual U.S. Army component, was founded in 1920 when the large draft force of the National Army was demobilized and disbanded. The remaining Army force was formed into the peacetime Regular Army and was augmented by the Officer Reserve Corps (ORC) and Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), both predecessors to the United States Army Reserve. __

D) After the demobilization of the Army of the United States in 1946. the United States Army was divided into the Regular Army (RA) and the Army Reserve (USAR). During the Korean War, the Army of the United States was reinstated but had only enlisted draftees. Officers after this point held Regular Army rank only, but could hold an additional "temporary" rank in addition to their permanent rank. Temporary Regular Army ranks were not as easily revoked as the former AUS ranks.

E) After the abolishment of the draft the Regular Army became the primary component of the United States Army, augmented by the Army Reserve and National Guard of the United States. In the early 1980s, the use of temporary Regular Army ranks was suspended.._

F) The Regular Army is the permanent force of the United States Army or any Country's army that is maintained during peacetime. The term "Regular Army" was first used during the American Civil War (1861-1865) to describe the small contingent of U.S. Army soldiers who served in the Union Army side-by-side with the massive state volunteer forces.

G) Since the Vietnam War officers' permanent rank is their RA rank. Active duty officers can hold an RA commission and rank and may also hold a higher rank with a USAR commission. Reserve officers hold only a USAR commission, but may serve in either the reserve component or on active duty. That is, all non-permanent ranks (including theater rank, temporary rank, battlefield promotions, etc.) are handled through USAR commissions. Those officers without RA commissions do not have a permanent rank. Enlisted ranks are all permanent RA ranks.

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