Running Cadences In The Marine Corp

I have chosen to write a paper about the history of running cadences in the Marine Corp. Running cadence is the number of times either your left or right foot hits the ground in one minute (Life123, par 1). In the armed services, a military cadence or cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching (Military Cadence, par 1). This is an important topic to both the Marine Corp and the whole nation. Without the United States Marine Corp our country wouldn’t be what it is today. Without the Marine Corp who would we be? Who would defend our nation and its freedoms? Marines promise to win our nation 's battles. Marines develop quality citizens. These are the promises the Marine Corps makes to our nation and to our Marines (Marine Corps Purpose, par 1).
The original cadence that was used was recorded as “Sound Off”(Military Cadence, par 1). This cadence, known as the “Duckworth Chant,” still exists with variations in the different branches of the U.S. military. Duckworth 's simple chant was elaborated on by Army drill sergeants and their trainees, and the practice of creating elaborate marching chants spread to the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy (Military Cadence, par 1). Cadence calling has been an essential part of our military since its beginning. Units used cadence to maneuver into different tactical formations (Marching Cadence, par 2). Military cadence, generally speaking is very similar to a Gandy Dancers rhythm (Thr..: Cadence History, par 5). Gandy dancer is a slang term for workers who maintained railroads in North America (Gandy Dancer, par