SPC Private RallyPoint Member 4725376 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The birthday of the army was yesterday. It was my second to last day at phase 1 OCS and even though I was on an army base, it wasn&#39;t mentioned at all. When I was in the Marines, the USMC Birthday was celebrated even if you were in training. It&#39;s a huge deal. 2019-06-15T19:16:20-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 4725376

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The birthday of the army was yesterday. It was my second to last day at phase 1 OCS and even though I was on an army base, it wasn&#39;t mentioned at all. When I was in the Marines, the USMC Birthday was celebrated even if you were in training. It&#39;s a huge deal.

2019-06-15T19:16:20-04:00 2019-06-15T19:16:20-04:00 1LT Private RallyPoint Member 4725384

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In my old unit the DFAC treated it like a holiday. We did “fun” runs and got a half day.

2019-06-15T19:18:31-04:00 2019-06-15T19:18:31-04:00 LTC Jason Mackay 4725437

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-338780"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdoes-the-army-celebrate-it-s-founding-at-all%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Does+the+army+celebrate+it%27s+founding+at+all%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdoes-the-army-celebrate-it-s-founding-at-all&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADoes the army celebrate it&#39;s founding at all?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-the-army-celebrate-it-s-founding-at-all" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="b156894088bc61ed1d655dd8b1c755eb" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/338/780/for_gallery_v2/8a27e03c.JPG"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/338/780/large_v3/8a27e03c.JPG" alt="8a27e03c" /></a></div></div>It is usually a big deal. Ceremonial cutting of the cake with a saber by the oldest and youngest soldiers on the installation/unit. There is usually an Army Ball or a unit ball timed with the birthday.

2019-06-15T19:41:07-04:00 2019-06-15T19:41:07-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 4725524

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m sure USAG and individual units probably hosted something.

2019-06-15T20:31:39-04:00 2019-06-15T20:31:39-04:00 LTC Stephen C. 4725660

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1550221" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1550221-09s-commissioned-officer-candidate-139th-rti-north-carolina-arng">SPC Private RallyPoint Member</a>, state OCS programs have limited time to deal out a lot of training. Many times, events that you might expect to be recognized are omitted in order to get the required training accomplished in a compressed time period.<br />Simply speculation, but very likely the reason no celebration occurred.

2019-06-15T22:33:07-04:00 2019-06-15T22:33:07-04:00 SPC Todd Everetts 4726686

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It was never even mentioned when I served. Was friends with a Marine once I got out and he made a big deal out of the Marines birthday. Couldn&#39;t for the life of me understand what the big deal was.

2019-06-16T10:44:25-04:00 2019-06-16T10:44:25-04:00 LTC Jason Mackay 4744429

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